"Mission: Impossible-Fallout": Movie Review
"Fallout" is a convoluted yet interesting take on the series, however fans of the franchise will be right at home. Ethan Hunt (Cruise) takes up a new mission, which goes awry, as he tries to reassemble his team and his morals.
Director Christopher McQuarrie tackles themes almost too heavy and serious for a franchise set on being crazy fun. While they are involving for franchise fans, it's too empty and self serious.
Thankfully, the action scenes (if a bit familiar) are plenty and enthralling in almost every circumstance. A fight scene in a bathroom, to a wicked car chase in Paris, it almost never lets up and gives you a reason to believe action movies aren't dead.
The use of music, practical effects, and the brilliant performance by Cruise is thoroughly enjoyable, and reaches the heights of the previous entries. The performances however (other then Cruise) are fine. No one including Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg, or Rebecca Ferguson are standouts. But it's Ving Rhames as Luther that tugs at the heart strings, giving the film that emotional resonance it so desires.
"Mission: Impossible-Fallout" is not groundbreaking cinema, and it's a tier below the great entries in the franchise. That said, Cruise is a sight to behold, and is worth a trip to the theater just to watch his eye popping stunts.
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