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[DISCUSSION] Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (Spoilers) (lemmy.world)

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Premise:

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.

Directors:

Christopher McQuarrie

Writers:

Bruce Geller, Erik Jendresen, Christopher McQuarrie

Cast:

Tom Cruise 	    ... 	Ethan Hunt
Hayley Atwell 	    ... 	Grace
Ving Rhames         ...         Luther Stickell
Simon Pegg 	    ... 	Benji Dunn
Rebecca Ferguson    ... 	Ilsa Faust
Vanessa Kirby 	    ... 	The White Widow
Esai Morales        ... 	Gabriel
Pom Klementieff     ... 	Paris
Henry Czerny 	    ... 	Kittridge
Shea Whigham 	    ... 	Briggs

RELEASE DATE	RUNTIME	ROTTENTOMATOES	IMDB	METACRITIC
July 12th, 2023	2hr 43m	98%	8.2/10	81

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have to agree with going in with high expectations, I came out a bit let down. It did feel not as tight as the last few films. The bike scene, it seemed like they did not show a lot of footage of it so maybe the best shots were all in the promo/behind the scenes stuff in the end.

Killing Ilsa was pretty bad, she already had so little dialog in this one and then they just have her die and barely acknowledged. I feel like it has to be a fake out again, or maybe that's wishful thinking. The rest of the script was poor so why expect something more now. I feel like her fight with Lane in the last film was much better done and Lane seemed like a much more skilled fighter. Overall Lane always seemed like more of a that and a well definite antagonist.

With Grace she had good moments butt they made her a bit too damsel in distress at times. Occasionally very competent but other times useless. Like when she goes to stop the train then Ethan just finds her sitting there like she has no other ideas of her own, guess I'll just die here.

There were great action parts and I enjoyed it overall. The car chase and climbing the train particularly for me. Hopefully they bounce back with a tighter story and dialog for the next part.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I am assuming Rebecca Ferguson wanted out due to her commitments to Dune and Silo and whatever else she has going on. I can't imagine they would fake her death twice. I do hope she stays dead just because it would feel cheap to bring her back, as much as I love her in this series. I agree that Solomon Lane was a much more defined antagonist.

I didn't mind Grace being unable to do a lot. She's just a thief after all. I actually kind of liked that she wasn't just another Ethan, good at everything. But it really did feel like they fridged Ilsa to bring her in. I also couldn't help but wish they brought back Thandiwe Newton's character from MI2, Naya, instead. She was a skilled thief as well. I'm a little biased though, because I fell in love with her in that movie. But, that would have brought other complications, since she was also a love interest, and Newton is older.

The car chase I loved, and the train was cool. Especially Ethan just flying right into the car, although in reality he should have broken every bone in his body, haha.