Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning movie review: Beyond a franchise film

Mission Impossible The Final ReckoningDirector Christopher McQuarrieActors Tom Cruise Simon PeggRating 355To start with what I loved about Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning is to watch AI as the most real enemy here This faceless villain has under its control nuclear stockpile of India Pakistan Israel and North KoreaThe UK likewise has been breached Other nations shall follow if this machinelearning monster isnrsquot stopped forthwithAnd who else to do this but naturally Ethan Hunt ie Tom Cruise top spy under the ordersadvise of the black woman US President Angella BassettIn mainstream movies lead characters gotta goal The above goal in this case gets locked within the first few minutes of the movie Which is unusualThis early plotsetting frees up the picture entirely thence to switch into the vast scenery stunts and other shenanigans yoursquove been walking into a Mission Impossible forThatrsquos ever since 1996 Itrsquos been nearly 30 years The Final Reckoning the eighth will perhaps be the last instalment For that reason alone the film should be worth the almost three hours of screentimeBut no therersquos more to this MI movie I believe mdash that is beyond the basic remit of a franchise Consider the most extensive setpieces in the film There are two major chunksOnersquos set entirely underwater As if it was the marine version of Alfonso Cuaronrsquos Gravity 2013 The other is completely up in the air In the sense of set between two aeroplanes somewhere between control and free fallNow I didnrsquot clock these two mesmerising sequences But I have a feeling they could come close to half of the moviersquos entire second halfAnd guess what mdash there is literally no dialogue for that duration Yoursquore watching a wordless wonder Your eyes donrsquot budge from the screen one bitTheyrsquore stuck on Cruise who stars in practically every scene of Mission Impossible including the highlight segments of courseWherein at least twice in the aerial combat manoeuvres with Cruise evidently hanging from a plane ndash his hair and cheeks flying in motion ndash I had my hand on my forehead worrying if this superstar will survive the scene Obviously he willBut just the knowledge of how Cruise does his own grave stunts defying gravity for the big screen just puts the fear of God among his audiences Itrsquos not the same thing as watching any other star over similar scenesldquoGenerations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earthrdquo Thatrsquos what Einstein said about Mahatma Gandhi Could the same be said for Cruise 62Especially since the future generations raised on AI tools that turn them into heroes and villains of their own stories will have no reason to believe someone risked their lives to please their audienceOr that the public over decades came to see an actor foremostmdashhis films only thereafter Indians of course will have no problem believing the latter bitOur star system with heroes pushing or past 6o making films totally centred on them that audiences approve of equally is still an ongoing desi phenomenonUnlike the US that replaced its stars with superhero and blastfest franchises Cruise is the rare one who defied these harebrained Hollywood execcoterieThe Final Reckoning is a Tom Cruise Production in the same vein that Salman Aamir etc have film companies named after themselvesCruise that way is one of us Both literally and metaphorically an ageless running nostalgia Incidentally his first sprinting scene in the film takes place under the Clock Tower of LondonAlso explains why his comfort film has arrived in India days before its global release Donrsquot know about thatWhat canrsquot be deniedmdashthat the movie has a dedicated captive fan base allows the screenwriters director Christopher McQuarrie Erik Jendresen to tinker with plot all the more go a lirsquol densemdashsometimes for the heck of it mostly for a reason and on occasion stretching towards selfindulgencemdashleaving me a lirsquol confused between multiple keys wires codes locations spieshellip At its core of course the movie is the immediate sequel to Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One 2023 with enough montage shots from multiple Missions to give the sense of an endingAlso a stern warning on what a world dominated by AI thatrsquos taken over fake news could look like The premise feels real Ethan Hunt is fictional Cruise is real too and yes like all of us he ages You can see itWhat will survive public memory from this MI though is the sheer visual experience It was expected from Cruise to deliver But the filmmakers have given it their allmdash going wide on mountains jungle sky deepsea dogfighting aeroplanes carchase tight on faces reducing audiences to the size of human nostrils on IMAXI picked up the fully immersive centre seat second row from the screen Best seats broatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning movie review: Beyond a franchise film

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg
Rating: 3.5/5

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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Director: Christopher McQuarrie Actors: Tom Cruise, Simon PeggRating: 3.5/5

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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg
Rating: 3.5/5