MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT REVIEW

By Triumph 

Getting 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.3/10 on IMDb isn’t shocking, I mean were talking about Tom Cruise here. Yet another mind blowing thriller film/action pack movie.  How the director (Christopher McQuarrie) of this particular movie managed to create a blockbuster with a cliché story

we see time and time again; literally 4 times just goes to show why he’s the only one who has ever directed 2 movies from the franchise.

Please Note: I’m writing about the movie and so if you’ve not seen the movie ‘Mission impossible; fallout’, you should probably stop here.

That said…

So two years after the capture of Solomon Lane, the leader of the ‘syndicate’ a terrorist group known as "the Apostles" arose. Ethan Hunt is given a mission to intercept three stolen plutonium cores from getting to the apostles. He joins Benji and Luther for the mission, but they fail when Ethan saves Luther's life and the plutonium is taken by the Apostles.

PS: A phone controlled car was featured at this scene which was cool but we’ve seen before in the James Bond franchise. CIA Director instructs our (double agent superman) Special Activities Division operative August Walker (Henry Cavil)  to put Ethan on check as he attempts to retrieve the plutonium.

The sky diving scene where Ethan saves august was mad crazy and then August parachutes down and mocks Ethan for losing his oxygen tank like Ethan didn’t just save his ass. Then they infiltrated a fundraiser party in Paris where Lark is believed to be buying the cores from an arms dealer known as the White Widow. Ooo I loved her silk and cotton dresses I just couldn’t take my eyes off her. Well they tracked Lark who is killed. Ethan had to impersonate Lark and meet the stunning White Widow. (PS: I was a bit jealous when she kissed Ethan). Walker passes evidence on to his boss (CIA director) suggesting that Hunt has always been Lark because well that’s what double agents do. In order to secure the plutonium, the White Widow tasks Ethan with extracting Lane (leader of the syndicate group) in exchange for the plutonium cores. Ilsa attempts to kill Lane to prove her loyalty to MI6. The mission to extract Lane is successful and White Widow instructs the team to deliver Lane to London.  At a safe house in London, IMF Secretary Hunley confronts Ethan about being John Lark. Ethan denies it and had to inject him with one cool devise so he could continue the mission. Now here’s the plot cliché twist… 

The team trick Walker into admitting he is the real John Lark. Now this scene is where I just had to scream impossible because they had benji on a mask of lane’s face and had him walk out with the next scene showing August entering to talk to lane as the person hes working for the Ethan comes in with a gun pointed at  him while benji rips the mask of his face showing he was the one in the room originally… like how the hell did they make that switch! Magic.  Well, Walker is working with Lane and the Apostles as part of a plot to acquire the plutonium and have Ethan branded a nuclear terrorist. The IMF team inform the CIA secretary, who instructs a CIA unit to detain everyone including Ethan and the rest of his team, INSANE! Well a thrilling gun fight occurs. Walker kills Hunley in the ensuing fight and escapes. Ethan chases him across the city, with benji guiding his way to walker with a tracking devise. Walker threatens Ethan with the life of Ethan's ex wife the ever beautiful Julia so Ethan had to free him. Walker departs for a medical camp with a plan set to ensure a third of the world’s population affected, Lane hopes a new world order will emerge. Walker has arranged for Julia to be assigned to the medical camp, making Ethan job harder. 

Lane activates the weapons and gives the detonator to Walker who leaves on a helicopter and guess what ethan does? Ethan pursues him in a helicopter, leaving Benji, Luther, and Ilsa to find the weapons. Julia helps out Luther in defusing the first bomb (basically cutting a wire and waiting for Ethan to get his hands on the detonator). Ilsa and Benji locate the second weapon and subdue Lane . Ethan uses his helicopter to ram Walker's aircraft out of the sky after a ridiculous mid air one sided gun fight. The two fight on a cliff edge and Walker is killed in the most gory and unexpected manner. Ethan gains control of the detonator, allowing Luther, Ilsa, and Benji to deactivate the bombs.

In the aftermath, the remaining two cores are safely recovered. Sloane hands Lane over to MI6 through the White Widow, which earns Ilsa's exoneration. Ethan recovers from his injuries with the help of Julia while the rest of the team joins him in victory.

MY REVIEW FOR THIS MOVIE

Well it showed the more human side of Ethan though he still won a fight against superman; lol. It’s a very good movie if you want a taste of a really good action movie! I had a friend digging her fingers into my skin during the fight scenes... Yeah they were that good 😅. McQuarrie did a good job giving a wonderful plot leaving us at the edge of awe. I think the mission impossible franchise has done a great job in keeping the action alive up till now all thanks to Tom Cruise who has helped a great deal though I’m now at the tipping point and would not be as enthusiastic seeing another movie from this franchise.