Saw it on IMAX today. Cruise and McQuarrie bring it as usual. Even though the motorcycle stunt has been featured in every trailer, the scene in the movie is still a white knuckle hold your breath moment. And the train sequence rivals (dare I say exceeds) the best of Spielberg moments. The plot seems like it comes from a hokey 90s movie and yet given current events feels frighteningly relevant. One note: I loved Pom's performance but her character seems better suited for a Batman movie.
Agree the plot comes across as hokey at times. I know they were trying to tap into what's arguably the great existential threat of the information age, but the way they presented it makes some scenes come across like a B-grade science fiction thriller. The opening scene I thought tapped into the zeitgeist in three ways: Russia, AI and (inadvertently) submarines. Thought it may have been a sign that the franchise has been going on for a tad too long when they recycled the "dramatic final showdown on top of the train" sequence from the first movie. ;-)
The action in this movie had the SUSPENSE that made classic Spielberg so thrilling and feel like a rollercoaster. Even the exposition scenes they managed to plant things in the scene to distract the audience so they were kept tensely distracted looking at something else while having something explained. Loved that!
@@ProuvaireJean I interpreted the train fight as a homage to MI1 rather than a rehash. There were quite a few nods to past MIs sprinkled thoughout the movie.
*Mission:* *Impossible* *-* *Dead* *Reckoning* *P1* Just finished watching it and a bit overrated by the masses but still good. I don't think it's the best MI film. I think Fallout is still better and Ghost Protocol remains by far my favorite. Ghost Protocol is like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade of the MI franchise where it's the most fun and funniest. My biggest issue with Dead Reckoning is the MacGuffin was the submarine key about this AI "entity". I'm still lost with the story.. *SPOILERS* I'm mad that Rebecca Ferguson and Pom Klementieff's characters died. I love Ilsa Faust! And I thought Paris would stay alive and be part of Ethan's crew. But I guess it's no Fast series where everyone can come back from the dead which is stupid. The Fast series only wishes to be as good as the Mission series. The women in the Mission franchise are generally awesome. Look at all these actresses who were part of it: Emmanuelle Béart, Thandie Newton, Maggie Q, Keri Russell, Michelle Monaghan, Paula Patton, Léa Seydoux, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff, and Hayley Atwell. Ilsa was ranked #1 for most badass female character in the MI franchise and they kill her off! I'm pissed! 😡 She was such a badass in Rogue Nation using her thighs like Famke Jannsen in GoldenEye. Bring back Jane Carter then. Paula Patton is not the greatest actress but her Jane can kick ass! Bring back Jeremy Renner too. One of the reasons why I love the MI franchise is the women are as equally dangerous and useful as the men. It doesn't try to be WOKE like someone we know who runs Lucasfilm with more annoying female characters. The females don't come off as annoying or helpless. Like Atwell's character was doing the work on that train. Females can take care of themselves in this franchise. Another reason why I love the MI franchise is it's probably the closest thing we have at having a Metal Gear Solid live-action movie franchise. A lot of the characters are very 2D, black or white, the way James Bond films are. Not gray like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. But it's still the closest to having a Solid Snake with all kinds of espionage. Great to see a lot of actors and actresses I know. Two carryovers from Top Gun: Maverick were in it: Charles Parnell (Warlock) and Greg Tarzan Davis (Coyote). Great to see Esai Morales (La Bamba, My Family as Chucho) still getting roles. Great to see Indira Varma and Cary Elwes who I saw in BlackBerry. Then of course: Tom, Simon, Ving, Hayley, Rebecca, Vanessa, and Pom. I thought the train scene at the end was awesome!! It's a mixture of the trailer scene in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and the opening shot from Uncharted 2. But Gabriel was kicking ass. He lays down Grace and then kills Ilsa, my favorite female character of the entire franchise. But I guess it's a way to raise the stakes for the next one. Grace is just as untrustworthy as Helena Shaw but she doesn't come off as smug, annoying, and unfunny like Phoebe's character was. But Grace is a low-life like Helena was. My MI Favorites 1. Ghost Protocol (by a lot!!!) 2. Fallout 3. Dead Reckoning Part One 4. Rogue Nation I've never seen MI 1, 2, and 3 yet. I'll watch them this week. But from my understanding, the first 3 are bottom 3 with Part 2 widely regarded as the worst one. MI didn't get really good until 4 when Christopher McQuarrie started writing it. Overall: B or 8/10 Shocking to say this, but I enjoyed The Flash a little more than this. But I'm planning to watch MI7 a few times. My opinions could change. I haven't seen a lot of movies this year but my top 4 are Air, BlackBerry, The Flash, and MI7. I definitely enjoyed MI7 more than GotG V3 and Indy 5. Haven't seen Across The Spider-Verse yet. I still rank Quantumania as the worst film of the year. Beau Is Afraid is a bit misunderstood that first viewing. But the images stay with you as Maggie (deepfocuslens) has said like a nightmare you can't forget. It's similar to the moments you see in Mulholland Drive. Please bring back Paula Patton if they already killed off Rebecca Ferguson's character. I'm still pissed Ilsa died! Hayley's Grace will be a worthy replacement but it hurts Ilsa is gone. And I wanted more of Pom. No more being the comic relief as Mantis in Guardians. She was a badass in this film. McQuarrie writes very good female characters while Kathleen Kennedy inserts annoying ones. Ghost Protocol Hallway Projection Scene ua-cam.com/video/7DkV8WE7DFA/v-deo.html ^ This scene still cracks me up nearly 12 years later. Even though it had a weak story, MI4 was so much fun like Indy 3 and Fast Five. We got Hoodie Ethan Hunt. I don't know if there will ever be another Mission as fun as that one from late-2011. The last three lost that Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade-like humor and fun while MI4 has the highest replay value for me.
This movie is absolutely incredible, and I wasn't really looking forward to it that much. I loved Fallout but something about this movie from the trailers just felt like more of the same. Boy was I wrong. This movie is a totally different beast. And as Dan said, it left me satisfied but also wanting more. BRAVO!!!
I see this movie with my friends I am not action movie fan but this is best movie 2023 for me now I AM waiting next year MI8,because it part 1 not completed story
Good to hear. I didn't care for Fallout and felt it took away a lot of the fun, that #5 and (especially) #4 had, in favor of seriousness. Also thought it had an overall dull tone to it. Hoping this one brings back more of the vibrancy and fun that 1,3, and 4 had.
@@mcleanirish I think you're gonna like this one more, since it's a lot funnier and more humorous. There are some great visual gags, especially involving the Fiat 500.
I've seen it twice and love it, i was also kind of confused by some of the plot on first watch but after my second watch I actually enjoyed it a lot more!
I imagine this movie will really benefit from last year's Maverick success as those who enjoyed that will want to at least give this the benefit of the doubt and check it out. Not my cup of tea, but I'm curious to see how well it does. I'm glad Dan's review of it was positive considering so many franchise movies this year have been disappointing.
Saw it on Saturday as a preview and it was an absolute blast, Cruise, McQuarrie and company delivered as expected. It somehow manages to achieve the impossible balance that it is jus as big, bombastic and spectaculart action-wise like Fallout and at the same time mor echaracter-focused, more personal and emotional. Just an absolute joy of a movie.
I saw it last night and am still just blown away from what I saw. Cruise just keeps raising the bar. Though everyone involved with the film is top notch. And that cliff jump, wow! The entire theater took a giant deep breath when Hunt went over the edge and it was complete silence. Cannot wait to see this again, this weekend, and cannot wait for Part Two!!
I liked her but (SPOILER DONT LOOK BELOW OF YOU HAVENT SEEN IT YET) It felt like they just replaced Ilsa with her right after she died and it kinda pissed me off for the rest of the movie.
@@austincarlson9270 I understand this. I personally believe that Ilsa is still alive, though. 👀 The same knife Gabriel “killed” Ilsa with, is also the same knife he thought he killed Paris with. I’m holding out hope anyways till I see Part 2 next year.
@@austincarlson9270 yeah Elsa was done dirty. She was the main reason the last two movies worked so well - an independent strong female action counterpart who can keep up with Hunt and doesn't require rescue. Instead she got fridged and replaced by a semi-damsel-in-distress. 😡 #JusticeForElsa
I am going to see it tomorrow. I am so excited about it. MI is such an interesting franchise and is only gets better with the rewatches. 4 and 6 are def the best movies in the genre. Hope this touches them:)
Spoiler alert! Dang, I thought it was awful. Something about it felt like it wasn’t a finished product. It has zero MI style and mystique to the scenes. Instead, it was a bunch of close ups on peoples faces lol. Action was really basic. Worst part is they didn’t even show him after he biked off the cliff! They show the jump and cut to the scene in the train and he just crashes in. Such a missed opportunity to film him all the way through. Wasted epic stunt. I thought they would come up with a better story as well. Something more than the basic “we have to find the key to the bomb” storyline.
It was absolutely rubbish!! Waste of time and money! I was bored from 10 mins in and it never got better, i left the cinema after an hour and half, i couldn't care less about the second half!
Hmmmm, I really have to say, that I do not get all the positive reviews. I like the MI movies, the second one is goofy, but the others rank between good and really good. But Dead Reckoning? Yeah, it wasn´t bad but there are so many flaws. Too much exposition, especially the mission room scene in the beginning. And how they present the topic to the director - there are five or six people talking about the new thing, while everyone completes the line from another, a very bad style. The introduction scene of Ethan - again exposition, the same informations we got before and - I don´t know - it seemed to be that it´s more about "hey, here´s Cruise again, the guy from last years blockbuster". I mean, it´s a MI movie, we know that he is in it... The action is great but many action scenes seemed more or less the same we saw in the last 2 or 3 MI movies. And for me - they weren´t better, they felt a bit slower, especially the car chases. And the big stunt which nearly everyone saw month before - it was good, but it seemed to be there only because it had to be there. This stunt didn´t fit in this movie. I missed some well thought through plans which let to thrilling and more quiet spy scenes. The villain didn´t work for me. He is a bad guy - ok, but why? And a bit nitpicky at the end - the train. How can an old train like that continuing work without someone feeding it with coal? Overall, an ok movie but disappointing for me. McQuarrie can do much much better and it seemes that this movie is the culmination of many problems during production.
I also noted the silliness of the scene in which everyone speaking was finishing someone else’s sentence- it reminded me that I was watching a movie - it’s like the movie itself broke character. A movie should never remind you that you are watching a movie- at least a good movie shouldn’t
It’s the worst of the McQuarrie MI films. The acting is hammy, the plot is nonsensical & the green screen for the train sequence is obvious & laughable
I was a bit dissapointed to be honest. Its a good movie for sure, but with fallout being so awsome I just expected more from this. apart from the cliff jump that we already seen a million times in trailers and such, the stunts didnt blow me away. And the plot was a bit convoluted and full of plotholes
Filler, action scene, filler, action scene ... filler, action scene. Also it looked very digital, specially Rome and the train scene. The train for MI:1 looked more real....
Saw it a few nights ago. Absolutely brilliant film. This franchise never disappoints. Although i might have to watch it again to decide if it was better than FALLOUT. Because that was amazing.
Not sure if I saw a different movie to everyone else but this film was trash. To list some of the problems… bad geography in scenes including the opening exposition briefing and club scenes, corny dialogue across the board including too much “trailer” dialogue, random GoPro shots interrupting the cinematography in the actions scenes, CGI devaluing the big bike jump set piece and to top it off (SPOILER) Gabriel the villain shaking his fist shouting “HHHUUUUNNNNTTT” as he loses the key like he is some mustache-twirling villain at the end of a cartoon. No where near the heights of Fallout, dumb-founded that this is getting the level of positive reviews it has been getting. Man I wanted to love the movie so much… 😢
Yay! After so much bad news it's great to hear some good/great news. Especially when it helps reconfirm that my 'gut feeling' about movies coming out still largely holds true
I feel like I am the only one that did NOT think this movie was good at all. I went in to the theater with 0 expectations so I was ready to be surprised, I was not expecting anything, I didn't watch the trailer I didn't look up any reviews. I just came out of the theater and holyshit, this movie was not good in my opinion. Spoiler alert Just the start of the movie alone sums up what I dislike about this movie. First of all, its a submarine scene, thats probably the most boring setting imaginable, its dark, its in the ocean, you can't see anything besides the radar screen the characters are looking at as well. Its not epic, its just not a good opening. The torpedo and vanishing enemy boat is extremely underwhelming. I couldn't believe people got immersed into this scene since is came across as a complete joke. I'm not going to lie, Tom Cruise is ofcourse a good actor and for his age he is really doing great, he can run fast, he can jump, he can.. well look like tom cruise without doing ANYTHING cool. I am so surprised to hear people say this movie was good. WHAT MADE IT GOOD!? It's 2 hours of dialogue and its just not captivating at all. How in the world can this special super special agent loose a train, he lost it, he literally asked where did the train go.... He then proceeds to find his way up an entire mountain and almost rides his motorcycle off the edge as if he didn't know he was on a mountain. He proceeds to be confused and wonders why he's up there. Don't forget we are chasing a steam train here, with a designated route, there is no good reason for this guy to not know where the train is. Oh wait he see's the train now, and he notices he has a parachute! I could continue but the movie (IN MY OPINION) is just not good.
💩 movie. Saw this last night it’s was horrible, don’t believe the reviews, 3 hours of wasting your time. Terrible one liners, plot was said out loud like 20 times, try to be call of duty, inception, Italian job. Nothing original. Action scenes were good but too long and there’s only two major action scenes. 1/10
This film really sucked. The script is a joke. If someone told me it was AI generated I would not question it. Set pieces are fine but the fight sequences are so slow. Also many scenes of dialogue just dragged for no good reason.
I just don’t get it. Love the MI series. Clearly, Dan was able to connect with Grace. I found her deeply frustrating. When there was a moral dilemma presented to the audience and Ethan Hunts as to which character to save, I wanted to shout at the screen to save the returning character. My distaste for Grace as well as the narrative structure that gives the audience information well ahead of the protagonist really harmed my overall enjoyment.
Just came out of the cinema 30 mins ago and came to watch your review Dan! :) what a thrill ride! The first 15 mins where a little slow but the story picked up speed I was hooked. Definitely worth the ticket price! On a side note, went for a bathroom break and a teenager came busting into the toilet with Sharpie marker all over it. He look in the mirror and screamed "NOOoo"😂 couldn't be I didn't have to pay for that kind of entertainment haha
Hated the cinematography and editing of this one. McQuarrie needs to stick to being the only writer like he was in Fallout. Need to switch out directors now too.
Though I personally found ATSV more emotionally gripping with much tighter dialogue and more impressive visuals, this is how you do a Part One movie. I left the theater not only excited to see what happens next but thoroughly satisfied with what I got. Though the overarching threat still remains, this film's central conflicts are all resolved and most every character feels like they ended off in a good place. Whereas ATSV feels like one long movie that I have to wait who knows how long to be able to finish, this felt like its own story.
I group Part One's in three separate categories. There are films like Fast X, which feel like half of a movie, where the studio and creators just decide to cut off the movie at a certain point without any sense of completion for character or story. Then there are films like ATSV, which do have complete character graphs for the leads, but the story ends on a cliffhanger and is incomplete. Then there are films like IW and MI7, which feel like a chapter of the story is finished, and the next movie will be the next chapter of the story.
My friends are making me wait till Friday but I really wanna see it tonight or tomorrow it’s my Most anticipated movie of the year cannot wait for this movie
I just got out of my showing and people gave a standing ovation after it ended. And during the cliff jump scene people were gasping outloud it was actually crazy
It’s unbelievable how this series shines through each episode. This has a larger story and the resolution, next year. I think this is my favorite movie of 2023, til Oppenheimer. Dead reckoning is really a satisfying film.
Yup, saw it last night during a “early release “ event at my local IMAX theater, which was surprisingly packed. Could agree with you more! Will see it again tonight and maybe everyday this week!
SPOILER ALERT: I completely disagree on the fact that this is HOW you make a part one of a two part movie. Harry Potter is a good example, Infinity War is a good example on how to do it right. You have to set up the stakes so that you re engaging with the story and the characters. Dead Reckoning literally wraps up everything so well, makes our characters win completely and I didn’t even feel like we needed a part two but just to saw those movies together. For me it’s such a screenwriting mistake to make a two part movie where the heroes succeed at the end of the first part. What is there left to explore? How can we even doubt that our heroes will succeed in the second part. We don’t. Especially when the villain is so incredibly dull…
I went to see the film a second time because I had a negative theatre experience the first time, and couldn't really assess the film aside from that. It does have great, fun action and the entire cast is amazing! However, the story does feel too complicated and bogged down with too many exposition dump scenes. Centering the story on this nebulous AI construct is something I just cannot wrap my head around. Why it suddenly became this rogue intelligence and what its goals are remain undefined. I feel these films work so well because they have tangible stakes that you can relate easily to an audience. I can kinda understand the Entity and the various complicated plot elements tacked onto it, but it's still too ill defined for it to be something I can feel a threat from. I like a tangible bad guy with a clear motive and objective. Also, did anyone else notice how the digital cinematography looked a little lacking in detail and definition? All the previous films were shot on film, but they ditched that this time. On 2K Digital IMAX and 4K Dolby Cinema, I found it just didn't look very good. A lot of shots looked flat and devoid of detail. The DP on this just moved up from the 2nd Unit on the previous two Mission films, and I think the digital option was the wrong way to go. Plenty of films, mind you, can look stunning with the right digital technology in the right hands, but I should've been WOWED by every shot considering the formats I saw this in. Sadly, I kept noticing inconsistencies in the quality of the digital image throughout. Sometimes I got a lot of detail in close ups and well lit scenes, but others were backlit and faces looked flat with no detail to them at all. Furthermore, why were all these dialogue scenes shot from wildly different angles, usually breaking the 180º rule? It felt like someone trying to shoot it like a De Palma film without having any understanding whatsoever of the craft and skill behind that type of filmmaking. It was very distracting moving eye lines all over the damn frame. All in all, I wasn't really that taken with this entry. If there's supposed to be some big back story between Ethan and Gabriel, it would've been nice if they detailed that so we could understand their relationship at all. It's another vaguely presented concept that kept me from fully engaging with the story, emotionally. If others got more of the film than I did, that's great, but I just watched the entire franchise (on 4K Blu-ray no less) and this left me a bit cold overall.
How it happened felt really contrived and cliched too. They were too good a character to have that kind of end. Took me out of the film completely after that
My husband and I will be going to see this movie in the theater tomorrow. We are very excited, which isn't a statement we've been able to make recently. Thank you for your review, Dan. :)
I really liked Dead Reckoning Part One and I can't wait for Part 2. But I think Fallout is still my favorite. As much as I enjoyed Dead Reckoning Part One, I think I would've preferred they continued the story with The Apostles after Fallout, instead of an entirely new story and villains. I know they killed off Solomon Lane and John Lark in Fallout, but it would've been really cool if they survived or maybe someone takes Lane's place (maybe Gabriel?) to lead them and Dead Reckoning Part One is the penultimate finale of Ethan Hunt and the IMF finally taking Lane and The Apostles down once and for all in Part 2. It would've been cool too if this AI (The Entity) was created by The Apostles as a final attempt to "dismantle the old world and bring forth a new one from the ashes." I personally feel Lane is the best MI villain. l loved how they built him and The Syndicate (then Apostles) up in Rogue Nation because although I didn't at all agree with them, I understood why they turned against their governments and agencies and wanted to bring the old world order down. They were forced to do so much for their governments/agencies only to be disavowed, cast aside, and all that trauma of taking lives for the sake of the “greater good” takes a toll. Until they finally lost faith in that system. It would’ve been cool to keep fleshing out that story because Lane and The Syndicate/Apostles are basically the evil versions of Ethan and the IMF. They're what Ethan and his team would become if they really snapped, went rogue, lost their moral compass, and tried to dismantle the old world order/governments.
It was a good movie, if still not quite as good as the previous two. What really pissed me off though, was the treatment of Rebecca Ferguson’s character Faust. The way they literally fridged her before our eyes for a new model…sorry new leading lady 😒 in the form Hayley Atwell. Who don’t get me wrong is a great new character…but why at the cost of Ferguson? And you could see here that Ferguson was phoning it in too, because she new she had been unceremoniously fired from the franchise by Cruise. And she was so great in the other movies. It just somewhat soured proceedings for me. And maybe Karma is a bitch, because the movie is not doing as well at the box-office as it should be. On a side note…did anyone notice how similar most of the big action sequences were to Indie 5? From the locations, to the car chase, to the train sequence…just better executed.
The first part of the plot was much more in true MI style, with Ilsa kicking ass, shot out in the exotic desert. They better bring ilsa back in part 2, shes Ethan equal with special agent training. It made no sense for Ethan to easily invite grace who has only 1 skill in stealing 🗝️ to join his exclusive team. She suddenly walked away with all that money about to transfer to her bank? This part of the plot is weak. Who can forget Ilsa gold dress when she jumped off the Vienna Opera house with Ethan? This Grace looks oridanry with her waitress outfit, who attended a fancy party in Venice wearing a white shirt and a pants? I noticed when were the segments when they took a break, after the fiat car chase or the train racked, , they looked clean. Blame it to the makeup artist
I think they dropped the ball a bit. There’s too many uses of “stolen identity.” As usual that’s their go-to mission impossible tool. We hardly saw any new gadgets, which is what the franchise and series is known for.
Tom Cruise looks fantastic. In some scenes you can see he’s clearly aged but even then he looks about 50 not 61 and other scenes you would think he was still 30.
Just saw it today, LOVED IT! I regret seeing it VIP only because it was just a regular showing, no IMAX or AVX so I'm making sure i see it again on bigger and better screen!
I have to disagree with the better part one than spider-verse. I don't necessarily feel that anyone besides Grace had an arc or experienced real growth. and Grace's character stealing the key and running away every scene was getting old fast. Spider-verse on the other-hand had significant growth and arcs progressed by both Gwen and Miles. Sure it didn't advertise to the movie-plebs that it was a part 1, but it was widely and pretty commonly known that it would be.
This movie is not as good as MI fallout but still a great movie. Surprised it’s not hitting the Cinemas til tomorrow in the us as we’ve seen it since last Saturday (5 days early) here in. Australia
I think tom has a certain type of woman he likes. look at (actor names in the movie) Grace Ilsa, Ethan Hunt wife . they all look alike especially in the movies and sometimes I get confused if they are in same room and keep changing camera heck even Katie Holmes look a bit similar to all those women mentioned above
I first watched the movie on the iPhone while I’m waiting patiently to see the real movie dead reckoning at the Real movie theater with my mom at the end of this month shortly before I’m going out of town to the Jersey shore with my parents in early August.
So, better or about the same as John Wick 4? I think this movie is more spectical than JW4. I think JW4 is more beautifully shot and artistic with the choreography. I give the win to JW4. Both movies are still great!
I agree jw4 was more artistic, but mi is better imo, for one the pace is much better, the action is more realistic, as the jw4 u can tell is more choreography, the story and the arcs are better in mi. The performances are better, the cast is better, the stakes are higher and the tension is greater, i held my breath for the last 30 min . While jw4 i never felt tense just enjoyed watchint the fighting. Anyways 2 great action movies from this year none the less!
As a lifelong MI fan (seriously, I’m 27) I was thoroughly entertained at my showing last night. However, it was my worst theater experience ever due to rowdy teens, shushing, and constant phones out. Really ruined some early, iconic scenes
This is the first time since 2019 (Avengers Endgame) that I leave the theater completely 100% satisfied. When I started to believe the blockbuster industry was already doomed with no coming back, this movie restored my fate
Haley Atwell elevated the already excellent film. Loved her performance. I liked it more than Fallout. It felt a bit like DePalmas MI with some of the unique camera angles and closeups and stuff. Probably my fav of all the Mission films
Tom Cruise lays Out Plan To See ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Barbie’, 'Charts with Dan' On Their Opening Weekend.
Lmao. He shudv just daid he is goin to rewatch MI7 few more times first .
Great news and review! Can’t wait to see it tonight!
The question is if this movie as good as Top Gun Maverick and whether it will have the same box office power?
Just got back from seeing it, can’t wait to see it again!
Saw it today. Could not agree more. Needs the biggest screen possible
Another train fight? Has anyone, ever, fought on top of a train? Considering how often it happens in movies.
Saw it on IMAX today. Cruise and McQuarrie bring it as usual. Even though the motorcycle stunt has been featured in every trailer, the scene in the movie is still a white knuckle hold your breath moment. And the train sequence rivals (dare I say exceeds) the best of Spielberg moments.
The plot seems like it comes from a hokey 90s movie and yet given current events feels frighteningly relevant.
One note: I loved Pom's performance but her character seems better suited for a Batman movie.
Agree the plot comes across as hokey at times. I know they were trying to tap into what's arguably the great existential threat of the information age, but the way they presented it makes some scenes come across like a B-grade science fiction thriller.
The opening scene I thought tapped into the zeitgeist in three ways: Russia, AI and (inadvertently) submarines.
Thought it may have been a sign that the franchise has been going on for a tad too long when they recycled the "dramatic final showdown on top of the train" sequence from the first movie. ;-)
The action in this movie had the SUSPENSE that made classic Spielberg so thrilling and feel like a rollercoaster. Even the exposition scenes they managed to plant things in the scene to distract the audience so they were kept tensely distracted looking at something else while having something explained. Loved that!
@@ProuvaireJean I interpreted the train fight as a homage to MI1 rather than a rehash. There were quite a few nods to past MIs sprinkled thoughout the movie.
How do you mean belongs better in a Batman movie?
@@PolarisCastillo She'd make an interesting Harley Quinn-type chaotic character.
Not a criticism against Pom, she gave a great performance.
*Mission:* *Impossible* *-* *Dead* *Reckoning* *P1*
Just finished watching it and a bit overrated by the masses but still good. I don't think it's the best MI film. I think Fallout is still better and Ghost Protocol remains by far my favorite.
Ghost Protocol is like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade of the MI franchise where it's the most fun and funniest. My biggest issue with Dead Reckoning is the MacGuffin was the submarine key about this AI "entity". I'm still lost with the story..
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I'm mad that Rebecca Ferguson and Pom Klementieff's characters died. I love Ilsa Faust! And I thought Paris would stay alive and be part of Ethan's crew. But I guess it's no Fast series where everyone can come back from the dead which is stupid. The Fast series only wishes to be as good as the Mission series.
The women in the Mission franchise are generally awesome. Look at all these actresses who were part of it: Emmanuelle Béart, Thandie Newton, Maggie Q, Keri Russell, Michelle Monaghan, Paula Patton, Léa Seydoux, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff, and Hayley Atwell.
Ilsa was ranked #1 for most badass female character in the MI franchise and they kill her off! I'm pissed! 😡 She was such a badass in Rogue Nation using her thighs like Famke Jannsen in GoldenEye. Bring back Jane Carter then. Paula Patton is not the greatest actress but her Jane can kick ass! Bring back Jeremy Renner too.
One of the reasons why I love the MI franchise is the women are as equally dangerous and useful as the men. It doesn't try to be WOKE like someone we know who runs Lucasfilm with more annoying female characters. The females don't come off as annoying or helpless. Like Atwell's character was doing the work on that train. Females can take care of themselves in this franchise.
Another reason why I love the MI franchise is it's probably the closest thing we have at having a Metal Gear Solid live-action movie franchise. A lot of the characters are very 2D, black or white, the way James Bond films are. Not gray like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. But it's still the closest to having a Solid Snake with all kinds of espionage.
Great to see a lot of actors and actresses I know. Two carryovers from Top Gun: Maverick were in it: Charles Parnell (Warlock) and Greg Tarzan Davis (Coyote). Great to see Esai Morales (La Bamba, My Family as Chucho) still getting roles. Great to see Indira Varma and Cary Elwes who I saw in BlackBerry. Then of course: Tom, Simon, Ving, Hayley, Rebecca, Vanessa, and Pom.
I thought the train scene at the end was awesome!! It's a mixture of the trailer scene in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and the opening shot from Uncharted 2. But Gabriel was kicking ass. He lays down Grace and then kills Ilsa, my favorite female character of the entire franchise. But I guess it's a way to raise the stakes for the next one.
Grace is just as untrustworthy as Helena Shaw but she doesn't come off as smug, annoying, and unfunny like Phoebe's character was. But Grace is a low-life like Helena was.
My MI Favorites
1. Ghost Protocol (by a lot!!!)
2. Fallout
3. Dead Reckoning Part One
4. Rogue Nation
I've never seen MI 1, 2, and 3 yet. I'll watch them this week. But from my understanding, the first 3 are bottom 3 with Part 2 widely regarded as the worst one. MI didn't get really good until 4 when Christopher McQuarrie started writing it.
Overall: B or 8/10
Shocking to say this, but I enjoyed The Flash a little more than this. But I'm planning to watch MI7 a few times. My opinions could change. I haven't seen a lot of movies this year but my top 4 are Air, BlackBerry, The Flash, and MI7.
I definitely enjoyed MI7 more than GotG V3 and Indy 5. Haven't seen Across The Spider-Verse yet. I still rank Quantumania as the worst film of the year. Beau Is Afraid is a bit misunderstood that first viewing. But the images stay with you as Maggie (deepfocuslens) has said like a nightmare you can't forget. It's similar to the moments you see in Mulholland Drive.
Please bring back Paula Patton if they already killed off Rebecca Ferguson's character. I'm still pissed Ilsa died! Hayley's Grace will be a worthy replacement but it hurts Ilsa is gone. And I wanted more of Pom. No more being the comic relief as Mantis in Guardians. She was a badass in this film. McQuarrie writes very good female characters while Kathleen Kennedy inserts annoying ones.
Ghost Protocol Hallway Projection Scene
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^ This scene still cracks me up nearly 12 years later. Even though it had a weak story, MI4 was so much fun like Indy 3 and Fast Five. We got Hoodie Ethan Hunt.
I don't know if there will ever be another Mission as fun as that one from late-2011. The last three lost that Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade-like humor and fun while MI4 has the highest replay value for me.
@LordFleaBottom
its good you enjoyed this movie and you say you enjoyed the flash movie more ( i saw the flash movie 5x at cinema )
This movie is absolutely incredible, and I wasn't really looking forward to it that much. I loved Fallout but something about this movie from the trailers just felt like more of the same. Boy was I wrong. This movie is a totally different beast. And as Dan said, it left me satisfied but also wanting more. BRAVO!!!
I see this movie with my friends I am not action movie fan but this is best movie 2023 for me now I AM waiting next year MI8,because it part 1 not completed story
Good to hear. I didn't care for Fallout and felt it took away a lot of the fun, that #5 and (especially) #4 had, in favor of seriousness. Also thought it had an overall dull tone to it. Hoping this one brings back more of the vibrancy and fun that 1,3, and 4 had.
@@mcleanirish it's already top of all mi series in India Tom cruise highest advance booking movie almost MCU endgame 2017 compitition
@@mcleanirish I think you're gonna like this one more, since it's a lot funnier and more humorous. There are some great visual gags, especially involving the Fiat 500.
@@r.k.m9801 can you explain to me how was Top gun in India last year 2022? answer me please
I just really appreciate how consistently good this series is. I had a lot of fun with this one.
For me this part is bad and boring. I had way to high expectation after the last one.
I've seen it twice and love it, i was also kind of confused by some of the plot on first watch but after my second watch I actually enjoyed it a lot more!
So there's good rewatch value
@ompatel5570 for me yes! we all have different opinions though! :)
I imagine this movie will really benefit from last year's Maverick success as those who enjoyed that will want to at least give this the benefit of the doubt and check it out. Not my cup of tea, but I'm curious to see how well it does. I'm glad Dan's review of it was positive considering so many franchise movies this year have been disappointing.
Saw it on Saturday as a preview and it was an absolute blast, Cruise, McQuarrie and company delivered as expected. It somehow manages to achieve the impossible balance that it is jus as big, bombastic and spectaculart action-wise like Fallout and at the same time mor echaracter-focused, more personal and emotional. Just an absolute joy of a movie.
I saw it last night and am still just blown away from what I saw. Cruise just keeps raising the bar. Though everyone involved with the film is top notch. And that cliff jump, wow! The entire theater took a giant deep breath when Hunt went over the edge and it was complete silence. Cannot wait to see this again, this weekend, and cannot wait for Part Two!!
It's that good can't wait
I’m beyond excited for this movie. I will be there tomorrow and if it’s as good as the rest of the series, will probably go multiple times!
Tom Cruise hope the biggest moviestar ever wins the summer again. Truly the greatest❤
Cannot wait to go see this movie! It's my favorite action franchise these days.
I love Hayley Atwell’s character journey in the story.
I liked her but (SPOILER DONT LOOK BELOW OF YOU HAVENT SEEN IT YET)
It felt like they just replaced Ilsa with her right after she died and it kinda pissed me off for the rest of the movie.
@@austincarlson9270 I understand this. I personally believe that Ilsa is still alive, though. 👀 The same knife Gabriel “killed” Ilsa with, is also the same knife he thought he killed Paris with. I’m holding out hope anyways till I see Part 2 next year.
@@austincarlson9270 yeah Elsa was done dirty. She was the main reason the last two movies worked so well - an independent strong female action counterpart who can keep up with Hunt and doesn't require rescue. Instead she got fridged and replaced by a semi-damsel-in-distress. 😡
#JusticeForElsa
@@brucecrawford_17 Na, two Elsa death fakeouts is too much and will make it farcical.
@@LizardSpork Most movies are nowadays. Rebecca Ferguson is listed on the IMDB for Part 2. 👀
I am going to see it tomorrow. I am so excited about it. MI is such an interesting franchise and is only gets better with the rewatches. 4 and 6 are def the best movies in the genre. Hope this touches them:)
Loved it! It really kept me engaged every second. Haley Atwell’s thief character, Grace, was excellent as she had difficult choices to make.
THIS MOVIE SHOULD OF BEEN A HUGE HIT, I'VE SEEN IT TWICE
Spoiler alert!
Dang, I thought it was awful. Something about it felt like it wasn’t a finished product. It has zero MI style and mystique to the scenes. Instead, it was a bunch of close ups on peoples faces lol. Action was really basic. Worst part is they didn’t even show him after he biked off the cliff! They show the jump and cut to the scene in the train and he just crashes in. Such a missed opportunity to film him all the way through. Wasted epic stunt.
I thought they would come up with a better story as well. Something more than the basic “we have to find the key to the bomb” storyline.
It was absolutely rubbish!! Waste of time and money! I was bored from 10 mins in and it never got better, i left the cinema after an hour and half, i couldn't care less about the second half!
it was way worse than Fallout and Rogue Nation! And it was quite boring and needn't to be 160 min!
Can't wait for tonight! Got my ticket weeks ago for the premium format. Loved this franchise from the very beginning.
I am already see this movie with my friends it's better then other mi series but story r not complete so waiting for next year MI8
Me too! Seeing it tonight 😊
I found film this so boring and predictable.
Tom is older than Jon Voigt was in MI1.😂 Insane!
Wow, a glowing review for the next MI movie. Can't wait to watch it tomorrow!
Hmmmm, I really have to say, that I do not get all the positive reviews.
I like the MI movies, the second one is goofy, but the others rank between good and really good.
But Dead Reckoning?
Yeah, it wasn´t bad but there are so many flaws.
Too much exposition, especially the mission room scene in the beginning.
And how they present the topic to the director - there are five or six people talking about the new thing, while everyone completes the line from another, a very bad style.
The introduction scene of Ethan - again exposition, the same informations we got before and - I don´t know - it seemed to be that it´s more about "hey, here´s Cruise again, the guy from last years blockbuster". I mean, it´s a MI movie, we know that he is in it...
The action is great but many action scenes seemed more or less the same we saw in the last 2 or 3 MI movies. And for me - they weren´t better, they felt a bit slower, especially the car chases. And the big stunt which nearly everyone saw month before - it was good, but it seemed to be there only because it had to be there. This stunt didn´t fit in this movie.
I missed some well thought through plans which let to thrilling and more quiet spy scenes.
The villain didn´t work for me. He is a bad guy - ok, but why?
And a bit nitpicky at the end - the train. How can an old train like that continuing work without someone feeding it with coal?
Overall, an ok movie but disappointing for me.
McQuarrie can do much much better and it seemes that this movie is the culmination of many problems during production.
I also noted the silliness of the scene in which everyone speaking was finishing someone else’s sentence- it reminded me that I was watching a movie - it’s like the movie itself broke character. A movie should never remind you that you are watching a movie- at least a good movie shouldn’t
@@GeechieDan-uu9wmIt's made worse by the fact that the scene you're talking about went on way too long.
It’s the worst of the McQuarrie MI films. The acting is hammy, the plot is nonsensical & the green screen for the train sequence is obvious & laughable
It sounds like Rebecca Ferguson got shafted for Hayley atwell
I was a bit dissapointed to be honest. Its a good movie for sure, but with fallout being so awsome I just expected more from this. apart from the cliff jump that we already seen a million times in trailers and such, the stunts didnt blow me away. And the plot was a bit convoluted and full of plotholes
saw it on imax, i usually like Mission Impossible movies, but this one was too long and incomplete, the tropes are getting overused.
It was a good film 7/10. Grace was so annoying in this movie
The smile on the thumbnail says it all
Filler, action scene, filler, action scene ... filler, action scene. Also it looked very digital, specially Rome and the train scene. The train for MI:1 looked more real....
Saw it a few nights ago. Absolutely brilliant film. This franchise never disappoints. Although i might have to watch it again to decide if it was better than FALLOUT. Because that was amazing.
Not sure if I saw a different movie to everyone else but this film was trash. To list some of the problems… bad geography in scenes including the opening exposition briefing and club scenes, corny dialogue across the board including too much “trailer” dialogue, random GoPro shots interrupting the cinematography in the actions scenes, CGI devaluing the big bike jump set piece and to top it off (SPOILER) Gabriel the villain shaking his fist shouting “HHHUUUUNNNNTTT” as he loses the key like he is some mustache-twirling villain at the end of a cartoon. No where near the heights of Fallout, dumb-founded that this is getting the level of positive reviews it has been getting. Man I wanted to love the movie so much… 😢
Yay! After so much bad news it's great to hear some good/great news. Especially when it helps reconfirm that my 'gut feeling' about movies coming out still largely holds true
I feel like I am the only one that did NOT think this movie was good at all. I went in to the theater with 0 expectations so I was ready to be surprised, I was not expecting anything, I didn't watch the trailer I didn't look up any reviews. I just came out of the theater and holyshit, this movie was not good in my opinion. Spoiler alert Just the start of the movie alone sums up what I dislike about this movie. First of all, its a submarine scene, thats probably the most boring setting imaginable, its dark, its in the ocean, you can't see anything besides the radar screen the characters are looking at as well. Its not epic, its just not a good opening. The torpedo and vanishing enemy boat is extremely underwhelming. I couldn't believe people got immersed into this scene since is came across as a complete joke.
I'm not going to lie, Tom Cruise is ofcourse a good actor and for his age he is really doing great, he can run fast, he can jump, he can.. well look like tom cruise without doing ANYTHING cool. I am so surprised to hear people say this movie was good. WHAT MADE IT GOOD!? It's 2 hours of dialogue and its just not captivating at all. How in the world can this special super special agent loose a train, he lost it, he literally asked where did the train go.... He then proceeds to find his way up an entire mountain and almost rides his motorcycle off the edge as if he didn't know he was on a mountain. He proceeds to be confused and wonders why he's up there. Don't forget we are chasing a steam train here, with a designated route, there is no good reason for this guy to not know where the train is. Oh wait he see's the train now, and he notices he has a parachute! I could continue but the movie (IN MY OPINION) is just not good.
💩 movie. Saw this last night it’s was horrible, don’t believe the reviews, 3 hours of wasting your time. Terrible one liners, plot was said out loud like 20 times, try to be call of duty, inception, Italian job. Nothing original. Action scenes were good but too long and there’s only two major action scenes. 1/10
This film really sucked. The script is a joke. If someone told me it was AI generated I would not question it. Set pieces are fine but the fight sequences are so slow. Also many scenes of dialogue just dragged for no good reason.
I just don’t get it. Love the MI series. Clearly, Dan was able to connect with Grace. I found her deeply frustrating. When there was a moral dilemma presented to the audience and Ethan Hunts as to which character to save, I wanted to shout at the screen to save the returning character. My distaste for Grace as well as the narrative structure that gives the audience information well ahead of the protagonist really harmed my overall enjoyment.
Just came out of the cinema 30 mins ago and came to watch your review Dan! :) what a thrill ride! The first 15 mins where a little slow but the story picked up speed I was hooked. Definitely worth the ticket price! On a side note, went for a bathroom break and a teenager came busting into the toilet with Sharpie marker all over it. He look in the mirror and screamed "NOOoo"😂 couldn't be I didn't have to pay for that kind of entertainment haha
I'm gonna see it again Loved Mission Impossible
Hated the cinematography and editing of this one. McQuarrie needs to stick to being the only writer like he was in Fallout. Need to switch out directors now too.
I nearly finished my Mission Impossible Series rewatch, and will be checking this out tomorrow!
Did the same thing
@heatheraggus7501 Great minds..think alike.
Though I personally found ATSV more emotionally gripping with much tighter dialogue and more impressive visuals, this is how you do a Part One movie. I left the theater not only excited to see what happens next but thoroughly satisfied with what I got. Though the overarching threat still remains, this film's central conflicts are all resolved and most every character feels like they ended off in a good place. Whereas ATSV feels like one long movie that I have to wait who knows how long to be able to finish, this felt like its own story.
I group Part One's in three separate categories. There are films like Fast X, which feel like half of a movie, where the studio and creators just decide to cut off the movie at a certain point without any sense of completion for character or story. Then there are films like ATSV, which do have complete character graphs for the leads, but the story ends on a cliffhanger and is incomplete. Then there are films like IW and MI7, which feel like a chapter of the story is finished, and the next movie will be the next chapter of the story.
My friends are making me wait till Friday but I really wanna see it tonight or tomorrow it’s my Most anticipated movie of the year cannot wait for this movie
Watched it yesterday with packed house. Movie of the summer ❤
I just got out of my showing and people gave a standing ovation after it ended. And during the cliff jump scene people were gasping outloud it was actually crazy
I could not get on board with the character grace she made little sense,fun film though
Awesome - will need to rewatch on IMAX before Oppenheimer swallows them up.
I think Fallout was better - but Dead Reckoning is must see.
It’s unbelievable how this series shines through each episode. This has a larger story and the resolution, next year. I think this is my favorite movie of 2023, til Oppenheimer. Dead reckoning is really a satisfying film.
Yup, saw it last night during a “early release “ event at my local IMAX theater, which was surprisingly packed. Could agree with you more! Will see it again tonight and maybe everyday this week!
Hearing you say Barbinheimer is so fun. I love it so much
Another movie that will put me in premium theaters multiple times. These are movies to go see.
SPOILER ALERT: I completely disagree on the fact that this is HOW you make a part one of a two part movie. Harry Potter is a good example, Infinity War is a good example on how to do it right. You have to set up the stakes so that you re engaging with the story and the characters. Dead Reckoning literally wraps up everything so well, makes our characters win completely and I didn’t even feel like we needed a part two but just to saw those movies together. For me it’s such a screenwriting mistake to make a two part movie where the heroes succeed at the end of the first part. What is there left to explore? How can we even doubt that our heroes will succeed in the second part. We don’t. Especially when the villain is so incredibly dull…
That's exactly how I feel about the movie, you never see the characters at their lowest ebb to pick back up in part two. It's no Empire Strikes Back.
I went to see the film a second time because I had a negative theatre experience the first time, and couldn't really assess the film aside from that. It does have great, fun action and the entire cast is amazing! However, the story does feel too complicated and bogged down with too many exposition dump scenes. Centering the story on this nebulous AI construct is something I just cannot wrap my head around. Why it suddenly became this rogue intelligence and what its goals are remain undefined. I feel these films work so well because they have tangible stakes that you can relate easily to an audience. I can kinda understand the Entity and the various complicated plot elements tacked onto it, but it's still too ill defined for it to be something I can feel a threat from. I like a tangible bad guy with a clear motive and objective.
Also, did anyone else notice how the digital cinematography looked a little lacking in detail and definition? All the previous films were shot on film, but they ditched that this time. On 2K Digital IMAX and 4K Dolby Cinema, I found it just didn't look very good. A lot of shots looked flat and devoid of detail. The DP on this just moved up from the 2nd Unit on the previous two Mission films, and I think the digital option was the wrong way to go. Plenty of films, mind you, can look stunning with the right digital technology in the right hands, but I should've been WOWED by every shot considering the formats I saw this in. Sadly, I kept noticing inconsistencies in the quality of the digital image throughout. Sometimes I got a lot of detail in close ups and well lit scenes, but others were backlit and faces looked flat with no detail to them at all. Furthermore, why were all these dialogue scenes shot from wildly different angles, usually breaking the 180º rule? It felt like someone trying to shoot it like a De Palma film without having any understanding whatsoever of the craft and skill behind that type of filmmaking. It was very distracting moving eye lines all over the damn frame.
All in all, I wasn't really that taken with this entry. If there's supposed to be some big back story between Ethan and Gabriel, it would've been nice if they detailed that so we could understand their relationship at all. It's another vaguely presented concept that kept me from fully engaging with the story, emotionally. If others got more of the film than I did, that's great, but I just watched the entire franchise (on 4K Blu-ray no less) and this left me a bit cold overall.
Yep, same thoughts here.
Saw it this morning. Really enjoyed it. The train sequence was awesome.
I haaaate they killed off a certain character. It really bothered me.
How it happened felt really contrived and cliched too. They were too good a character to have that kind of end. Took me out of the film completely after that
I liked it. I like Fallout and Rogue Nation a bit more, but it was still a great time in the theater
I see with my friends it's better but it's declared complete story MI8 then decide what MI series better
Just left the theater less than an hour ago. Recommend.
My husband and I will be going to see this movie in the theater tomorrow. We are very excited, which isn't a statement we've been able to make recently. Thank you for your review, Dan. :)
Tom cruise was older than John voight from the 1st mission impossible, when he rode off the cliff.
I really liked Dead Reckoning Part One and I can't wait for Part 2. But I think Fallout is still my favorite. As much as I enjoyed Dead Reckoning Part One, I think I would've preferred they continued the story with The Apostles after Fallout, instead of an entirely new story and villains. I know they killed off Solomon Lane and John Lark in Fallout, but it would've been really cool if they survived or maybe someone takes Lane's place (maybe Gabriel?) to lead them and Dead Reckoning Part One is the penultimate finale of Ethan Hunt and the IMF finally taking Lane and The Apostles down once and for all in Part 2. It would've been cool too if this AI (The Entity) was created by The Apostles as a final attempt to "dismantle the old world and bring forth a new one from the ashes." I personally feel Lane is the best MI villain. l loved how they built him and The Syndicate (then Apostles) up in Rogue Nation because although I didn't at all agree with them, I understood why they turned against their governments and agencies and wanted to bring the old world order down. They were forced to do so much for their governments/agencies only to be disavowed, cast aside, and all that trauma of taking lives for the sake of the “greater good” takes a toll. Until they finally lost faith in that system. It would’ve been cool to keep fleshing out that story because Lane and The Syndicate/Apostles are basically the evil versions of Ethan and the IMF. They're what Ethan and his team would become if they really snapped, went rogue, lost their moral compass, and tried to dismantle the old world order/governments.
It was a good movie, if still not quite as good as the previous two. What really pissed me off though, was the treatment of Rebecca Ferguson’s character Faust. The way they literally fridged her before our eyes for a new model…sorry new leading lady 😒 in the form Hayley Atwell. Who don’t get me wrong is a great new character…but why at the cost of Ferguson?
And you could see here that Ferguson was phoning it in too, because she new she had been unceremoniously fired from the franchise by Cruise. And she was so great in the other movies. It just somewhat soured proceedings for me. And maybe Karma is a bitch, because the movie is not doing as well at the box-office as it should be.
On a side note…did anyone notice how similar most of the big action sequences were to Indie 5? From the locations, to the car chase, to the train sequence…just better executed.
Mission Accepted! Will be going this weekend. Cruise rarely dissapoints.
The first part of the plot was much more in true MI style, with Ilsa kicking ass, shot out in the exotic desert. They better bring ilsa back in part 2, shes Ethan equal with special agent training. It made no sense for Ethan to easily invite grace who has only 1 skill in stealing 🗝️ to join his exclusive team. She suddenly walked away with all that money about to transfer to her bank? This part of the plot is weak. Who can forget Ilsa gold dress when she jumped off the Vienna Opera house with Ethan? This Grace looks oridanry with her waitress outfit, who attended a fancy party in Venice wearing a white shirt and a pants?
I noticed when were the segments when they took a break, after the fiat car chase or the train racked, , they looked clean. Blame it to the makeup artist
Saw it today and I genuinely thunk this may be the greatest action movie I've ever seen. It was perfect. Perfect.
I watched Rogue Nation. Didnt have time to see Fallout. But I think Dead Reckoning is in the top 5 movies of the 2023.
I think they dropped the ball a bit. There’s too many uses of “stolen identity.” As usual that’s their go-to mission impossible tool. We hardly saw any new gadgets, which is what the franchise and series is known for.
Tom Cruise looks fantastic. In some scenes you can see he’s clearly aged but even then he looks about 50 not 61 and other scenes you would think he was still 30.
Agree.
POst Pandemic... The best movie is Top Gun Maverick and MI 7. Not that I am bias to Tom Cruise but its is true. I love the 2 movies.
2:45 Mnts That's Gonna Be Fun then🎉😂
Just saw it today, LOVED IT! I regret seeing it VIP only because it was just a regular showing, no IMAX or AVX so I'm making sure i see it again on bigger and better screen!
Yes Tom looks younger... Plastic Surgeon done like 10 years ago... did you really not noticed, he still has the scars near the ears.....
I have to disagree with the better part one than spider-verse. I don't necessarily feel that anyone besides Grace had an arc or experienced real growth. and Grace's character stealing the key and running away every scene was getting old fast.
Spider-verse on the other-hand had significant growth and arcs progressed by both Gwen and Miles. Sure it didn't advertise to the movie-plebs that it was a part 1, but it was widely and pretty commonly known that it would be.
Yes, Dan will be shocked about the box office results.
This movie is not as good as MI fallout but still a great movie. Surprised it’s not hitting the Cinemas til tomorrow in the us as we’ve seen it since last Saturday (5 days early) here in. Australia
I think tom has a certain type of woman he likes. look at (actor names in the movie) Grace Ilsa, Ethan Hunt wife . they all look alike especially in the movies and sometimes I get confused if they are in same room and keep changing camera
heck even Katie Holmes look a bit similar to all those women mentioned above
I kept waiting for Shea Whigham to get his nose broken ala fast and furious but it never happened.
Tom Cruise is about to go for 2 in a row summer championships.
Its not doing well though.
I first watched the movie on the iPhone while I’m waiting patiently to see the real movie dead reckoning at the Real movie theater with my mom at the end of this month shortly before I’m going out of town to the Jersey shore with my parents in early August.
So, better or about the same as John Wick 4? I think this movie is more spectical than JW4. I think JW4 is more beautifully shot and artistic with the choreography. I give the win to JW4. Both movies are still great!
Not decided because it's part 1 MI8 decide what complete story but I see both JW4 and MI7 still 50/50 but MI8 decide what happened
I agree jw4 was more artistic, but mi is better imo, for one the pace is much better, the action is more realistic, as the jw4 u can tell is more choreography, the story and the arcs are better in mi. The performances are better, the cast is better, the stakes are higher and the tension is greater, i held my breath for the last 30 min . While jw4 i never felt tense just enjoyed watchint the fighting. Anyways 2 great action movies from this year none the less!
As a lifelong MI fan (seriously, I’m 27) I was thoroughly entertained at my showing last night. However, it was my worst theater experience ever due to rowdy teens, shushing, and constant phones out. Really ruined some early, iconic scenes
Same thing happened to me. The moron two seats away from me kept slurping his drink and making noises with the ice and popcorn!
Ethan Hunt is a better Bond than James Bond is currently
This is the first time since 2019 (Avengers Endgame) that I leave the theater completely 100% satisfied. When I started to believe the blockbuster industry was already doomed with no coming back, this movie restored my fate
Seeing it tonight, so excited!
Thought Dan was gonna reference Jon Voight's age in _M:I,_ but he went with Roger Moore instead.
Great switcheroo! 😂
Excellent review of a tremendous flick from the ageless, fearless and peerless Tom Cruise.
Bought 2 tickets for Friday.
I loved all Mission impossible movies, but this one was very disappointing, Don’t think I will watch part two
I don’t understand the praise this movie is getting
I only ever cared about the first movie, but now I'm interested in checking this out.
Its the closest in feel to the first movie than the others.
Rome is the new favorite whipping boy for Hollywood beat up lol
Got my ticket for tomorrow, opening night.
Mi 7 -Thrill Ride at Best
10/10
Haley Atwell elevated the already excellent film. Loved her performance. I liked it more than Fallout. It felt a bit like DePalmas MI with some of the unique camera angles and closeups and stuff. Probably my fav of all the Mission films