Mission Impossible: Fallout, is probably one of the most entertaining entry in a pretty entertaining series of action movies. Whatever you think about Tom Cruise, he knows how to make blockbuster action films with big sequences, spectacular scenery, and fast paced adrenaline junky stunts.
Since the events of MI: Rogue Nation, and the capture of bad guy Solomon Lane, his criminal organization of former spies has been running amok, unchecked, causing all sorts of problems all over the world. Ethan Hunt and his team are on the track of a set of stolen plutonium cores, when this organization, known as The Apostles, are able to leverage Hunt's loyalty to his teammates to steal the cores right from underneath him. As a result of this failure, the MI crew must now cooperate with a CIA assassin (Henry Cavill) who will stop at nothing to get the cores back, including sacrificing the rest of the team if need be. Hunt and his fellow MI agents are working on a short clock; they need to secure the plutonium, keep Lane and his organization from killing millions, and figure out how British agent and Hunt's love interest, Ilsa Faust, is involved in the whole plot. Will they find the cores in time to prevent nuclear disaster? Will they prevent Lane from executing an elaborate escape? Will Hunt be able to figure out who he can trust, in time to save the people he loves?
Fallout is the first MI film to really continue its major plot points from a previous film. It helps to be familiar with Rogue Nation coming into Fallout to understand the relationships between Hunt and the main bad guy as well as Faust, however, it's not entirely necessary. At its core, Fallout is exactly what the previous MI films have been; big action scenes, spectacular stunts, and spy trickery. There are a handful of major set scenes that work pretty well, and the helicopter chase featured heavily in the trailers is very good. Throughout, the effects are good, the action is relentless, and the plot keeps moving. There are, of course, some items that require suspension of disbelief, but if you don't come to the theater with the mindset already, then you should probably go to a different movie.
Cruise is good as usual in this role. The cast includes Ving Rhames, Simon Peg, Alec Baldwin, Rebecca Ferguson, and Sean Harris, all from Rogue Nation, as well as Angela Basset and Cavill as CIA additions. The acting is decent for an action movie, although it's, of course, not Oscar stuff (well, maybe, with the new pop movie Oscar category).
Overall, this is a very good summer action blockbuster. It's PG-13, with a lot of action and a bit of language, but nothing else objectionable. Highly recommended if you like this type of film (e.g. Bourne, Bond, etc).
Slowguy
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Since the events of MI: Rogue Nation, and the capture of bad guy Solomon Lane, his criminal organization of former spies has been running amok, unchecked, causing all sorts of problems all over the world. Ethan Hunt and his team are on the track of a set of stolen plutonium cores, when this organization, known as The Apostles, are able to leverage Hunt's loyalty to his teammates to steal the cores right from underneath him. As a result of this failure, the MI crew must now cooperate with a CIA assassin (Henry Cavill) who will stop at nothing to get the cores back, including sacrificing the rest of the team if need be. Hunt and his fellow MI agents are working on a short clock; they need to secure the plutonium, keep Lane and his organization from killing millions, and figure out how British agent and Hunt's love interest, Ilsa Faust, is involved in the whole plot. Will they find the cores in time to prevent nuclear disaster? Will they prevent Lane from executing an elaborate escape? Will Hunt be able to figure out who he can trust, in time to save the people he loves?
Fallout is the first MI film to really continue its major plot points from a previous film. It helps to be familiar with Rogue Nation coming into Fallout to understand the relationships between Hunt and the main bad guy as well as Faust, however, it's not entirely necessary. At its core, Fallout is exactly what the previous MI films have been; big action scenes, spectacular stunts, and spy trickery. There are a handful of major set scenes that work pretty well, and the helicopter chase featured heavily in the trailers is very good. Throughout, the effects are good, the action is relentless, and the plot keeps moving. There are, of course, some items that require suspension of disbelief, but if you don't come to the theater with the mindset already, then you should probably go to a different movie.
Cruise is good as usual in this role. The cast includes Ving Rhames, Simon Peg, Alec Baldwin, Rebecca Ferguson, and Sean Harris, all from Rogue Nation, as well as Angela Basset and Cavill as CIA additions. The acting is decent for an action movie, although it's, of course, not Oscar stuff (well, maybe, with the new pop movie Oscar category).
Overall, this is a very good summer action blockbuster. It's PG-13, with a lot of action and a bit of language, but nothing else objectionable. Highly recommended if you like this type of film (e.g. Bourne, Bond, etc).
Slowguy
(insert pithy phrase here...)