Thursday, September 18, 2025

Movie review - "Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning" (2025) **

Thoughts: 

- Leathery. Felt like a lot of leather, Actors like Henry Czerny, Esai Morales, Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Shea Whigham - and all the old henchman.

- So much exposition. I can't think of a film where it's been done with less finesse. So much Huey, Dewey and Louie dialogue.

- The Hayley Atwell romance so undercooked despite her efforts.

- Cruiser in great physical shape but felt old.

- Most showy role: Katy O'Brian. She should've joined the team.

- Decent sense of camraderie.

- Annoyingly reemphasised how everyone's going to die, and then how important the lives of the team are.

- Esai Morales dull villain, ditto entity. They should've killed Morales in the previous film and brought in a new human antagonist.

- Two great sequences: the sub and the plane. 

- I'm glaad McQuarrie got to riff on his favourite films like Ice Station Zebra, 200, Seven Days in May, etc. I just think he bit off more than he could chew with this one.

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