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With: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Frederick Schmidt, Mariela Garriga, Cary
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Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen
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Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some language and suggestive material
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Running Time: 164
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Date: 07/12/2023
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Should You Choose to Accept
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Mission: Impossible – Fallout was such a good movie and such a fine, logical conclusion to a movie series that went on for more than two decades, that why would we need any more? You guessed it: cold, hard cash. But Tom Cruise and his favorite writer/director Christopher McQuarrie have cooked up a solid new entry with plenty of astonishing set-pieces. It doesn't have much of a villain — its sentient AI is more of a lazy sci-fi device than anything resembling real life — and there aren't any new wrinkles to any of the characters (aside from real-life wrinkles). And it's certainly a bit too long, especially with the promise of a Part Two, for what the story promises. But, truth be told, it's just a lot of fun.
The good guys and bad guys are all after the two parts of a key, although no one knows what it unlocks (I guess we'll find out in Part Two). The first set-piece has Ethan (Cruise) and Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) fighting a bunch of gunmen in the desert. Ilsa appears to die. Then there's an attempted heist at Abu Dhabi Airport, involving Benji (Simon Pegg), Luther (Ving Rhames), a thief named Grace (Hayley Atwell), a baddie named Gabriel (Esai Morales), and a nuclear device. Then there's a fantastic party in Venice, an amazing motorcycle jump, and then the piece-de-resistance, a train tumbling over the side of a broken bridge, one car at a time, while our heroes try to scramble up through each car to safety. The White Widow (Vanessa Kirby) returns, and Pom Klementieff plays an assassin.
Paramount released a beautiful two-disc Blu-ray set, with exceptional picture and sound (a Dolby Atmos audio track really roars). Bonuses include a McQuarrie commentary track and an isolated music track. The second disc includes six cool short behind-the-scenes featurettes detailing the stunts. The set also comes with a digital copy. This is Highly Recommended.
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