It's decent, but honestly fairly forgettable and a disappointment after the highs of the last few films. There's way too much expository dialogue and for the first two thirds the 'fun' factor of this franchise is definitely missing. Thankfully it makes up for it with the final third which is exquisitely done and the plane sequence and underwater scene are all timers. B-

1. Fallout
2. Dead Reckoning
3. Ghost Protocol
4. Mission Impossible 3
5. Rogue Nation
6. Final Reckoning
7. Mission Impossible
8. Mission Impossible 2

Yeah a common complaint about this movie will be that the first hourish is way too slow and boring and that they really didn't need to try so hard to tie it back to the older films. And everyone who makes that point will be absolutely right. There's a whole scene where Gabriel is all like "remember the macguffin from MI3, where the whole point of tthe rabbit's foot is that it could be anything, oh yeah that was actually THE ENTITY!!!" ... come on man. And they bring back so many random characters or relatives of old characters yet not the one everybody wanted back cause WHERE TF IS ISLA? I've spent the last two years being assured that she wasn't really dead, but not only does she not appear in the movie she ain't even mentioned outside of a flashback montage of Ethan's love interests. Also missing in action: Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Maggie Q, Thandie Newton and Vanessa Kirby ... It's almost like they have something against cool women and people who were nearly killed by snow plows. But don't worry, the one guy who found Ethan's knife in the first Mission Impossible is back! Everyone rejoice!


All that being said...

Once this movie Finally gets going it's just as awesome as the best of the series. The real movie starts with the scene where he tries to convince the president and the board of his plan, seemingly failing, but then getting the OK from Kamala Harris the President who has first hand experience with the whole doubting Ethan's intentions and then later being proven wrong thing. Ethan jumping out of the plane into the freezing water starts an incredible underwater sequence that goes on for almost an hour. And while the plane sequence begins pretty similiarly to the beginning of Rogue Nation and the end of Fallout, by the time Tom is walking on the wing you forget all about that and are just completely sucked into the spectacle.


So... I'd give the first half of the film a 5/10, the second a 9/10 and that'll balance to a decent, but could've been better 7/10 for Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning.

Kinda underwhelming. Not bad but for an almost 3 hour film it doesn't really have the 'wow' sequence you'd expect from the recent films.

Huge fan of the MI franchise, straight from the first film and eventually started loving the early sequels especially more upon rewatching them too. But from the previous film (Dead Reckoning) it has plateaued in a way. Within the constraints of the characters and the universe they pretty much did all they could up until Fallout in hindsight. Now this still has some great stunts and following Hunt (and his team) on a mission remains some of the better experiences cinema has to offer. It also just looks great, the sets, scenery, action and Cruise still going strong after decades, it's worth the price of admission. And the film has some awesome moments and exhilarating situations, Bassett is also definitely great as the president. But it's just surrounded by a lot of exposition and some unnecessary side tracks that make it inferior to the previous films. I wish I could say differently but the comments above mine here ring pretty much all true. Anyway, it is a good time and I love some parts, but unfortunately the most recent MI is more of an afterthought than the peak.

B+


1. Mission: Impossible
2. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
3. Mission: Impossible 2
4. Mission: Impossible III
5. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
6. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
7. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
8. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

My most anticipated movie of the year and it was definitely a disappointment. Still a good movie, and my grade more reflects my expectations not being met rather than the actual quality of the movie. Saw it in IMAX, water sequence is great, one of the all time action movie sequences (and top 3 for the franchise).

C+

1. Fallout
2. Rogue Nation
3. Mission Impossible
4. Dead Reckoning
5. Ghost Protocol
6. Final Reckoning
7. MI3
8. MI2

Okay, so it's the most problematic M:I for me. It has issues whereas the previous seven really did not. But I still loved it. It's still an A-, it's just the rolling average was an A. I think Cruise and the production team did a great job while simultaneously letting the task of this being the finale get on top of them. The biplane scene is fantastic. Truly breathtaking. The cinematography is unreal. The submarine scene is equally as good but for different reasons. Fear, claustrophobia, panic, tension. Great stuff. And that's kind of it. There are two scenes, two locations, two sequences, as opposed to the previous films where there were [or at least felt like there were] various sequences and locations. This one felt more specific/limited in order to tie everything up.

There are also too many scenes where they explain everything to the audience. And where every character adds a bit to every sentence. It's actually ridiculous thinking about it now. I have never been in a situation where people in a group talk in this way. It's so stupid. And I get that this happens in movies, but it happened way too much here.

There are other problems too, but I don't want to tarnish the film. It is still a very good experience. But I will say this, it feels like the sort of film that you can't just put on a have a ball, ala M:I-2 or Ghost Protocol. This one feels like a one-and-done type thing. It ramped up the epicness and toned down the fun, so in that way it became less an M:I film and more a farewell. Much like Dead Reckoning, it was burdened with not being able to top Fallout.