Just watched it. I remember MI 5 and 6 being over the top and unrealistic, but this one felt like Fast and Furious levels of absurdity. And I get that the MI movies not story driven - but in MI 3, 5, and 6 I was somewhat invested in the plot whereas in this one I didn't really care at all.
Enjoyed it overall though, solid 6.5.
MI 3 is still my favorite one. Philip Seymour Hoffman was by far the best villain in the series.
Just watched it. I remember MI 5 and 6 being over the top and unrealistic, but this one felt like Fast and Furious levels of absurdity. And I get that the MI movies not story driven - but in MI 3, 5, and 6 I was somewhat invested in the plot whereas in this one I didn't really care at all.
Enjoyed it overall though, solid 6.5.
MI 3 is still my favorite one. Philip Seymour Hoffman was by far the best villain in the series.
Yeah I think I gave it a 7.1 or something. The more I think about the movie the more it kind of falls apart. I'll leave my score as is for now but whatever it ends up as...most of it is earned by Hayley Atwell.
Like every other MI, I dont really pay so much attention to the plot and its more just about the movie drawing you into he experience it wants to give you. I agree that the Sentient AI is kinda meh, and I wasnt particularly enthralled with Esai Morales as the human villain, but the movie delivers on whats expected, which is excitement and spectacle. The train climax was especially brilliant.
Also I didnt even know Hayley Atwell was in it and shes a goddamn dime. I still remember seeing her in person at San Diego Comic Con and she's literally breathtaking.
As for this movie while a nice 3 hour action movie is fun, I feel like most movies are pushing 2-2.5 hours plus anymore. I liked Dead Reckoning but I eventually started to check my watch. John Wick 4 was excellent but even that movie felt overly long.
With most franchise movies like this, I actually prefer a longer runtime. Especially when it's 3-5 years between movies. Thankfully in this specific case we get Part 2 next year (assuming the strike doesn't prolong it into 2025). With any luck that one will be close to 3 hours too. Especially because there's no doubt M:I 9 won't get here before 2027 at the soonest.
Saw it last week with the nephew and neices. They bugged me to go see Dial of Destiny but I was not enthused about it so they said: ok take us to see M.I. then.
It's a decent flick. This is first and only Mission Impossible movie I have seen. Reminds me of Bourne Identity but Bourne was way way better.
Just watched it. I remember MI 5 and 6 being over the top and unrealistic, but this one felt like Fast and Furious levels of absurdity. And I get that the MI movies not story driven - but in MI 3, 5, and 6 I was somewhat invested in the plot whereas in this one I didn't really care at all.
Enjoyed it overall though, solid 6.5.
MI 3 is still my favorite one. Philip Seymour Hoffman was by far the best villain in the series.
IIRC, Hoffman had just won Best Actor for his portrayal of Truman Capote. So he could have phoned in his performance, taken the money and no one would have thought any less of him. But he gives an absolutely chilling performance as a complete psychopath. He rarely shows any emotion, apart from anger or sadism; he describes putting the bomb in Farris' head as, "fun". Even when Ethan tries to scare him into talking by dangling him outside a moving aircraft, he barely reacts.
IIRC, Hoffman had just won Best Actor for his portrayal of Truman Capote. So he could have phoned in his performance, taken the money and no one would have thought any less of him. But he gives an absolutely chilling performance as a complete psychopath. He rarely shows any emotion, apart from anger or sadism; he describes putting the bomb in Farris' head as, "fun". Even when Ethan tries to scare him into talking by dangling him outside a moving aircraft, he barely reacts.
I am pretty sure the plot of sentient AI controlled by a shadow organization is really a plot for the next Hitman (a different video game franchise) because it felt like it. Seems like that wasn't the only franchise this movie rips off from "allegedly".
IIRC, Hoffman had just won Best Actor for his portrayal of Truman Capote. So he could have phoned in his performance, taken the money and no one would have thought any less of him. But he gives an absolutely chilling performance as a complete psychopath. He rarely shows any emotion, apart from anger or sadism; he describes putting the bomb in Farris' head as, "fun". Even when Ethan tries to scare him into talking by dangling him outside a moving aircraft, he barely reacts.
"What the hell is your name?...You got a wife, a girlfriend?"
And when Cruise is still trying to interrogate him, he's just calmly responding back- "What's your name? Who are you??"
Mi:3 is really good in my opinion. Right from the jump with the Abrams start at a late, tense point in the narrative and then flash back sequence and the scene where they try to rescue Keri Russell. I know there are people who still swear by the first one and while it's the most grounded and a cool movie, I don't think it really hit the heights of entertainment that the series eventually did. 3 was sort of the turning point for me. After that, it was one really exciting entry after another. Hoffman as best villain seems like a no brainer to me but there were some other good ones throughout the franchise too.
Dragonlord’s Review of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE
Bottom Line: Proving that artificial intelligence is not immune to plot-induced stupidity, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One delivers plenty of high-octane action sequences but falls a bit short on logic.
After saving the cinemas last year with Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise is back to save the summer blockbuster season with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One. Alongside his go-to director Christopher McQuarrie, Cruise proves once again he might be one of the last few mega stars left in Hollywood.
Dead Reckoning starts off with a tense, well-executed prologue involving a Russian submarine ship and showcases how scary the artificial intelligence antagonist can be. From there, everyone is chasing after two halves of a key that has the potential to either shut down or control the A.I. Since Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is intent on destroying the A.I., now called the Entity, rather than giving the power to anyone else, he is once again on the run and hunted down by his own country.
Providing his own stunts, Cruise is again in top form as the ever-likable Ethan Hunt. You can now add sleight of hands mastery among Ethan’s impressive arsenal. Much has been talked about his daredevil stunts, one thing I would like to bring up is Cruise’s underrated penchant for physical comedy which has been present in all the M:I films. Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg are back as Luther and Benjie and though they don’t do anything extraordinary, it’s still a comfort to have them. Esai Morales is the main villain Gabriel and was just okay for me. Esai was more intimidating and scarier in The Ozarks. Shea Whigham plays Jasper Briggs, an operative in charge of hunting down Ethan. He was pretty good and provided a nice foil to Ethan throughout the movie. It was also fun seeing Kittridge (Henry Czerny) again whom we last saw in the very first Mission: Impossible film in 1996.
The four major female characters in here are just wonderful. Hayley Atwell, who was fantastic in season one of the underrated series Agent Carter, plays master thief Grace who is a breath of fresh air in here and a good addition to the M:I franchise. The actress’ charisma shines brightly and her chemistry with Cruise is palpable. Pom Klementieff, known mostly as Mantis in the Guardians of the Galaxy films, was great as the assassin Paris. Though she didn’t have a lot of lines, her manic energy and charismatic presence were very noticeable. She reminded me of Harley Quinn but less talkative. Rebecca Ferguson is back as fan-favorite Ilsa Faust and it’s a pleasure to watch her every time. Vanessa Kirby is also back as the black market broker Alanna Mitsopolis and she just radiates in all her scenes.
The action scenes were magnificent, crisp and easy to follow. McQuarrie especially excels when it comes to car chases which heavily uses practical effects. The action takes viewers to some gorgeous locations like the Abu Dhabi international airport, the streets of Rome, the club scene in Venice and onboard the Orient Express in the Austrian alps. The climax of the train scene is just bonkers and is undoubtedly the highlight of the film. There’s a sense of deja vu though as the car chase in Rome reminded me of Fast X’s Rome car chase sequence and the neon club scene in Venice reminded me of John Wick’s signature neon discotheque scenes.
With a runtime of 163 minutes and splitting the story into two movies, Part One has a more deliberate pace (which I liked) than the previous M:I films and the action scenes tend to go a bit too long. The much-hyped motorcycle stunt that Cruise did was a bit underwhelming in context to the movie. It was very short and the reasoning for the jump felt too contrived. The IMF team has done numerous elaborate, super-tough missions in the past but they're now having trouble to get on board a normal train?? There’s a bit of tediousness in the fact that all the missions in the movie involve the key. Mission one: key. Mission two: key. Mission three: key. Mission four: key.
The artificial intelligence angle is a new one for the M:I films and a timely topic in correlation with what's happening in real life but it's not that groundbreaking as this plotline has been used by other movies and TV shows, specifically in Jonathan Nolan's Westworld and Person of Interest.
The problem with having an omniscient A.I. as your antagonist is creates a lot of plot induced stupidity scenarios. As per what the movie revealed, the Entity is capable of hacking into any system and taking over anything that can be digitally controlled with absolute ease. The A.I. sees Hunt as a threat and wants to stop or eliminate him but doesn’t fully utilize its resources to do so. The Entity knows where Hunt and his team are hiding each time. Hunt is a fugitive of justice but the Entity doesn’t notify local law enforcements or constantly hire mercenaries to kill him. The Entity could take control of a drone and bomb Ethan. The Entity could just also bomb the key, destroying it and ensuring that it won't be used against it anymore.
Despite finding the story a bit lacking, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One is still a highly-entertaining summer blockbuster film in large part of the spectacular action scenes, awe-inspiring stunts, gorgeous visuals and an amazing cast. But without seeing the trailers for it, it did not make me look forward to Part Two though.
RATING: 7/10
I am sad that they killed off Ilsa Faust. She was one of the best things about the franchise.
I found it weird that they are trying to immediately set up Ethan and Grace as a couple in the wake of Ilsa’s death. I would have preferred if Ilsa did not show up for this movie so she can still live and they could just continue their plans for a Hunt/Grace romance. And if they wanted to kill off someone close to Hunt, I would have been okay if it was Benjie or Luther.
Speaking of Benjie, what's up with the retconning his history. In this film, they made it seem like had a criminal past and he joined the IMF to change all that. If I recall, Benjie was just a lowly technician in M:I 3 and he got promoted to field agent in the sequels.
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Personally, I score it 5/10 in terms of hitting all of my own personal arbitrary preferences, but what I'm saying is I would expect to see 7/10 on IMDB and around 70 % on Rotten, in the interest of fairness.
It's not a bad film, but I couldn't help constantly comparing it (unfavourably) to James Bond. It's like a less nuanced, less cerebral version, still fun though, but I wasn't totally engaged the whole time. Some of the best action scenes somehow felt laboured - how many train cars, and how long was that chase? And if I have to see another fight on top of a moving train, Jesus Christ, that's basically meme-level writing at this point. In fact they seemed to actually struggle to find a reason for anyone to actually climb on top of the train cars in the first place.
Yeah.
Didn't really do it for me, but the kids I took loved it, they probably gave it an 8, which is exactly why I like seeing it scored a 7 overall.
Make sense?
Plus, the whole "we're chasing a key" could not have been simpler if it had been imagined by Clive Cussler.
I am pretty sure the plot of sentient AI controlled by a shadow organization is really a plot for the next Hitman (a different video game franchise) because it felt like it. Seems like that wasn't the only franchise this movie rips off from "allegedly".
Ironically, all the Libtards screeching that Sound of Freedom is just Right Wing conspiracy theory are no doubt increasing it's profile. People who would otherwise have no interest in the movie will now go watch it just to see what all the fuss is about.
MI is clearly the yanks version of Bond at this point, so who will assume the mantle of Hunt when Cruise hangs up the stop/go gum and tired of being disavowed, in about 20 years?
MI is clearly the yanks version of Bond at this point, so who will assume the mantle of Hunt when Cruise hangs up the stop/go gum and tired of being disavowed, in about 20 years?
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