Mission: Impossible - Fallout
4.5/5
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Rated: PG-13
The IMF (Impossible Mission Force) has saved the world from imminent destruction time and time again. IMF agent Ethan Hunt is responsible for most of the world's close calls. Ethan has proven his caliber and demonstrated his moral conscience. He won't bargain with arms dealers, he won't risk himself for revenge and he won't sacrifice even one life to save millions...but what if Ethan's most noble traits were his greatest flaws? What happens when an agent's morals are pitted against opportunities for a safer tomorrow? Should he bargain, kill or sacrifice for the world's greater good? Will Ethan fall from grace? Can Ethan save the world from his choices and their inevitable fallout?
Mission: Impossible - Fallout stars Tom Cruise as the incredibly daring IMF agent Ethan Hunt. Cruise portrays his character with charm and depth, allowing audiences to want to see him complete his mission, where the stakes couldn't be higher. In order for Ethan to succeed, he'll have to do the impossible. This gives Cruise the chance to pull off some of the most death defying stunts ever seen onscreen. Cruise dangles from a helicopter, races on a motorbike without a helmet into oncoming traffic, leaps across street wide gaps between rooftops and performs the first ever cinematic HALO jump (High Altitude Low Opening) in film history. Watching such a phenomenal actor perform all of these jaw dropping stunts makes Mission: Impossible - Fallout a theatrical experience of which writer and director Christopher McQuarrie should be proud. McQuarrie says Cruise's prominent role in the film series, gives Mission: Impossible its main purpose, which is "to take [viewers] places [they've] never been, it's to show [them] things that [they've] never seen and it's to put [audiences] in that experience, right there with [Cruise]."
Not only does this film feature some of cinema's best stunt work, but it also features pulse pounding psychological tension. The film's screenplay brilliantly moves Ethan Hunt from one morally compromising choice to the next, each one clearly inflicting strain on his psyche. Audiences are left in awe of how far Ethan Hunt will go to protect his team and save the ones he loves, while they are in shock of how clearly defined his line of moralistic justice is. A driving question keeping audiences focused and intrigued during this film's slow introspective moments, is "Will Ethan cross that line?" Along with this, Mission: Impossible - Fallout includes excellently scripted intellectual duels, where the art of earning trust and masking deception wins allies and tricks foes. In combination with its emotional center and its cerebral atmosphere, Mission is a mind game once again.
If this were not enough to cement Mission: Impossible - Fallout as one of the greatest action films in theatres, the film also has an all star cast. Along with Tom Cruise is his top notch team. Henry Cavill is the unstoppable heavy hitter August Walker, Simon Pegg is the humorous and intelligent Benji and Ving Rhames returns as the cool and calculating hacker Luther Stickell. Standing against this team is Vanessa Kirby as the arousing and imperious White Widow, Rebecca Ferguson as the alluring and indominable Isla Faust and Sean Harris as the ominous and malevolent Solomon Lane. This film also has great performances from Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett and Liang Yang.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout is a great film, and it may even become most audiences' favorite Mission: Impossible film. Though this film stands tall next to its predecessors, it breaks some of their foundational traditions. Even though Mission: Impossible - Fallout is the first Mission: Impossible film to be directed by the previous film's director, the film still offers its own unique experience. Despite that this film is the first in the series to feature plot relevant continuity from its previous film, making it appear to be the first genuine Mission: Impossible sequel, the film's story manages to not only attract new audiences but it also gives them enough necessary exposition keeping their interest. Aside from a few lengthy expositional moments, there are few downsides to Mission: Impossible - Fallout's theatrical experience. It's fun, it's exciting, it's tastefully comedic, it's thrilling, it's action packed, it's engrossing, it's pulse pounding, it's heart stopping and it's worth every penny.
Verdict: Mission: Impossible - Fallout is an action packed experience, featuring ground breaking stunt work excellently complimenting a psychologically tense screenplay triumphantly performed by an all star cast.
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