Mission: Impossible - Fallout

A pretty near perfect action movie in my opinion. Just the right amount of over the top plot, action, and stakes. Makes it 10x better that the stunts are actually Tom. Plus, Paris helps.

Character: Ilsa
Scene: Bathroom fight
Quote: “Was the little car your idea?”
Rating: 9.8

9.3 - I don’t think these can get better than this.

This was awesome. Action movies that are action movies just to be action movies have never been close to my favorite genre. But it’s hard to beat a true thriller like this.

The action is the best of the series. The stunts are awesome. The car chase is almost as good as the one in MI:5, the parkour sequence through London is heart pounding, & the helicopter chase literally against the clock is maybe my favorite sequence of the series. Oh, & finally some awesome & believeable hand to hand combat!

It builds on a base of the best duo in Cruise & Ferguson, brings beautiful closure to the Julia storyline, & introduces a top tier bad guy from Cavill (especially when paired with round two of Sean Harris’s Lane).

My only real complaint (if you even want to call it that) is how early we got that reveal. It felt like a huge moment and it was just a little too telegraphed & confirmed a little too early, but it’s easy to move past when the second half of the movie is epic chase after epic chase.

Of all the action movies I’ve seen, this is one of the best. This series as a whole is a bit goofy at times, & wildly inconsistent tonally. It’s not a series that makes you think much at all, & sometimes I wish it had a little more of that, but this entry strikes the best balance between all of those elements of humor & camp & suspense & action.

I’m actually nervous for how these final two might fall off.

Oh my god that was insane. If there is anyone more crazy than Tom cruise it’s the Cameraman. And Henry Cavill makes such a great villain. 7.9/10

Only here because of Henry Cavil & Rebecca Ferguson!

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