Christopher McQuarrie directs the seventh installment of the franchise which like many Hollywood movies is presented in two parts to make more money (the new Spider-Man movie is another example). In the past Mission Impossible movies, Tom Cruise and his team fought terrorists and evil geniuses. This time–and possibly prophetic–the IMF team takes on Artificial Intelligence. “The Entity,” a powerful AI program that has already infested all of the world’s online security systems and can not be stopped–except for the movie’s MacGuffin: a key that can turn the Entity off.
The U.S. government, and all others interested parties in World Domination, believes they can form an alliance with the Entity and control the entire world. But Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) vows to use the key to destroy the Entity. It’s always fun when Cruise and his techie teammates–Luther (Ving Rhames) and Benji (Simon Pegg)-use their computer trickery to stay one step ahead. Hunt’s sometime friend, sometime rival from the British secret service, Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson), who also joins the action, as does a new character, a gorgeous pickpocket named Grace (Hayley Atwell).
As usual, the action moves around the world from Africa to Venice to a ride on the Orient Express. The new Indiana Jones movie features a fight on top of a moving train. But the deadly ballet on the top of the runaway train in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One puts that to shame! Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part Two is scheduled for June 2024. I’ll be there! GRADE: Incomplete…but trending towards a B+
This one’s definitely on the “must see” list. Cruise just seems to go on forever, which is fine with me.
Michael, our local movie critic wrote that on the first day of shooting MISSION IMPOSSIBLE–DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE Tom Cruise executed a stunt that required him to leap off a 4000 foot cliff. Cruise performed the stunt, but wasn’t satisfied (Cruise is a perfectionist) so he leapt off the 4000 foot cliff SEVEN MORE TIMES!
I’ve noticed that after the last couple of MI movies and “TOP GUN:MAVERICK” you don’t hear nearly as many Cruise haters whining about Scientology,which is really no crazier than any other religion.
Michael, you’re right. Most people are just focused on the quality of Cruise’s movies.
Scientology is more immediately and centrally exploitive than a number of religions, but alas not all. Frequently, the dividing line between Cult and Religion is in how much of the resources of the organization are used for some actually helpful purposes…beyond burnishing images or Helping Us All Live Holier Lives.
Todd, Cap’n Bob has a different view of Scientology.
I think my veiw of Scientology isn’t too far from what Bob thinks of it. It’s a malicious cult.
Todd, that seems to be the majority opinion.
The heavy weight of evidence does drive that conclusion. Which doesn’t excuse churches big enough to have had some actual benefactors of humanity in them from being in many ways malicious cults writ large, as well.
I wonder who fact-checks these claims about Cruise performing his own stunts?
Fred, I think some of the photos of the jumps showed up on social media.
He is the last movie star.
Patti, I agree. Tom Cruise is a money maker.
Keanu Reeves, Michelle Yeoh, a few others…folks who shave shown they can do/make good work that doesn’t exclude ridiculous blockbusting…and have done so for decades.
The sooner that Smirking Dwarf drops his body, the better I’ll like it!
Bob, reportedly, Tom Cruise did sustain some injuries during the filming of this movie.
Didn’t get to comment yesterday as we were on the road much of the day, leaving a day early from Maine to avoid today’s rain. Left Portland, stopped for breakfast, went to my cousin’s near Hartford, lunch nearby, then home by 6:30, just as the rain was starting. It is much heavier today.
As I’m sure you could guess. there is ZERO chance I will ever see this movie, let alone pay money to see it. And the fact that they even announce it as Part One is just more Hollywood Greed at Work.
Hard pass.
Jeff, we had heavy rain last night. At one point our sump pump wouldn’t stop running! It couldn’t keep up with the volume of rain. Finally, the rain slowed down but things were tense for a while.