Same Mission: Impossible formula: intrigue and deception, characters outsmart each other with ingenuity and outcool each other with dialogue, all of the high-stakes global drama wrapped with flashy effects and action set pieces. The formula is definitely getting tired, but this installment pulls it off. Just enough story to build emotional weight and justify the spectacle. Action is impressively staged, and the scale is epic, both in scope and runtime. Easily one of the stronger entries in the series.
Cruise is hanging on as an action hero, barely. His face is slowly morphing, but he has kept in great shape and obviously has the physicality to keep doing this. Simon Pegg is good in his limited role. He’s just riding this franchise. He’s good, but somehow these and Star Trek films are the only big movies he’s done. I wish he did more. Pom Klementieff is bad-ass.
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