(#19) Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) - [8.25/10]

The American 007 sets out to save the world - in style - once again while the IMF is compromised once again.

Ethan Hunt, along with his IMF team, sets out to stop Apostles, a group of terrorists, from detonating three plutonium cores for a simultaneous nuclear attack in different cities.

How would I describe this film in one word?

Exhilarating.

Note If there's one franchise that you would want to watch on a gloomy day to make yourself feel better, then Tom "the legendary" Cruise has a few stock for you.

Review

Exhilarating. We've been treated to some truly iconic sequels in this franchise since the 1996 classic and every thing since then have been the definitive popcorn entertainment at the theatres - and that's solely because of Tom Cruise's undying Spirit to entertain (his words, not mine) to take up the challenges and continue to risk his life for the silver screen - and we've been blessed with at least one killer goosebump action scene for every film: the first one's being the room hack, the second's being the mountain climb, the third's being the roof jump, the fourth's being Burj Khalifa and the fifth's being the airplane. But this movie doesn't have just one wow scene, it is packed maybe five huge ones and it's all 10 times better than anything we've seen before. They really went all out this time and proves keeping recurring characters and director (Christopher McQuarrie) can make a difference and it made a huge one. My favorite action movie prior to watching this movie was Mad Max: Fury Road and after watching this, it isn't too far behind, maybe even a close second - yes, it's that good. The only downside is that Tom isn't getting any younger but he sure acts and runs like it and judging from the way this film ended, the franchise isn't gonna die anytime soon. And seeing all these stunts, I just fear that the franchise will die will his daredevil stunts, let's just pray it doesn't come to that. But hey, there's no stopping Tom. Fallout has really changed the game the franchise and is looking to become a real Bond-killer. As long as they make good films, keep 'em coming. Now onto the negatives, if you want to look at this movie as an action movie, you could understand the basic gist of the movie, but as a story, there's just so many twists and turns that it becomes overwhelming and difficult to comprehend and take in all at once - especially that basement scene. But I'm judging this movie based on how well I enjoyed it like all my other reviews and so it truly deserves what it's getting:

RATING: 8.25/10

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Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Rated: PG-13

Runtime: 2 hr 27 min

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Starring: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames