Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2018
****
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan, Alec Baldwin
In order to recover three stolen plutonium cores, Ethan Hunt and his team must track down an extremist known as John Lark. However, after a recent botched mission, they are closely monitored by a no-nonsense CIA agent August Walker. The sixth movie in the M:I franchise brings back characters from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, also written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, to create a somewhat convoluted and predictable series of double-crosses and extended chases. However, these relentless chase scenes, which probably consume two thirds of the running time, are some of the most gripping and visceral ones I have seen in recent times.
