This reminds me when I was a teenager every year you had to fill out a form at school asking, among other things, who to warn if you were to have an accident. And every year I very cornily answered that question with: Superman!
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Great to see Rolf Saxon back from the still great 1996 film too. Looks like his character really has been manning a radar tower in Alaska all this time.
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Oh, to be in Astoria in early May:
https://movingimage.org/series/mission-impossible-marathon/
https://movingimage.org/event/mission-impossible-story-and-spectacle/
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I have my ticket for May 17, the first screening at 10.30am. Super excited.
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Let us know how it turns out!
My first impression of DR was middling, as was my reaction to the trailer.
But now I am eager to revisit DR and very hopeful that the last reckoning will be a worthwhile ending of Cruiseās run.
Will he copy the ending of NTTD, after quoting Bond sequences so often before?
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Lucky! I got mine for the 22nd at 6:30. Canāt wait.
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My money is on him heroically dying to save Hayley Atwell to atone for Rebecca Fergusonās fate in part 1.
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It could be a case of famous last words, but Iām of the opinion that wonāt happen. While Iām supportive of what happened with NTTD, I appreciate itās not exactly a crowd pleasing ending. Tom regularly speaks about satisfying an audience and crafting something theyād like to see.
While I think supporting cast members could perish (as has been the case in other films, especially the first), I think Ethan will make it out alive. Even if itās something like Ghost Protocol, disappearing into the night as the credits roll. Serving as a farewell but also ready to resume in the future if need be.
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I think The Dark Knight Rises style ending is more likely with them all thinking Ethan has died saving the world but then at the very end we see heās alive and well.
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Or in the last few seconds Cruise takes off his mask andā¦ it turns out to be Emilio Estevez, who apparently didnāt really die in the first film and so has been posing as Ethan in all the subsequent adventures. This also explains why we never heard from Estevez again.
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After all he has done for his crew they might pull off one big favour for him to lead a peaceful life, make him disappear.
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So I rewatched DR - and this time I enjoyed it much more. I still think there is a lot of expositional dialogue which might not have needed to be there. And the open end Iām also not fond of (please, Amazon, if you do two Bonds back to back, make them stand-alone stories; cinema is not tv).
But it is a really entertaining movie. And I am looking forward to the final one.
- FALLOUT
- ROGUE NATION
- M:I (1)
- GHOST PROTOCOL
- DEAD RECKONING
- M:I III
- M:I 2
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The only scene that really causes a dip for me in Dead Reckoning is the party in Venice. That sequence is a drag, but itās a small price to pay for an overall entertaining experience. Especially given the insane circumstances under which the whole enterprise was completed, the whole package being as strong as it is is nothing short of miraculous. Fallout is still my favorite.
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I agree with that. I like DR but it was on the talky side, and overplaying the motorcycle jump in the marketing was a mistake. Iāll watch the movie again this Friday just before I see The Final Reckoning, which Iāll give spoiler free impressions of soon after.
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I love that they (already years before it became a thing in the real world) made AI the main threat. And these days this makes the film much more relevant and powerful.
The idea that āthe entityā has already predicted the outcomes of the future is fascinating - and it is so gratifying that Hunt surprises with an outcome the AI has not worked out.
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What I like about Final Reckoningās concept is that it just wonāt reference the previous canon films, but possibly also Oliver Stoneās draft of M:I-2 which involved an AI as the main antagonist. Thatās what Iād call a comprehensive wrap up.
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Wow, didnĀ“t know about that!
One more thing I loved about DR: when Hunt crashes with his parachute into the train window in exactly the moment needed to save Grace.
Completely unrealistic and bonkers. But a perfect movie moment.
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Re-watched FALLOUT today - and I still enjoy this the most of them.
For me, itĀ“s really a perfect action thriller, tons of extraordinary set pieces strung together pretty well, and the cinematography is absolutely gorgeous.
In contrast to DR, however, FALLOUT is very serious. DR manages to mix the light and the heavy which is a very difficult and often underrated achievement. I really am coming around to loving DR so much more.
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If Iām honest I donāt know anymore which MI movie is which. Fallout is that with Cavill? I liked the one before better, but only when I saw it many times here on my big tv, because the first time in the cinema it also dissapointed a little. But if that is the one with the motorcycle chase, thatās the one I like the best.
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I remember the first one best, since it had Brian DePalma and Vanessa Redgrave.
Second place belongs to GHOST PROTOCOL with Hunt hanging on the outside of a glass skyscraper, action in two different hotel rooms, and lots of sand.
Then there is the one with a drug lord (I think), and one with Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Then the last one with the dangling train.
All of them have lots of running.
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