![]() ![]() Pom Klementieff appears as a stylish but mostly silent enforcer, and Henry Czerny reprises his role from the first Mission: Impossible film as shady US intelligence baron Eugene Kittridge. ![]() ![]() Vanessa Kirby returns to chew the scenery as the White Widow Alanna Mitsopolis (and if only more of the cast rose to her level of camp). Esai Morales plays Gabriel, a figure from Ethan’s past who is now the Entity’s ambassador in the physical world. a computer program wouldn’t necessarily make for riveting cinema, so we also have some flesh-and-blood obstacles on deck. Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, and Tom Cruise (from left) in ‘Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One.’ Christian Black So Ethan Hunt and his team set out to destroy the Entity before any one government can lay claim to it. Control of the Entity could make any nation the new uncontested superpower, assuming it can be controlled at all. This time, the villain is the Entity, an AI designed by the US government for espionage and sabotage that has become sentient. Like in last year’s Top Gun: Maverick, Cruise’s character must prove that he’s capable of defeating the machine designed to replace him. Cruise is right about the benefits of getting as much of the aerial and automotive action in the camera as possible, and director Christopher McQuarrie is more than equal to the film’s many technical challenges.Ĭruise’s other enemy is the one we’re all struggling against right now: Our own obsolescence amidst the rise of artificial intelligence. ( This featurette about the making of Dead Reckoning ’s signature motorcycle parachute jump is as thrilling as the film itself.) It almost goes without saying that the action in this film is a cut above the other blockbusters this summer. Cruise’s willingness to put his body on the line in the name of cinema has become a major selling point in all of his films, and this one boasts some truly remarkable stunts. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE ★★1.2 (2.5/4 stars)ĭead Reckoning Part One pits Tom Cruise against his two nemeses: gravity and computers. It makes for a great theatergoing experience, but not necessarily a great film. This time around, super-spy Ethan Hunt feels overshadowed by star and producer Tom Cruise and his own unquenchable desire to climb buildings, cling to airplanes, and sprint across rooftops. Despite having 143 minutes to bring its story to the halfway point, Dead Reckoning doesn’t spare the time to make its characters feel worthy of the excitement unfolding around them. Where it falls short of greatness is the human element. The first half of what’s rumored to be Tom Cruise’s farewell to the series, Dead Reckoning delivers all of the high-speed, high-altitude, captured-in-camera thrills that fans have come to expect. That’s including Dead Reckoning Part One, which comes to theaters on July 12th. Abrams’ relatively restrained M:I-3, but after three decades and seven installments, there’s never been a total dud. Some viewers may balk at John Woo’s over-the-top M:I-2 or J.J. Of the plethora of long-running action movie franchises in Hollywood today, Mission: Impossible has the steadiest track record. Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell in ‘Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One.’ Paramount Pictures and Skydance ![]()
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