Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
"Three, two, one, go!" is Ethan Hunt's ticking clock sound. Always running from one place to the next on his escapades, never slowing down to ponder his superspy life. However, this final Mission: Impossible adventure features some soft-hearted scenes of Ethan taking a step back to reflect on his dedication as an agent, while not being anything sentimental, are still a noteworthy addition to the film.
Ethan's last mission is to destroy the artificial intelligence network, the Entity, before it takes control of every nuclear arsenal on earth to designate a nuclear holocaust. The movie is a chase picture, with a lot happening along the chase of shifting locales between land to sea, and there are different romps along the way. It reflects the experience of extravagant activities, by always never being the jaw-dropping edge-of-your-seat time they're hyped to be. Instead, it's mostly a monotonous happening, just waiting for the fun, which only comes briefly. But at the end, it doesn't matter that it was actually tame to anticipation, as it feels happy to be completed. This is what anticipation ultimately is: never as exciting or as terrifying as imagined, but still having those fun moments, ultimately feeling joyful that it was completed. And you leave with not a big smile, just a smile, and that's good.
Act I's exposition is abundant, but is made up by being interesting and palpable. Has biblical connections, the Entity key being in the shape of the Christian cross, characters with the names Gabriel and Grace, the Entity telling Ethan, "Now you are 'The Chosen One'", Gabriel is outcast." During many meeting and discussion scenes. Despite what the film lacks, it's still a _ picture with _ escapism. The way the plot's presented leaves one a little bit "what am I watching?". It has constant momentum, moving the locations and story at the same time, feel episodic while not feeling episodic at all. Most of the movie is set inside, not outside, not in exotic locations, it's mainly inside massive U.S. government buildings, big military vehicles, the arctic. My friend, who watched it with me, said he thought the film was gonna end after the sub, but didn't, then kept on going, which he was upset by because he had to use the restroom. Atmosphere is cold at the beginning. Beginning wants audience to pay attention to stay up.
Even though the world is on the brink, people are close to panicking, and the Entity has compromised everything, the film's never super desperate; it never looks or feels like the end of the world, or incomprehensible by the shock of reality, is reality. It's limited by the fact that it wants its _ to be realistic, but then it also creates a sense of dread of the upcoming doom, an anxiety of the future, something that _. Everyone tells him that he shouldn't kill the AI because they want to control it, but he insists that the best way to defeat the AI is to destroy it, and he really needs people to trust him, but they won't. The stakes are clearly defined, easy to follow, not confusing. Has themes of not giving up/following your beliefs when everyone has told you to. Doesn't explore them in complex/meaningful/inspiration.
But like any extravagant activity, there's a wait for the thrills moments, but when they come, they're the whole point. The thrills aren't just fun here, they _. The biplane sequence has an exciting jump-off, not a sluggish wait for the main thrilling moment where Ethan grips onto the acrobatic plane; the stunt knows how to get going, having every part be bound with exhilaration rather than just its main moment. The stunt steps up its adrenaline again and again, not just with more daredevilry, but with challenges for Ethan to complete as he performs the stunt. Having to continuously adapt to the set piece's complexities, both stunt-related and related to the piece's purpose in the film's narrative, makes the biplane sequence the best part of the movie. It was cool. Some of the stunts were interesting to watch, this movie wasn't amazingly cool and the most awe-inspiring thing I've ever seen but it was kind of cool. The scenes where he does the stunts make you feel like you're on his back with him while he's stunting, not that you're the one stunting. Feels like battle was naturally built up to. Action has the platform characters perform it in constant motion, they have to adjust to platform motions while performing already with their motions. Feels like good practical stunt work not reality, Buster Keaton
Lacks a sense of conclusiveness. In the film's resolution, Luther, on a recorded speech, tells Ethan that his. Doesn't feel like the ending is trying to be grand, feels like living in a movie-landscape where everything has to go on forever and things cant end, and I don't know what's gonna be the real ending that makes this ending where there technically could be another one just makes me think about the plot and makes me look at Paramount being mischievous for trying to market this as “The End”, when it really just.
The movie is so basic that there is almost nothing to say about it. Except for the stunt work, it must be one of the least ambitious movies I've seen in my life. It's not a movie so bad it's funny, it's just fun, but shallow. You can tell there passion behind making it, it doesn't feel like it was just a paycheck for Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie, but it overall feels like they didn't care about developing the basic themes that are presented and really cared about focusing on the stunts, not action choreography, stunts. On screen, there's so much movement, speed, and rotation in all the objects displayed. Tom Cruise and two planes are moving concurrently, each plane at 140 mph. This pile of movement is also all happening 8000 ft. above the ground. But all this excitement just surfaces in a small smile, not to breathe more or squeeze the armrest tighter, but just a small smile. This is because the adrenaline rush can't be palpated after witnessing the minutes that've come before.
Despite the flaws mentioned, it's just a fun movie that does feel a bit long at some points. See it to have fun and just eyes concentrated without worrying, not thinking, just watching.
