Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
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 secure two halves of an activation key and discover the location of the Entity, but they are not alone. Tom Cruise and his Mission: Impossible franchise seem to get better with age. Once again, the plot, although incredibly topical, is nothing but an excuse to zoom from one place to the next to find a 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 my personal favourites. Part Two comes out in 2024.
