Review of Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) by Nikolayg — 28 Jul 2018

Mind blown. Absolutely the best action movie I have ever seen. Saw it for the second time today. Great plot. Great pacing. Insane action. Cruise does his own stunts right down to climbing up a rope into a helicopter and then piloting it, and a bit of rock climbing, motorcycle and auto stunts, and that really helps with believability. This is the best Mission Impossible film so far, partly because it relies on events from the immediately previous film, in a big picture kind of way, which frees it of some of its 'set up' responsibilities and allows it to get moving more quickly. I honestly have zero idea what the medium and negative reviews here are talking about. If you don't like this movie, then I don't see how you could like action movies generally, because this is the best the genre has to offer.

For the record, having seen all the MI movies the week leading up to this one's release, here's how I rank them.

Mission Impossible Fallout i.e number 6 (the one now in theaters) - First Place.

Mission Impossible 4 (Ghost Protocol) and 5 (Rogue Nation) - Tied for Second Place.

Mission Impossible 3 - Third Place.

Mission Impossible 1 - Fourth Place.

Mission Impossible 2 - Fifth Place (and the only one that is a stinker, except the last act is good. A ruthless edit of this movie could improve it a lot as the first 45 minutes are insufferably bad and could be cut down to 15 minutes).