Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning has thrilling chases, intense combat and the Mission Impossible theme, and definitely the fit and pleasant Tom Cruise performing stunts on ground, air and underwater.
What is missing are the breathtaking worldwide locations like the earlier films showcased Dubai, Paris, London, Norway, Morocco, Prague, Australia, Rome among many. Instead the first half is centred around the dark locations of tunnels and underground, with second half mostly in the submarine, underwater, except the stretched airplane chase and stunts actually performed by Tom Cruise.
President of the United States of America sends a voice note to Ethan recounting the adventures he pulled out in the last thirty years bringing nostalgia of the several earlier missions that Ethan accomplished.
Picking up from it’s previous film MI – Dead Reckoning, an artificial intelligence – Entity has taken over the internet, and is about to launch a global nuclear strike which will exterminate the human race. The final hope of the US President is Ethan Hunt who ropes his IMF team — Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames), Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg), Grace (Hayley Atwell). Tom confronts the antagonist on land, in the tunnels and in the sky with Gabriel Martinelli (Esai Morales).
Only Ethan Hunt can eliminate this existential threat since he is in possession of the key to the mainframe of Entity, acquire the box containing it’s source code and insert the ‘poison pill’ required to neutralize the threat to the world by clicking two small gadgets together, and the Entity will be a Non-Entity.
Action and espionage at its height, exotic locations are missing, the film becomes unbearable towards the second half as it is almost 3 hours in duration. Most of the action is either in the undergrounds, tunnels and under the depths of the ocean in a submarine
Apparently this is gloomiest action-adventure is the final outing for Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt who is no doubt the fittest action star, yet this time it is uncomfortable watching him having a fight in his underpants, and unbearable to watch the overly stretched fight while hanging off a plane in the climax.
Earlier series of The Mission: Impossible film were actually eye pleasing high-octane action thrillers filmed across fascinating locations, whereas this one isn’t. And it’s almost 3 hours long, the longest in the MI series.
Cast of Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning:
Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt (IMF Agent)
Hayley Atwell as Grace (Ethan’s ally)
Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell (IMF Computer Technician)
Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn (IMF Field agent)
Esai Morales as Gabriel (the antagonist)
Pom Klementieff as Paris (French assassin, now Ethan’s ally)
Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge: The director of the CIA
Angela Bassett as Erika Sloane (President of the United States)
Holt McCallany as Serling Bernstein (Secretary of Defense)
Janet McTeer as Walters (Secretary of State)
Nick Offerman as General Sidney (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
Hannah Waddingham as Rear Admiral Neely (Head of an aircraft carrier)
Credits of Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning:
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen
Based on Mission: Impossible by Bruce Geller
Produced by Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie
Production companies – Paramount Pictures, Skydance, TC Productions
Cinematography Fraser Taggart
Edited by Eddie Hamilton
Music by Max Aruj, Alfie Godfrey
