Review of Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) by Gord%20 H — 26 Jul 2018

I just want to put this out there:

CRUISE + McQUARRIE = Match made in Action packed Heaven.

The Mission Impossible movie series feels a lot like the Fast and furious (and I know its a strange connection) but with each movie it seems to find its footing and place and when it does it gets better and better and crazier with each movie and with this Latest Mission: Impossible Fallout this once again solitifies Tom Cruise as a beast when it comes to stunts and top notch action.....don't forget the running cause there's a lot of that too. The story provides just enough twist and turns to keep you occupied as well as putting you at the edge of your seat....only two mission: Impossible movies have done that in years and it wasn't M:I 2 (that crappy ass movie)!

The Story comes after the events of "Rouge Nation" where what's left of 'The Syndicate' is trying to find peace though chaos by stealing three nuclear cores and once again Ethan hunt (Tom Cruise) and the rest of his IMF team must go on a globe trotting adventure to stop a newly formed rouge nation from causing devastation on a massive scale; The story is something we have heard of before in any other typical spy thriller. But without spoiling anything the fun and the twists that come from this feels close and pays some homage to the series as well as the first movie without going overboard. In fact, It feels like throughout this movie that they take alot of elements from every Mission:Impossible movie here and there just to add on to the fun and the way the director and writers add these features its a beautiful mix worth watching.

I love how each character gets their time to shine more in this movie than any other M:I films well 1, 3, somewhat 4 and 5. I'm a big fan for Luther (Vhig Rhames) and I felt his character is under-utilized in at least 2 of these said movies and I was glad that he get's a much bigger role in this movie and in fact he feels moreso like the heart of the group the one that knows Ethan more than anyone being that he's been around him for years and both trust each other with their lives and I felt it showed much more in this more than a film like M:I 2, the Dynamic of the team is every bit as great than in any other film previous and you see how loyal they are to Ethan as Ethan is every bit as loyal to them and that's the human aspect which works so well in this movie cause at the end of the day its not always about Tom Cruise its about him and his team that works with him. Henry Cavill's Character of Walker was that 'Hammer" the person who would do whatever it takes to stop the weapon and the fight scenes OMG the action sequences; I saw this in IMAX so the punches felt/Sounded Brutal and the action sequences like I said before proves that Tom is rising up there next to Jackie Chan in providing the best by doing his own stunt work; for a man pushing 50 he got what it takes to get a movie done right....now I can argue that Henry should have kept that beard for 'Justice League" but that's neither here nor there!

So where's the flaw.....well 1) This movie should have been longer...lmao I wanted more I wanted more intensity that this movie put out. you had moments to take a breath and then the action kicked it...gives you a brief moment rest again and then ACTION OVERDRIVE and it was so good...it worked for every scene and it puts a sense of humanity Ethan's character cause you know he's not superhuman but he cares about the lives that he's willing to do what he can to save them. 2nd flaw....the final climax did feel a bit wash, rinse, repeat of itself....it felt like something you've already seen before and while this movie did a good job with the climax I couldn't help but to say to myself in the theater, "you know how this will end" and of course it ended that way so that was pretty much it.

Overall, I will go as far and say this is the best in the series hands down!!

While I do love the first movie and M:I 3 was mediocre but fun to say the least and the Ghost protocol and Rouge nation were the most fun; 'Fallout' pretty much says, "hold my beer" to its own franchise, Its fun, smart, intense, and while it falls into predictable territory towards the last act it still kept me wanting more from this movie. And with that I'm going to go see it again cause its damn worth it!!

5/5 Stars.

I will add one more star for Tom Cruise doing his own DAMN STUNTS its amazing!!

And another star for actually using the footage from that infamous rooftop scene of him limping that was really ballsy.......I LOVED it!!

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