Ethan Hunt and the IMF team race against time to find the Entity, a rogue artificial intelligence that can destroy mankind.
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team are on an impossible mission to destroy “The Entity” – an AI determined to take over the world.
“Mission: Impossible” is one of the most consistent action franchises. Of course, some entries are better than others, but I find them all entertaining. Primarily thanks to Tom Cruise’s commitment to doing crazy stunts. This film is marketed as the last Tom Cruise entry of the franchise, but it would not surprise me if there were more of these movies to come.
I found “The Final Reckoning” to have many of the same problems as “Dead Reckoning,” the previous entry. I’m simply not a fan of “The Entity” as the big bad. There is a lot of exposition explaining the dangers it causes and a convoluted plan on how to stop it. I did enjoy Gabriel (Esai Morales), though he is more of a cartoonish villain. The actor seems like he’s having fun.
Also, I don’t think any human could pull off the death-defying stunts that Ethan Hunt pulls here without dying, especially when escaping a submarine. I usually can look past that sort of thing for these types of movies, but wasn’t able to in this case. However, there is a plane stunt later in the film that I thoroughly enjoyed.
As for the supporting cast, they all served their roles well in rounding out the team. I feel like Degas (Greg Tarzan Davis) didn’t contribute much. His character was running around with Briggs (Shea Whigham) trying to arrest Hunt in “Dead Reckoning.” They never really explain why he switches sides either. While I enjoy Grace (Hayley Atwell), I’m still mad that they killed off Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson) in the last movie.
This film also tries to connect all the previous movies into one through line. I don’t think that’s needed in this case. It’s fine if a previous movie is just a one-off. This isn’t Marvel.
This film is almost three hours long, and I’m not sure it needed to be. I wasn’t locked into this film until the third act happened. Again, I found that there was too much exposition setting up the stakes of this film. Because of that, I will say that this is a weaker entry of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise and not one on which I would end the series. I still liked the film, but wanted something more akin to “Fallout” regarding quality.
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