Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
2023
****½
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Henry Czerny, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Shea Whigham, Cary Elwes, Greg Tarzan Davis
When advanced, self-aware AI known as the Entity goes rogue, Ethan Hunt and his team must outwit the bad guys and secure two halves of an activation key and discover the location of the Entity. Tom Cruise and his Mission: Impossible franchise seem to get better with age. The plot is incredibly topical, but it is once again only an excuse to zoom from one place to the next to chase the McGuffin. However, the CGI-lite set pieces are inventive and exciting, and Cruise's physical stunts are amazing. The scenes at the airport and onboard the train are tense, and the car chase in Rome is hilarious. Followed by The Final Reckoning.
