Mission: Impossible -Dead Reckoning Review
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Watched - In Theatres
Phone Time - 0
OH SHIT Moments - 3
Runtime - 2.5 hrs
Goodtime - 2 hrs
SHOULD YOU WATCH? YES, WITH THE LADIES.
Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning IS FOR THE LADIES. Believe it or not the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE MOVIES ARE NO LONGER GUY MOVIES.
The entire experience of this movie seems to be PERFECT FOR WOMEN 16 TO 25 and I can't blame Tom Cruise, he understands his audience. Tom Cruise understands that women mostly use social media and women mostly like a hunky 62 year old who pulls off 40 in a tailored suit while driving the latest BMW to save a damsel in distress. He also understands the little things that make them laugh and the presentation to get them hyped. Don't get me wrong the whole movie is FULL OF FIGHTS, STUNTS, CARS, AND GIRLS SO EVERY GUY CAN WATCH AND ENJOY but these attractions are slanted towards the ladies and I can't blame them for it. If you've got A DATE UNDER 25 SHE'LL PROBABLY LOVE THIS MOVIE and actually appreciate you for taking her. If you have A TEENAGE DAUGHTER WHO'S PISSED AT YOU FOR TAKING HER BORG and grounding her then you can take her and YOU'LL BOTH COME OUT SMILING. Tom Cruise made this with IMAX cause he's inspired by and competing with Christopher Nolan but for the most part it isn't necessary because THERE'S ONLY A 20 MINUTE SEQUENCE WHICH MAKES THE IMAX FORMAT WORTH IT.
No need for FOMO. If you miss this one in theatres you can just rent it from Prime in a month to keep your 4 daughters, who think the first Mission Impossible sucked because of it's lack of CGI and stunts, from killing each other when your wife goes out with her friends.
THE THEME OF THIS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE IS COMPASSION DESPITE COMPULSION, meaning the compulsion with these characters is to kill or abandon their objective. The turmoil they experience is the urge to be compassionate despite these compulsions. This, as far I can tell, is ONE OF THE MANY THINGS WOMEN WISH MEN COULD PULL OFF in the heat of instinctual emotion, I MIGHT ARGUE THAT THEY WISH THIS FOR THEMSELVES AS WELL. This movie is peppered with this theme and you'll hear the ladies gasp through out the movie because of it. To add to this they have FOUR LEADING LADIES ON THIS MISSION plus a couple side ladies which means THIS IS NOW A TOM CRUISE AND HIS HAREM OF ASS KICKING GIRLS FRANCHISE.
THE FATAL FLAW IN THIS MOVIE IS THE USE OF A "GOD VILLAIN" which is the first thing they tell you not to do in Film 101 at the "community college general arts program for dropouts trying to decide who they are". That is to say that it might be ok to break that rule but IT IS A VERY BASIC RULE THAT THEY SEEM TO HAVE NEGLECTED.
The issue of Ai and the question of it's risks is becoming a real world issue but just because the world is talking about it doesn't mean you can use an all seeing, all killing machine as your villain to guide us through the story. It doesn't have any set backs or flaws which makes every wrinkle questionable and raises the audiences awareness to the writers presence.
WE KNOW THAT YOU MADE THAT THING HAPPEN to provide yourself with the circumstances to do that really cool action sequence. But it's ok we all need to kill a few hours some times and we need a movie that will keep us awake and off our phones.
THE WORST PART OF THIS MOVIE WAS THE TRAILERS ONCE AGAIN because I was forced to watch the Killers of the Flower Moon trailer which I was avoiding. If I've seen all the good parts why would I go see it? Just for the ending? The only reason they're getting away with it on this one is because everyone knows that whatever story Scorsese has to tell is worth watching in full. To add to that THEY'VE DECIDED TO SPOIL THEIR OWN MOVIE BEFORE IT EVEN STARTS with a mini making-of doc which SPILLS THE BEANS ON A MAJOR ACTION SEQUENCE and reveals certain characters which you had no idea about before you sat down. The only reasoning I can attribute to this is that they have realized their target market is young ladies aged 16 to 25 and THEY KNOW THAT THE LADIES NEED SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, THEY NEED SOME EXPECTATIONS AND SOME HYPE. This is in the same vein as taking a girl to a baseball game and explaining what is happening at every pitch. She doesn't really care about the details of the game but she cares about the excitement and she cares about being in the loop when everybody cheers, she also cares about looking good in that jersey which cost her date his grocery money for the week.
SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF IS VERY IMPORTANT ON THIS ONE, as with all recess movies, we need to remember that THIS IS THE SPAWN OF MISSION IMPOSSIBLE WOO(2) which sees Tom cruise dodge so many bullets that no human would survive and ride off the side of his motorcycle at top steep with his boots grinding down to a nub on the pavement. THE CONSTANT ONE UPPING OF ACTION IS A DIRECT RESULT OF JOHN WOO deciding to take what is supposed to be a smart (aka boring) and thrilling spy series and turning it into intense gun play and helicopter chase scenes. Nobody is saying this was the wrong move but we are wondering where some of the smart and thrilling parts went.
Tom Cruise's need to always step up the intensity in Mission Impossible is the reason why it's survived but it's also the reason why these will never be considered classics. As with all new Tom Cruise movies they're long versions of Dude Perfect but with great camera work and a script which means they could be boiled down to just the stunts and fight sequences, separated into Youtube videos and would garner Mr Beast level views.
This ain't no Eyes Wide Shut.
By: Nick G
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Nice review 👍🏽,Nick