Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Is Excellent!

Mission Impossible 7, starring Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell, absolutely demolishes Indiana Jones 5, and is likely to dominate the summer movie season.
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[@chance_ondriezek99]

Two hits in a row for Tom Cruise. This is what happens when you care about audiences

[@darthvader3742]

Exactly. People don't watch movies or sports or entertainment in general for the "message" they watched these things to be entertained. Tom Cruise and the people working on these movies of his get that.

[@robbieclark1784]

Just 2?

[@dominic9585]

@@robbieclark1784 well, 3 (MI : Fallout)

[@ricktheexplorer]

Name a movie Tom Cruise ever did that sucked? Why is it our music AND our movies declined to nothing over 30 years?

[@theknowlodge8294]

Spot on.

[@abritishguy4713]

It’s very refreshing to watch a movie where actors are standing in actual locations.

[@sorenpx]

How strange it is that we've entered an era of cinema where this is the kind of thing that we're lauding, but I agree.

[@KLWarlord]

And that's extremely depressing for how true it is.

[@HickoryChip0]

And with actual stunts, props, etc

[@KLWarlord]

@cutter14 Like Mauler said: things that make sounds when you knock them other than "flap".

[@bingbongbang-fp8qy]

lol! you fool. you total fool. train sequence. for a start......2hrs of key key key..where the key key key ..key this..key that....2 f- hours of THAT!!! IN LITTLE SETS...35 min of action.

[@IchigoKurosaki_]

If Tom Cruise isn't saving us from an alien invasion, he's saving us from terrible movies made by terrible people 🎉🎉

[@acutelilmint8035]

100% he’s gonna talk it out with them, and then give them copies of mi and the aliens will save us from the bad aliens😂

[@jeffreyoldham55]

The Drinker wishes he had said that!

[@WoodStoveEnthusiast]

Tom & I are going to be friends for a billion years!

[@Fellowgamerguy]

I realised you were talking about edge of tommorow Took me sometime to understand 😂😂

[@Fillycheesecake]

​​@@Fellowgamerguy thought he was talking about Oblivion but Edge of Tomorrow is also an entertaining movie, that was the movie I realized just how hot Emily Blunt is 😂

[@joshuaroman6479]

Hayley atwell managed to beat the Hollywood trope of the overly competent heroine. She’s good at what she does, and competent enough to pull off a few surprises- but she needs help, and frankly it makes sense that she would. She’s a thief, not a super spy, and you can see how out of depth she feels. And that doesn’t make her less competent or “at the mercy of men.” She just feels like a real character, and shes all the more brilliant for it.

[@Jules2439.5]

I have never seen anyone teeter the line of badass and terrified so well. I hope I’m not being hyperbolic when I say her performance was worthy of an Oscar nomination; I find true fear to be one of the hardest emotions an actor can convey, and she did it so well without being a damsel. I’m in awe of her.

[@kitano0]

@@Jules2439.5..And she's stunning. Burns a hole in the screen when the camera is on her. I said that a lot, but I really mean it!

[@josiah3820]

Hit the nail on the head.

[@mindtheprivacy]

Mic drop

[@Cat-oj5oj]

I just came out of the movie and was about to type exactly this! She is a great character, she’s not perfect and that makes her more relatable and realistic.

[@TheRemarkableN]

As a kid growing up in the 80s I never would have guessed that Tom Cruise would be the biggest action star in the world forty years later. But here we are. Keep it going Tom.

[@bondgabebond4907]

Wait till he is in his 70s, still rocking in movies, doing all his stunts in a wheelchair.

[@macedindu829]

For the majority of my life, I was never what you would call a Tom Cruise fan. I didn't hate him or anything, but he was the Hollywood guy, and I just kinda dismissed him. I have to say, he's earned my respect. He's put more effort than necessary in for a very long time now.

[@KelticTim]

I can’t believe jumping on Oprah’s couch didn’t end his career.

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

​@@KelticTimIt jumpstarted it...

[@KelticTim]

@@szeltovivarsydroxan9944 I mean he was doing pretty good beforehand, and he did disappear for a lil bit, but he also put out some bad movies like Vanilla Sky, but then he found his way back to the top real quick. More than the couch I think it was trashing anti depressants that made him go away for a minute.

[@paulmarshall4794]

A friend of mine went to see this film when it opened in Toronto. Little did he or the audience know that Cruise was at the screening and when the movie was over and the lights came on he stood up and thanked everyone for coming out to see the movie. No big camera production about it, just him in the theatre thanking the viewing audience.

[@el_killorcure]

And that is why his inmense fanbase is loyal: because he knows who pays his bills and has always cared to let them know it.

[@CSRT123]

he was thanking the people at the start of the movie as well it's really nice to see someone care so much for their audience instead of calling them names and dismissing them.

[@el_killorcure]

@@CSRT123 He's famous for staying hours on end at the red carpet signing autographs. Fans who waited hours on end to see him never forget those things.

[@ThotdFan127]

@@el_killorcure I can tell from his vibes he gives he's a nice guy but no one will listen to me due to public scandals from 15 years ago...

[@mooncake5579]

@@ThotdFan127 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BHG5408]

Watched it with my parents today. Right after leaving the theater, my dad said "this was like 20 times better than Indiana Jones." Can't wait for Part 2.

[@StickNik]

That may even be an understatement. 20 times 0 is still 0, so we might have to say it's infinitely better xD

[@kingofswing3000]

My dad, having seen Dial 2x and crying at it, came out loving Dead Reckoning and saying, "What a great year. First Indy, now this." At 41, I've seen Indy 3x. My wife wants to see it again. To each their own.

[@StickNik]

@@kingofswing3000 In that case since you roughly know why we dislike the idea of it, what's the big thing that you enjoy about it?

[@chriss5293]

I agree with your dad. My family & I saw both. MI Dead Reckoning was WAAAAAAY better. Great movie, I highly recommend. Tom Cruise is a badass who makes badass movies.

[@hiamaraldvaan7221]

You just dont like helen is "strong, beautiful , independant woman" (real quote from indiana movie.)

[@LaChartre]

Pom Klementieff was incredible in this movie, I was very surprised how good she is. A genuinely menacing and dangerous female villain.

[@ihsuFM89]

*SPOILER WARNING* I was happy when she survived in the end. I got pissed when Gabriel just turned on her without hesitation, especially since she was loyal throughout, but she still held her own.

[@6thgraderfriends]

I still don't fully understand what her character's motive was in the end but she was entertaining to watch on screen.

[@Icetea-2000]

I mean she basically was just the overly strong action girl that felt straight out of an anime, she even wears a schoolgirl skirt so yeah, not that far off. I mean that this 130lb girl was able to fight against Ethan Hunt in a fistfight and almost choke him with her legs is pretty ridiculous.

[@tjarkschweizer]

​@@Icetea-2000She had a steel bar and a male companion. Looked pretty realistic to me, especially the part where Ethan still beats both of them.

[@Icetea-2000]

@@tjarkschweizer Yeah he still beats them which is realistic which is why I didn’t mind that much but he was up against her alone at one point and she had him struggling in a chokehold between her skinny legs, that’s just not believable

[@TheDealMaster]

It's really quite astounding that at age 60 he's having among the most successful action films of his entire career. Kudos Tom.

[@johnsmith-px3xj]

That sums up the problem, the new generation have been sucked into a woke void of mediocre films and endless girlbosses. Cruise is successful because he is making old fashioned style films and for some reason, Hollywood bosses are ignoring that market.

[@gingerindian1141]

@@johnsmith-px3xj because they dont get watched in cinema, but online for free. so 300 million dollar movie is bound to loose. unless its a spectacle like Tom Cruise films. He makes films for the big screen. whereas film companies make pish now that is filmed in a month and sold online to netflix but it will come back big cinema. its too enjoyable an arf form and too much unique experince opposed to your living room. I think anyway.

[@korawitbuttramee618]

@@gingerindian1141 Yeah, Cruise made big films for the big screen, and he went big in order to make it happen. He seemed to learned his lesson from the blunder that was the Mummy, because all his films after that delivered exactly what the audience were looking for and he didn't half-ass them by putting CGI here and there just to hide green screen and called it a day.

[@gingerindian1141]

@@korawitbuttramee618 100%

[@evanburrows1697]

@@korawitbuttramee618 I realise I'm in a minority, but I actually enjoyed The Mummy, and was disappointed it didn't get its sequels.

[@PatricksCrazyPlace]

I never would have believed that a sequel to a film series that started in the mid 90s and based on an old TV show from the 60s starring a leading man who is in his 60s would be one of the worthwhile event films of 2023...but here we are

[@Hgh38]

not to mention that the first few movies were mid and now they are one of the best movies in modern day

[@nighttrain1236]

@@Hgh38 The first one was pretty good. I saw it at the cinema when it first came out and the dangling on a wire bit was really iconic. Mission Impossible 2 was decent with John Woo stamping his mark all over. Who can hate Triumph Street Triples doing slow-mo endos?

[@duanegarrett4900]

MI 1 was a beast for its time, for sure

[@bluefinMarga]

He's one of the few remaining people I think that has the original charisma of a 'movie star'

[@kurtissmith3409]

The only one that isn't great is 2. The rest are all 🔥

[@0h_hey944]

Reasons to love this movie: 1. Good story 2. Amazing action scenes 3. Absolute blast to watch with friends 4. Good characters 5. Women aren't beating men twice their size.

[@iamtheexaggerator2760]

6. Tom Cruise 7. Tom Cruise running

[@NM-ev7pu]

The story was average, but it was a very enjoyable action movie with unexpected humor.

[@Razer5542]

8. Tom Cruise 9. Tom Cruise 10. Tom Cruise

[@0h_hey944]

@@Razer5542 actually

[@josephbassey1501]

​@@Razer5542 11. Don't forget about Tom Cruise 12. To finalize my point, Tom Cruise

[@oldfashionedboots2774]

This was the first movie I’ve been to in a long time where people in the theatre were actually enjoying it- like actual laughs and screams from audience. It was also the first time in a _long_ while where people clapped afterwards. I think that says a lot about how great this movie is

[@Brismo7]

yeah i heard people in my theater laughing at parts and the girl next to me jumped when the movie went silent as Tim motorcycles off the cliff and then the suddenly loud blowing air. that was pretty cool.

[@BubblyJubbly]

One thing I loved about Grace as a character is that she had GENUINE development through the movie. When she first meets Ethan, we get the impression that she’s a femme fatale kind of similar to a character like Black Cat. Intelligent, cunning and not afraid to do anything she can to get what she wants. But as the movie goes on, we see a more vulnerable and emotional side to her which eventually grows into determination and courage (going from stealing the key from Ethan numerous times to agreeing to help him and eventually join the IMF). Unlike a certain character who “helps” Indiana Jones who’s name I won’t even mention.

[@MiaogisTeas]

Ethan also has a development arc which we'll see come to fruition in part 2, I'm sure of it.

[@nont18411]

I remember when she said “I can do this all day” then got chopped in half by Wanda 10 seconds later. Truly one of the superheroines of all time.

[@Frenzyshark]

Grace actually does things instead of simply talks and talks. It really was a more of a show than tell with her.

[@dl4569]

I just finished this movie an hour ago and watched the shit show called "Dial Of Destiny" just a day before (Thanks to a free voucher). Its definitely night and day, Grace definitely was a believable character and never annoyed me in a way that I wanted her to go away as opposed to the other character. Kathleen Kennedy can eat shit though...

[@nont18411]

She’s a great sidekick character. The only thing I beg Tom Cruise not to do is making her into another love interest for Ethan. She’s like a Black Widow to Captain America (which is ironic because Black Widow’s chemistry with Steve is way better than those Steve has with Peggy, another of Atwell’s character. Sometimes just being platonic is enough.)

[@andresdanielem]

Tom Cruise never misses. Seeing him save action cinema pleasing the audience and without woke politics is always a delight. Hope it makes a billion.

[@fatherlucid4995]

Not just action cinema but all of cinema.

[@andresdanielem]

@@fatherlucid4995 Exactly!

[@Brian_fooking_Ferry]

Hes also a choe-moe

[@marko6947]

Fallout was trash. So overrated, very confusing story. Tom needs to stop making these Mission movies. It's all about the stunts.

[@themandownthehall]

It'll make a billion in 3 weeks or less

[@vinay5807]

Let us give props to this movie for having 4 awesome females in 1 movie without any forced bullshit, when rest of the Hollywood hasn't made even one in such a long time... 😆

[@rickh9396]

Edge of Tomorrow from 9 years ago - also a Tom Cruise movie.

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

And TWO of them are MarvoDisney escapees!

[@josephtattum6365]

That's because them being females isn't what's important. It's because they are GOOD CHARACTERS!

[@maxim196]

​@@josephtattum6365The asian character wasn't a good character though ... You just said that because there was no woke stuff

[@ComedyBros5]

Still ticked with how that bridge sequence was handled. Can’t believe that was done.

[@donfisherjr.2404]

I liked that before this movie, as with Maverick, Tom addressed the audience in a brief filmed intro and thanked everyone for being there in the theater. Great touch, and it reminds people that we're the reason movie stars stay employed.

[@AlexanderGeorge]

I was part of the background actors in the Abu Dhabi scene for this movie. It’s awesome!! Happy that I could be a part of such a big successful project, and that there are still good movies made nowadays. Tom Cruise is a professional, and so is Christopher McQ

[@vladimirhorowitz]

That's cool, do you live there? Around how many other extras were there?

[@fopeezy3097]

Hail !!!

[@JOHNWICKDARKK]

Directors : Let's use CGI Tom : I am CGI ( Cruise Going Insane)

[@spacemann1425]

Lmfao

[@brettpatron6103]

*Top Comment* 😅😅🎉

[@josecastillo1338]

Top comment 💯 😂

[@JushuaProvido]

I wish I could give your comment more likes 🤣

[@walteranurantha5014]

This should get 10k likes... Press T if you like👍

[@brandonkimery6284]

I love how the movie starts off with a Thank You message from Tom Cruise to the fans. Modern Hollywood doesn't deserve him.

[@kinghyperheart1571]

Really? He started Top Gun Maverick with a thank you message to all his fans, and now he's doing it again here? Man may be a scientologist, but it seems his love for his fans is genuine. : )

[@Bhavyo]

@@kinghyperheart1571 Even if its only marketing, he knows where his money comes from!

[@jenlovesbooks]

We went to our local Vue on Tuesday to see it and there was no TC message at the beginning.

[@1336Studios]

@@jenlovesbooks ah shame, it was a quick 15 second message from him and the director thanking and to enjoy the show

[@deanfirnatine7814]

@@Bhavyo He is a genuine nice guy, he was caught once changing a tire for a older person

[@Danny.TheDog]

I loved the Entity. He is a perfect villain to end the saga. A villain who returns to analog instruments, the most precious resource. And he puts Ethan at 100% of his abilities.

[@Mediados]

Normally the AI route gets old, but in this case the stories always relied on the team being able to hack into anything and override the security system. In this case it doesn't work, no human can ever be better than a creature that lives in the code.

[@michael-4k4000]

Mission impossible is not ending bud

[@MrSkillsMotivation]

I hated it he was way to overpowered, the way they are supposedly going to defeat him is weird, if it wants to destroy the submarine or get the key it could’ve done it way faster if it has every government under it and can predict the future and the movie could’ve ended so fast but then the movie would’ve ended so the writers either made bullshit excuses or just left plot holes.

[@Thrawn23.]

The entity doesn't have a gender. It's just an AI

[@MrMozkoZrout]

Yeah the evil chatGPT that is allpowerful but still can be controlled with a key to a submarine for some reason lol it also decides to use it's abilitties just here and there not to disturb the heroes too much and the heroes in turn still insist on using every digital thing for every stupid task, especially product placement from asus and bmw lol. Perfect well thought out villain with a real impact on the story to make it fresh right ? not just another evil self conscious AI wanting to control the world

[@realwaifus5514]

You have no idea how happy it made me to see Grace struggle with precision driving. Instantly made her 10x as likeable.

[@davidzuniga904]

I was like "FINALLY a female character who isn't perfect at every single thing she does holy shit"

[@frankopanklaric]

That segment where they are driving circles around that SUV seemed to just drag on. We get it. She can't drive. Move on... Also that desert gun fight was half assed.

[@spook407]

@@frankopanklaric that and when they’re trying to start the car, those are the unnecessarily drawn out jokes I remember

[@prince-solomon]

@@spook407 I liked the car related jokes. You can't please everyone...

[@Ray_2112]

@@frankopanklaric I think the circles were because the car controls were weird, same with starting the car, those buttons were completely different than a normal car.

[@meridacavediver]

Loved the fact that you didn’t even notice the cast was diverse and inclusive 🤣 Who would have thought a good film could just make it happen without forcing it.

[@mustang8206]

Yeah because they didn't make the entire character's schtick that they are a minority or a woman

[@naruto0898]

He did not notice because the lead is a white man.

[@brianjakobsen2475]

No dwarf, tho! Unless you count Tom Cruise himself ;-) On a serious note, yes you are correct. Didn't think about it when i watched it yesterday, tho.

[@savage7882]

In the end, people aren't racist or sexist or homophobic, maybe, just maybe they like *good writing*

[@Kevinrock98]

I dont think its inclusive but that its what i love about tom cruise action movies, he is not a freakin dumbass

[@MS-1994]

It is amazing what is possible when you put the audience first instead of your preferred narratives!

[@51R_samsoknight]

Just saw this today. A guy that starts off the movie with a message with the director thanking the fans for coming out to catch the movie goes to show the dedication and respect this man has to the fans and deserves all the kudos he can get! Great movie, not the best one imo and not my favorite movie in the franchise, but still a damn great movie overall!

[@Malifixia]

Just for reference, Tom Cruise (61) is older now than Jon Voight (58) was when he portrayed Jim Phelps in the first Mission Impossible movie. It makes all the stunts in this movie all the more impressive.

[@jamesrad6317]

That comment was Voight on the money.

[@salazam]

That's what happens when you go clear. Best get your thetan levels up.

[@TheWefikus]

@@jamesrad6317you beautiful bastard. Get out.

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

@@salazam Lord Xenu approves.

[@ArmanZaidi]

god damn

[@karni60]

Just watching Tom Cruise running for two hours is way better than anything from Disney

[@shimmyshimmyko-ko-bop594]

Two hours and 40 minutes... and it got old.

[@jamesfadian173]

😂

[@totally100darthvader7]

2 hours and 43 minutes. And it was awesome. And it’s not doing well because the mainstream media doesn’t want to cover it.

[@Superior-Spider-Man-q5o]

Here here brother

[@QaziAbbas7483]

Mandalorian says hi. Love mission impossible & the last samurai though.

[@TheMC1102]

I'm surprised that Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves don't have any spinal issues from carrying the action movie genre on their backs.

[@josephbassey1501]

Their huge balls provide some type of counter weight to balance things up

[@stevemattero1471]

I can assure you that these men have spinal issues

[@vincent207]

@@stevemattero1471 Especially Cruise, given the insane stunts he pulls.

[@randydewees7338]

I hate to say this, but spinal issues happen to everyone given time

[@SumDumGy]

Can we see a team-up between the two some time in the future?

[@raphaelprotti5536]

I think people also recognize the amount of craftsmanship that Tom brings to the table, and are rewarding him for it.

[@nopybooja5495]

We saw it opening night. Even my wife loved Grace’s character. How real and believable she was compared to other “strong female characters”.

[@SumDumGy]

I thought all four women were handled perfectly.

[@323johnnybravo]

Yeah brother , handled nice and proper if yah know what I mean.

[@MiaogisTeas]

My girl loved it, she kept whispering for Ethan to "kiss her!" haha

[@myronbourne6937]

Plus she's hot

[@thiscorrosion900]

Well, she ends up pulling some pretty improbable secret agent hijinks by the end train sequence, but whatever! If you expect total realism in these films.well..nah! But it was supremely entertaining. The actress that plays Grace somehow makes it believable to some degree.

[@dominicwalker1899]

I really liked how Haley Attwells character was a bit out of her depth when it came to action, but she confronted her fears and tried hard to keep up. I really enjoyed her development

[@SumDumGy]

I liked how badass she was either her skills but lacked the basic one of driving a car. I found that to be a great balance. I also really liked her ass.

[@lennartmakkink7427]

I really liked how she grew throughout the movie and that there were moments were it was clear she wasn't an IMF-trained agent and Ethan had to actually help her, rather than her being the STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER miraculously having to save the OLD DISGRACED MALE PROTAGONIST all the time.

[@myronbourne6937]

Plus she's hot

[@davidzuniga904]

​@timwalden7441 I liked her eyes but yea her ass was nice too 😂

[@AfamKingo]

This makes me excited to see its not a mary sue who excels and outclasses everyone at everything

[@tyo101]

Christopher McQuarrie is consistently proving himself to be one of the best writer-directors in Hollywood.

[@rustTopher33]

The script was excellent and basically a documentary of what's going on in the real world 👌

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Kicking off with The Usual Suspects was a great start to an illustrious career.

[@marko6947]

Fallout was trash. So overrated, very confusing story. Tom needs to stop making these Mission movies. It's all about the stunts.

[@patfer1189]

@@marko6947 It wasn't. Not even close. You could have simply said you didn't like it.

[@SpaceJawa]

@@rustTopher33 It's amazing how true to life and timely the enemies felt, especially given when production for this movie started.

[@johndarnell7651]

I can't believe that Barbenheimer have been more successful this summer at the box office. There's no figuring people??? I have seen MI7 five times and still not bored yet.

[@IcanGOwithTHEflow]

You need a life if you're watching MI that many times

[@johndarnell7651]

Got a life but just using my Limitless movie pass to its maximum pal.

[@TestAcct46]

Tom Cruise may be a crazy scientologist, but god damn does the man know how to make a movie.

[@ronaldbell7429]

I avoided his movies for a long time because of some of his off-screen nonsense. Then I broke down and saw Edge of Tomorrow. Honestly I prefer his looniness to the woke looniness

[@darwinjina]

imho, presently, scientology is the least crazy ideology in the western countries. (well your children were safe)

[@ph8077]

Well damn...you pretty much ninja'd my comment!

[@unfilthy]

It certainly helps that his movies aren't about preaching his personal beliefs to the audience.

[@strikerbowls791]

How is he crazy?

[@qtheband751]

Tom is pretty much the only one offering a reason to go to the theatre as opposed to watching it at home.

[@cobo1316]

Christopher Nolan

[@noobmasterruben5167]

Tom and Keanu are really the ideal action stars for me. Both of them do their jobs with humility

[@glacialimpala]

I guess you did not like Dune

[@qtheband751]

@@glacialimpala I did. But I didn’t need to see it in the theatres.

[@TheCyberMantis]

Oppenheimer

[@imsteph21]

Say what you want about Tom Cruise but he's one of the last, true movie stars who still brings us great entertainment without "The Message."

[@BlackPrimeMinister]

I believe he's the very last one.

[@anthonyvelez1569]

Hes the " Last Samurai " 👀

[@thetalentof]

Cruise, Keanu, Neeson, Butler and Denzel all have new action movies out this year focused purely on entertaining audiences without any forced messages, it's a great year for action fans that's for sure.

[@OmegaTou]

Who could have guessed that scientology, of all things, would prove to be some sort of weird inoculation against wokeism? 🤷‍♂️

[@danjonmills]

Why wouldn't you like Tom? Who'd he kill?

[@Bamazon1990]

I loved this movie so much. They even managed to make the car chase trope original interesting and even funny. Tom Cruise has still got it he’s the hero we need

[@fernandogimenez7520]

She as a bad driver and the Fiat 500 EV were a great addition to a car chase scene in a movie.

[@xGSxAmAZyn]

Yea, I was like here's the car chase that everyone expects, but it went by nicely and It was refreshing

[@unquestionableexistance8704]

Personally it was way too long and could be shortened But it was still a blast and pretty funny

[@pedroaraujo9195]

​@@unquestionableexistance8704should have been even longer!

[@youknowwho9203]

I swear the car chase felt like a sequence straight out of fast and furious

[@JohnDoe-em2xd]

Hayley Atwell was the best thing about this movie. Hot and seductive, and not once overshadowing Cruise, the clear male lead. No 'don't hold my hand' or 'I'm an independent woman' BS. Instead, 'you drive' and 'promise me you'll be on that train'. So goddamn refreshing.

[@casecoded]

I love when women act like real women! i hate driving 😂

[@IAmInfinitus208]

Compared to her role in Dr Strange 2, I can tell she had way more fun here!

[@malachilining2730]

She was easily the worst part 😂

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@casecoded Yeah and not fake it.

[@patricktyler4712]

And even better people of color was in the back drop and the white male hero was of course the hero. See if u wait long enough y’all dudes get what u want

[@jwnj9716]

I remember my grandmother told me, "I don't care what they tell you about movies in school. Mission Impossible is back".

[@BillPeschel]

ISWYDT

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

Captain America: I understood that reference

[@CATDHD]

"I dont care what they tell you at school. Tom Cruise is a black scientologist. " True story.

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

@@CATDHD I don't care what they tell you at school; Tom Cruise is a black Vodun Hunoungan from Togo

[@hhfggvogtthehy6451]

First Top Gun, Now this. Tom Cruise is on a roll.

[@nischay4760]

hilarious typo

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

He's been on a roll for years, since edge of tomorrow at least

[@SpaceJawa]

@@NeverSaySandwich1 He's arguably been on a roll since he relaunched his career with Tropic Thunder.

[@salomaonplanetsaturn]

Fallout was before that

[@deanfirnatine7814]

On a Mission to save movies

[@shawnkelley9035]

The very best part of this movie is at the very beginning where he and his producer thank the audience for coming to see this movie in a theater. FANTASTIC! What a class act. Thank you Tom Cruise.

[@spacemann1425]

I think Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge is the show stealer in this film. He brings to much intensity, gravity and intrigue to every scene he is in. His epilogue towards the end makes for the perfect ending. Those two guys chasing Ethan the whole way were awesome too

[@jwsmith53]

He's perfect when the role calls for an elitist, narcissistic sc-bag. He was the same character on tv's 'Revenge'.

[@pablorages1241]

I liked Shea Whigham as Briggs

[@EastonJackson-GMC]

@@jwsmith53 Great actor. I was happy to see him return. He played a similarly slimy CIA director in Clear and Present Danger. Always liked Henry Czerny.

[@vladimirhorowitz]

@@EastonJackson-GMC Loved his role in that. He just leans back and takes a bit of his carrot. "Boom."

[@osmanyousif7849]

Considering how he played the role in the first movie, and that’s it. How amazing that for about 2 3/4 decades he’s plays the role like he’s done this forever.

[@cornetto2008]

One thing that stood out for me is how realistic the female characters were. You touched on how likeable they are and the reason for that was... they have weaknesses they were human. Small details i picked up on... when Grace got into fights... anytime 2 guys were fighting her she always would lose. Even one on ones she usually got off worse. Also i noticed during the train scene how ethan would hold her hand help her up help her avoid things and protect her. She never once slammed him saying 'i can do it myself thank you' or finally when he had to jump to the ledge to save her and she was petrified. It really made her so likeable and grounded. Well done Tom... what a film!

[@ashraile]

Do you trust me? NO!

[@rudewalrus5636]

I like that as outrageous as the action/stunts are they somehow seem more grounded in reality than what we get from the Fast & Furious franchise.

[@mustang8206]

Because they still follow the laws of physics

[@TOONYBOY]

@@mustang8206 I was gonna say, yeah, it's because they actually ARE realistic, they're actually DOING it

[@TheOldGuy2000]

This is because they are not perfect. Tom riding a motor cycle, timidly corners awkwardly... and so on. This screams authenticity.

[@Tachyon836]

It's because Ethan Hunt is portrayed as an impossibly talented and skilled agent through training and experience not a street racer turned super spy.

[@QrazyQuarian]

What, you were too put off by them going into space? /s

[@deanloveday4095]

I literally just finished watching this film and loved it. I stuck a bit of KZbin on afterwards, searching for some commentary on the movie and thought: "Drinker you all knowing perpetually inebriated font of movie knowledge and wisdom, surely you have seen this movie and will have put up a review and - just as the time I got home late from a particularly rough night out only to realise there were no beers in my fridge and low and behold, remembered there was a full bottle of brake fluid in my shed - my prayers were answered. Hallelujah.

[@mr.constitution]

I can't wait to go see this in theaters. Tom Cruise (like him or not) makes very entertaining films and not woke garbage.

[@jareddemarzo8196]

He's a bit of a looney in his personal life, but at least the man knows what his job is - to entertain - and by god he does it.

[@danjonmills]

Why wouldn't you like Tom? Who'd he kill?

[@jareddemarzo8196]

@@danjonmills Does he have to kill someone to be unlikable? He's a Scientology loon. Says all kinds of crazy shit and rants about mental health professionals...which Scientologists despise, for reasons that ought to be obvious.

[@trolleriffic]

@@danjonmills He killed my elderly neighbour. But it's okay cos the guy was a dick.

[@Peterski]

He's mad as a hatter in personal life and a somewhat mediocre actor. But you know what? He makes really entertaining movies. MI7 was very enjoyable, despite its flaws that Drinker has mostly covered. Will probably go to see it again.

[@Alucard632]

Let be honest. If tom is in charge you know you are going to get a good movie

[@800Ms-k6n]

The Mummy says otherwise

[@decosteruniverse]

@@800Ms-k6n No one's perfect. Remember Legend? Didn't think so.

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

​@@decosteruniverseI loved Legend!

[@800Ms-k6n]

@@decosteruniverse Never said that everyone is perfect. Not every Tom Cruise movies is great either

[@decosteruniverse]

@@szeltovivarsydroxan9944 Glad to see I was proven wrong. I'm curious if the Gen Zers know

[@lloydjbear5383]

I actually loved the scene where Tom randomly blasts through the train window. It was utterly ridiculous but at the same time brilliant. Pure mission impossible.

[@tylerjennings8242]

I loved it too, because it’s not like he came flying in and started throwing fists immediately. He looked super dazed, like a guy who just blasted through the windows of a train haha. It’s hard to take something so crazy and make it feel realistic, but I feel like they did that. He’s on his ass for a while looking like a guy who just got wrecked at center ice because he was looking at the puck instead of what’s in front of him. I think that’s part of what makes Ethan Hunt so likable. He gets his ass kicked from time to time, rather than steamrolling through everything in his way. Can’t wait for Dead Reckoning Part Two!

[@thebigpig2364]

Yeah I loved it when they didn’t show him actually doing the stunt that they hyped up so much. And then conveniently blasting into the spot on the train right where he needed to. And not sustaining any injury.

[@tylerjennings8242]

@@thebigpig2364 They definitely did show him doing the stunt(s) that they hyped up? Not sure what you mean by that 🤷‍♂️

[@NickYoung22]

I don’t understand people liking this, it was too deus ex machina. Then immediately after there is another one. It felt exactly like the type of thing drinker and others complain about (rightly) with Indiana Jones

[@johnsmith-px3xj]

@@tylerjennings8242 That is also why the girlboss characters don't work. The filmmakers have the confidence to let Hunt be overwhelmed on occasions. There are what the f**k moments from him when other characters ask him to do ridiculous things and sometimes he gets his butt kick. The train scene is a great example, he was dazed and confused after coming though that window. Whereas a girlboss would have immediately got up, kicked the ass of a man three times her size, while making feminist quips about women not having the time to stunned after falling off a mountain.

[@TheMelMan]

This movie made me believe in cinema again. Tom Cruise is bigger than Hollywood. He gets what the business needs.

[@lachazaroony]

Tom Cruise doesnt make bad movies. And God bless a man who understands that masculinity is not toxic, its just masculinity.

[@doorhandledestroyer]

Except the mummy movie…we don’t talk about that one lmao

[@blisterbrain]

He's had a couple of sketchy and/or dumb ones

[@timo4054]

Uhhhhhm....Cocktail????????

[@lachazaroony]

@@timo4054 Got me there lol. He makes FEW bad movies i shoulda said ;)

[@NinetooNine]

Generally he does make good action flicks. But there have been bad ones. Mission impossible 2 was pretty bad in my opinion. Not saying it was his fault. But yeah.

[@amalgama2000]

Ethan Hunt is everything James Bond used to be, failed to continue to be and never ever will be Thank you, Tom Cruise, for preserving an example of what cool male action hero looks like!

[@jeffersonhassan4558]

Ethan isn't James and has never been James and will never be James,they are both 2 different fleshed out characters

[@51R_samsoknight]

Yep, if only they continued Bond like this after Casino Royale! Good to see Tom Cruise keep the spy genre going! Great movie overall! So enjoyable!

[@chelseapoet3664]

Ethan doesn't get to shag like Bond used to though.

[@samlee6749]

Agreed but don't worry, James Bond will return one day. They destroy individual movies but they can never destroy the character.

[@Icetea-2000]

@@samlee6749Yeah but as whom…

[@MegatronJon8]

Finally saw it today. The scenes with Cruise and Atwell are THE reason to see this movie. Both are incredible.

[@liphrium9858]

Movie sucked. Like half of the movie would have been gone if they used guns. Cause the fights were terrible.

[@nicolashromyk5397]

​@@liphrium9858I've searched up and down the comments but I still can't seem to find out who asked for your L take.

[@MegatronJon8]

@@liphrium9858 lol like if the heroes had used guns? That's an interesting take, maybe it would. But this one seemed to be deliberately trying to be family friendly, so maybe it was intentional.

[@MikeCincoCapas]

​@nicolashromyk5397 Seems we've got a Dial of Dysentery fan on our hands... 😂

[@fernandogimenez7520]

@@liphrium9858 and maybe if some of them take down the creator of the AI this movie would it be even shorter

[@louistremblay1218]

it feels good to watch a movie without feeling like the writers and producers are letting you know that they are one step ahead of you, better than you. You can tell that this movie was made with the audience in mind and not their ego. Just pure fun adrenaline with a good cast, a good story and good action that feels real because it is.

Tom Cruise never disappoints and I absolutely love the man. You can tell he, the director Chris, and the rest of the cast had fun bringing top notch entertainment to the fans and for the fans.

[@BlackPrimeMinister]

Cruise is insane. What he goes through and the risks he's willing to undertake to give us all a slice of fun is mind-blowing.

[@Aqquila89]

Well, except for The Mummy.

[@Ritalie]

I can't top what you said. But I will say, Tom's choice of his female lead actresses, is outstanding. Truly beautiful movie stars, not "randoms" to fit an agenda.

[@strikerbowls791]

​@@Aqquila89the mummy was great

[@Fillycheesecake]

​@@strikerbowls791I honestly thought it was quite entertaining but unfortunately majority of the audience didn't hold the same opinion so we'll never get another Mummy movie with Tom Cruise.

[@MashyManny1022]

We need more directors like Christopher McQuarrie, Chad Stahelski, and Sam Hargrave.

[@RedStreak29]

It's so awesome that the John Wick director is literally a Chad in real life!

[@thebatman4279]

Gareth Evans is another solid choice too, who made The Raid films. His next one is an action flick with Tom Hardy and I'm pumped for it.

[@papichulobr]

@@thebatman4279 glad you mentioned him

[@ForceMaximus84]

Add Christopher Nolan and Gareth Edwards to the list.

[@Lulustucru2393]

Luckily we still have old legends like Scorsese !

[@ands3227]

Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, and Henry Cavill are the most dedicated actors in Hollywood.

[@prince-solomon]

I think you're forgetting Christian Bale and tons of others...

[@drbalbon7332]

These 3 aren't exactly the greatest actors around. They seem to choose easy films.

[@HighwayLand]

All white guys? Are you telling me you're racist? 😁

[@LordBadenRulez]

Arnold, Sylvester, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, and the Rock are also note-worthy.

[@bully33]

Why Keanu ?

[@jwstrock22]

This movie was excellent. The rare 2.5-hour movie where I didn't feel the length at all. I was ready for it to keep going. Can't wait for Part 2.

[@oXRaptorzXo]

What’s great is that there were plenty of strong and capable female characters in this movie but they were all actually likable and enjoyable to watch. Also the tension in this movie was just top tier. The music was insane and every scene with Gabriel had me on the edge of my seat

[@kylebrown4293]

I was thinking the same thing. They give off the vibes that they are just as deadly/capable as their male counterparts, but they know they have to do it in a different way. Speed and agility are just as deadly as brute strength in the right hands.

[@kjer6071]

The music. Lalo Schifrin has been pleasing audiences for over half a century.

[@el_killorcure]

Because they were like John Wick: believable in the sense that unless they can put the guy down quick, they will lose, and they all did whenever the guy, being Cruise or guards or Gabriel, took/dodged the hits and hit back.

[@randomt800kiddo2]

@@hasslfootbro that entire scene was just "women cant drive" personified LMAO

[@GianniGuy]

I definitely felt this in Fallout with soundtrack and I absolutely loved them doubling down on that epic tension in this one. The meeting in the club gave me chills! I'm also looking forward to seeing more of Gabriel and getting more of an insight on whatever job went wrong that led to him executing that girl in Ethan's past, I found him to be quite an enjoyable antagonist, illusive, menacing and ruthless.

[@MiaogisTeas]

Nearly 3 hours of intrigue, action, suspense, and humor, carried along by a compelling story and great actors. We would have sat through another 3 hours and loved every minute of it.

[@1165mac]

And thankfully we’re going to sit through another three hours same time next year!

[@ameliaward7429]

Gotta say. After all the Saltines we've gotten over the years, this upgrade to a Ritz tastes pretty good.

[@WestCoastAce27]

It was good - but my bladder needed a pause.

[@pututunik8748]

@@WestCoastAce27 try to go to the theatre's toilet before watching a movie even though you already going to a toilet before arriving to the theatre

[@whitworth5s248]

I really like how Tom Cruise starts his movies with a personal message thanking the audience. It shows humility and gratitude from a man whose career has been consistently so huge that he doesn't have many reasons to be humble. Of course, if Hollywood ever caught on to this little detail, you know they'll try to replicate it with none of the sincerity. Imagine Disney jumping on the bandwagon and dragging out Brie Larson to lie to us all about how much she appreciates us coming out to support her passion before airing a movie that insults half the audience, or having Harrison Ford lie to us about how important a certain character is to him before airing a movie that totally trashes him while he phones in a performance in his street clothes.

[@MiaogisTeas]

Didn't you notice that they had Harrison Ford attempt this for the Indiana Jones film, too? It feels genuine when Tom was there with Christopher McQuarrie.

[@nathank2289]

@@MiaogisTeas As he described it in detail, its safe to call that part sarcasm.

[@JK-cd6zr]

Thank god Tom Cruise is crazy enough to do this. He might be one of the few people in the industry who still even give a shit. This movie felt like something from another era. A fresh breath of movie purity in a sea of endless cynicism.

[@Stuntman707]

Tom Cruise is a rare talent. Someone who commits fully in his role without question. He and the production here understands what people want to see and most importantly what people Don’t want to see.

[@Tfaonc]

What Tom Cruise is doing at his age is very impressive and I'm glad we still have him, because we somehow still don't have anyone to replace him after all these years.

[@fritzguldenpfennig2486]

Who knew Tom Cruise's ego could become the thing we wanted and needed most in modern Hollywood.

[@everythingisawesome2903]

His ego is the reason his movies are so fucking good. I say 'Let him cook'.

[@GilesMcRiker]

Oddly enough, perhaps perhaps it is because he is already devoted to another cult that he immunized from the worst aspects of The Hollywood cult

[@brettpatron6103]

Great point!

[@mediocreman2]

People used to make fun of masculine men until now they're starting to realize how amazing they are to have around.

[@baishihua]

Honestly, he is someone who may think of himself as a superhero but will actually try his hardest to become one, and I have to respect that.

[@thevillainycontagion103]

I laughed out loud in the theater when Grace kept going in circles in the little yellow car and couldn’t get going. Great movie.

[@heraldofwar]

Tom Cruise sets out to actually entertain the audience instead of annoy, frustrate or insult them. A strange concept for Hollyweird today and they wonder why his movies sell seats!

[@k1m198]

I still remember the first mission impossible. Man the 90s were so awesome. That sneaking in scene where he comes down from the ceiling is still a gold standard.

[@CTKearns]

A ripoff of Topkapi, but still awesome.

[@JK-qn9qr]

As a 90 kid, I want to go back :(

[@jase276]

I know everyone likes to dog on MI2 but that one really set the standard for me, loved it

[@Lennis01]

I had forgotten that the first movie came out in the 90's. It really makes me feel old.

[@garyg7145]

​@jase276 for me it was 3. 1 was good for what it was at the time. It had more of the TV show feel. 2 had action, but the motorcycle jousting was too weird for me to believe. 3 was fantastic and they have gotten better since then.

[@pobgee1303]

Always love to hear The Critical Drinker’s mean-spirited laugh at Disney’s expense

[@orangelion03]

Saw it yesterday. Wow. It delivers. And Haley Atwell....give this woman more (good ) work!! I like the way they teased us with the bike stunt, but then fit several other outstanding action sequences int to the movie so by the time he does fly off the mountain, it's like "cool". Interesting that the trailers show what appears to be a scene under the ice of someone recovering the keys from the dead submariners...that person wears what looks like a submarine scape/rescue suit. Also, during the desert attack scene, they held prominent shots on a masked figure of small stature on the assault team...was that supposed to be be Paris in an alternate cut?

[@siauhweeleow7490]

I could agree to everything Drinker say about the movie except for the part of Benji and Luther getting sidelined. What are the "super powers" of Benji and Luther again? Both are good hackers but this time they are dealing with their worse nightmare - AI. Yet once Benji knew they have been played, he was able to improvise as a good IMF agent would. In addition, it is Luther who reminds Ethan the 2 things that he is suppose to remember so as to complete his mission. After their equipment have been compromised, they had to devise a setup so remote that AI cant reach them. This makes it more plausible their performance seem so limited in Part 1. As a as an ex-communications personnel, I am especially hyped to see how they are going to use legacy methods (they already mentioned one of them in this film) to overcome the advanced AI in Part 2.

[@thanosandnobill3789]

1996-1997 were phenomenal years for movies. Mission: Impossible, Independence Day, The Rock, Men in Black, Air Force One, Titanic, Face/Off, Conair, The Fifth Element, Contact, Scream, 12 Monkeys and some animated movies like Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Space Jam (kinda) and the most important movie of all time Batman & Robin

[@prince-solomon]

Mr. Freeze: "Cool party!" Mr. Freeze: "Tonight's forecast... a freeze is coming!" Batman: Hey Freeze, the heat is on! ...couldn't agree more!

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Damn, now thats a list. You forgot Twister 😁

[@kettle_of_chris]

Wait - Face/Off? I'll let Jim Norton break that one down for me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWm8laepdt9gqNU

[@richardm3023]

Wait! Did you say 'Contact'? Really?

[@RyanCT89]

Jerry Maguire, Goodwill Hunting, Sling Blade, too many to name. Definitely a stacked couple of years.

[@rifroll1117]

I like that even though The Entity didn’t get THAT much focus, it still ended up being a unique depiction of a rogue AI in the digital age. You don’t need to mass produce terminators to enact your will when you can already analyse and control every digital datapoint on earth. Will be interesting to see if the sequel does anything cool with it

[@acutelilmint8035]

That’s the scariest aspect.. when it can erase you in real time.. god damn. And we know the part 2 is gonna be allll analog baby aka, bringing it back to square one where the tech wasn’t reliable😂 but it’s all analog vs a super computer

[@HpArtcraft]

It's a shame it growled everytime it was on screen though. Very cringe 😂

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

More to the point, we are all so used to augmented digital information now it would be trivial for it to do what it does. With voice AI it could churn out a Drinker video telling people to go see “The Flash” with no difficulty at all. 😁

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

But if could have built itself a robot suit with James Spader's voice and kidnapped a town in Bosnia with a bunch of cheap replica robot suits! Just think how awesome that film could have been... The Entity was just a version of the Puppet Master from Ghost in the Shell really. You can almost imagine Ethan Hunt failing and eventually M:I leading into the GiTS world on a single timeline. I'm hoping the sequuel gives is some version of the (also Mamoru Oshii/Kazunori Ito) Patlabor 2 scenario where the entire digital world cannot be trusted and the have to go analogue to win. Or it could be like Battleship/Fast Six.

[@shanekeenaNYC]

The AI will probably end up being like 2001: a space odyssey but deep down in the depths of the ocean.

[@sandorx4]

I agree about the characters, and the female roles were super cool without trying to be the dreaded "strong women". However, the film was overlong, and all the fighting sequences made the film boring and slowed down the pace. I also hoped it would delve more into the A.I thing, but it was all quite superficial. The first Mission Impossible is a masterpiece. Mean and lean and much smarter than any film that is made today.

[@serenityinside1]

Agreed. By the numbers with a different major headline stunt and smaller 1or 2 to a largely quite fanatical audience and , bam you have major box office - or do you as it has underperformed so … Think the first director got the tone etc of the series right , and then the studio looked at the numbers and decided to make it major action series with loud stunts and more kinetic energy. Ie it has been dumbed down sadly. For me they’re basically all the same formulaic identikit film.

[@1003196110031961]

Was a big fan of the original (1966) TV series. When I first heard that Tom Cruise was in the remake (1996) I expected it to suck. But to my great surprise, I was so wrong. It’s become one of my favourite franchise’s. we invested our time with Ethan and Tom never disappoints 👍😀

[@ronsargeant8371]

MI2 was 'king awful though.

[@peadarmurray7994]

Why did you expect the original to suck because of Tom Cruise? He was already established as an excellent actor with great movies behind him 🤔

[@SpaceJawa]

I thought the parachute entrance was great, personally. I also think it added a small amount to keeping The Entity from feeling invincible. It can't actually predict everything, it can merely predict nearly every outcome and then works to ensure the most likely outcomes that benefit it. However, the inherent unpredictability in life is where it faces a major weakness and is one of the keys to defeating it. So Ethan Hunt coming crashing through a window on a parachute? It's a bit of an unspoken reminder of how the Entity does have a path to being stopped. Because who could predict Tom Cruise crashing through a window on a parachute?

[@GambitsEnd]

A malevolent AI that uses the sheer amount of data to predict events is fairly common. What I'd love to see is a version of that explored where the AI realizes that data is only good is recorded accurately, but so many sources of data these day is either woefully biased or inaccurately recorded that it ends up failing.

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

IMHO that will be how they defeat it, people acting in a way that is totally out of character for them is what it can’t predict. For example neither the entity nor the audience would ever predict Ethan betraying Benji, but he may have to to defeat it.

[@scorpixel1866]

@@VideoArchiveGuy If you're just some random playing against the world champion of chess, you don't play, you eat a pawn and punch him in the face during the time it takes for him to process what the hell just happened.

[@MegaRayland]

Just left the theater: fan-freaking-tastic. The most fan and thrills since Maverick a year ago. A few notes: - Contrary to the Drinker the runtime flew by for me. When the credits started rolling i thought “No!!! Please keep going!!!”. - Benji and Luther aren’t as sidelined as he conveys. The way I see is that, unlike many franchises where the last film is artificially split into two but they don’t have enough material for both, in this case it feels like they had TOO MANY ideas and they couldn’t fit them all into a single film. Benji is plenty enough in the context of what he can and Luther’s ‘exit’ just seems like it was tied to the original idea for a single film and that his excuse would have made him come back for the ending but was pushed to the next film when it was decided to split them in two. - The humor works. People were laughing in my theater energetically. And no- it is not even close to a Marvel movie in making it all ‘comedy’. Think Rogue Nation level of balance between seriousness and humor. - Atwell is a fantastic addition to the franchise. All four female characters are gorgeous. - A key Ilsa fight is fantastic. - No girl bosses. No wokeness. How refreshing!!! - Gabriel is a great antagonist. - Fun, thrilling entertainment. - Unlike movies like Ghost Protocol and Fallout this movie takes more time settings the stakes and developing key characters. However it resolves the goals set at the beginning of the movie by the end, and only then sets the stakes for Part 2, unlike most ‘franchise’ movies nowadays. - The set pieces are fantastic, and the much publicized cliff jump isn’t even the best one. - The movie trusts that the audience is smart enough to get things without handholding you. - Finally, this movie feels like Rogue Nation in that it is a great movie but won’t feel like the best. However it does feel this assessment will need to be reevaluated once part 2 comes out. Much like in many ways Rogue Nation works much better when looked at as a two parter along with Fallout, Dead Reckoning is only the opening act of what’s to come. It is a 9.5/10 compared to Fallout’s 10/10, but will probably be higher once it can be looked at in hindsight once part 2 comes out. Cheers.

[@cicholasnage]

i completely agree with your points here, spoke my mind. sometimes the drinker does give a few minor points that are not as agreeable

[@pixel3042]

​@@hasslfoot not really, she is just a dealer, she doesn't actually fight anyone physically

[@gaudacheese125]

Movie was good but it wasn't amazing just because it's better than the other garbage that's been out there imo

[@cicholasnage]

@@gaudacheese125 Yeah, that is true. We tend to view a silver like a gold when we've been surrounded by trash. But, i do think the new MI as at least above average, not just a mundane 'good'. Its not a masterpiece, but it is great for what its trying to be. Just my opinion though.

[@80zmtlman]

Couldn't agree more. One thousand percent across the board. Except one thing. Perfect can't be topped. Now, TC has proven himself many times before...so I'd be happy to be wrong..trust me...but you can only make a rope so tight. You can only have so much flow...even TC has flow limits. Like I said...I hope you're right. But he only has about ten months to do it and it doesn't work that way in Hollywood these days. Nobody has THAT much flow...which was well on display this whole film imo. (Unless they have a way to press out the bursting through the train biz at the very end...ugh. Come on, Hollywood 🥺

[@RiskOfBaer]

I don't know what kind of black magic scientologists do, but holy shit that man never ages!

[@midnightmosesuk]

It's amazing that Tom Cruise can do these stunts at the age of 61 and make them look plausible. He's going to be looked back on as one of the all time greats of cinema, an actor dedicated to his craft and an outstanding film maker. I hope some of the Hollywood bigwigs are taking careful notes of the success of this film, Top Gun Maverick and the unrelated The Sound of Freedom and realise that people want to be entertained, not preached at and pushed any old crap.

[@ForeverLaxx]

They won't. They see headstrong actors that know better than the producer/director as a problem. If they can't ditch them like they did Cavil, they just wait for them to die or age out of the gig.

[@majorknight859]

It's the preachy films that piss me off. They focus so much on their "message" they forget why I went to see the film in the first place. I want to be entertained not lectured

[@MattDunlapCO]

Sound of Freedom was one of the preachiest films I've seen in years. It's proof that people don't mind being preached at if what is being preached resonates with the audience rather than trying to convince them that it is their values, the values of their parents, and the founding principals of their nation that are the problem.

[@firefish69]

They'll probably have the wrong conclusion, because they're stupid 🥲

[@scottbarkley496]

This movie was incredible .. The submarine opening of the movie alone is worthy of the ticket

[@spacemann1425]

Dawg forget that, Eugene Kittridge's dialogues alone were worth it.

[@ivanivez7456]

The train sequence alone is worthy of the ticket

[@sifunmon]

@@spacemann1425he rules

[@EcosseOuiser]

Pre woke Hollywood : we went to the cinema every week as a family. Now : the only two movies we’ve gone to the cinema to see - Top Gun Maverick & MI Thanks Tom ❤ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@dynamicflashy]

Same here! I will be watching Oppenheimer though.

[@vasvas8914]

Same bros. Top Gun and MI were last movies worthy of theater experience, Oppenheimer probably will be third

[@viniciusvalois2634]

Don't forget Sound of Freedom.

[@NightmareLink110]

John Wick 4 was pretty darn good in theatres too. Its worth a watch,.

[@kevinclement1533]

Wait... what about John Wick and Across the Spider-verse?

[@ScaleHangar182]

2 hours and 40 minutes? I watched that film and didn't even noticed it was that long! New Mission Impossible is just an excellent movie!

[@nathanjames1142]

Amazed that Cruise has been playing this character for 27 years and has the physicality to pull it off. It's like Sean Connery playing Bond until 1989. Fun fact, Connery was two years younger in 1989 than Cruise is now.

[@lukasnummer1]

"Never Say Never Again" came out in 1983, Sean Connery was 53 years old.

[@AlexCollazo1970]

Excellent movie, no hidden messages or woke lecturing, pure entertainment. Action sequences had depth not the usual CGI flat look of most other films, plot very relevant, great cinematography, acting and directing. Tom Cruise did it again!

[@kicknowledgesmith8608]

It was good but a step down in writing in my opinion from the previous 3. Great action for sure but the writing was kinda subpar in my opinion, should have been called Grace escapes again with the key part 1 lol and And Ilsa character was done dirty. I did like Grace but felt she was unnecessary but it did make me want a Tomb Raider movie with the actress.

[@alexmaverick6647]

Wtf even is “woke lecturing” other than a buzzword that’s lost all meaning at this point.

[@kicknowledgesmith8608]

@@alexmaverick6647 yup it's a word that gets clicks, it's mostly a grift, selective outrage. Many just pumping this movie up to hate Disney. It was good but not the best in the franchise. The story was subpar in my opinion, great action though.

[@miked1869]

​@@kicknowledgesmith8608agreed. Once the hype dies down, I think people will see DR1 as an entertaining but deeply flawed movie. The previous three films, Fallout especially, had set the bar very high and the latest instalment missed it by quite a margin in nearly every respect.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Liked the movie but it did have a terrifying AI villain which is very relevant to current times

[@daleparker6308]

Literally just walked out of the theater 5 minutes ago, this movie is so good in so many ways it would be tedious to detail all of it. Absolutely fabulous, restores my faith that great motion pictures are still possible in this day and age!

[@Direstorm44]

I hate to say it but MI7 wasn't as great as it should have been. The plot/story was not as intense as it should have been along with some other major issues. 1) They killed Elsa and didn't even leave much to mourn her loss. Frankly, I thought she could have been Ethan's significant other at the end of the series because they are so much alike and there is definite chemistry. 2) The humor was definitely badly timed especially when the scenes should have stayed intense; the car chase scene comes to mind. There were other things as well but those two really stood out in my mind.

[@RtB68]

I've never really been a TC fan...but my wife loves him so I've had to sit through quite a bit of his catalogue. I still don't like him but holy fark you just have to respect his work ethic and he's finally earned some grudging respect out of me. He's living his best life and by extension, his movies let me do a little of the same.

[@paulgilson2347]

As eccentric as cruise is, his films are almost always good and the fact he does the stunts...respect.

[@The_Scottish_Adventurer]

Yes, just what I wanted to hear. Props to Tom Cruise for still delivering high quality ENTERTAINMENT to us all 🙌🏻

[@bulbasaurbrutal5137]

I went in expecting to be as entertained as I was from MI 4 and 6, but like MI 5 I experienced a joyless slog that bored me to tears. In short: >Underutilized characters and extremely poor chemistry between actors >Nearly no original ideas. Action scenes looks like stuff I've seen before, mostly very mediocre with a couple of exceptions >Feels like a Christopher Nolan movie with a constant droning super serious soundtrack that never lets up >Poorly defined stakes: The AI Entity chooses to trick Ethan just once by replicating someone's voice yet it doesn't use other technology to its advantage against the team. Benji drives a car that has auto-pilot. The entity couldn't take the wheel? It's stated in the movie that The Entity considers every possible scenario of what the MI team could do against it and it seemingly just lets things play out rather than throwing all manner of Wifi connected tech against them.

[@michael.whelan2537]

…and all the scenes where you wonder, why aren’t they all wearing those awesome MI signature masks to help Ethan escape?

[@bulbasaurbrutal5137]

@@michael.whelan2537Well, it's part 1 out of 2, so if the part 2 features a lot of masks then it can still check that box. Didn't the girl at the end wear a mask though or did they just not know how the girl is supposed to look? Shrug. Not a memorable mask scene.

[@VanjaNiko93]

I really love how every action scene put the main protagonists in real danger and struggle every time

[@aldunlop4622]

Diabolical!

[@danielpratt3794]

One thing I loved most about this film is how happy it made my Dad. Watched it with him and as a man sick of the modern cgi filmscape he gets excited whenever a scene has actual practical effects even something as small as the motor bike chase scene in no time to die. Being almost 60 now he has lived through decades of awesome stunts like Steve mcqueen in the great escape, the Italian job and of course the mission impossible films. So when the film finished he was so ecstatic and said the film was a "greatest hits album of all his favourite stunts" feeling original yet reminiscent of the best of past cinema while also having a fun villain as he said all that Ai stuff hits close to home growing up and seeing the rise of technology. So thanks Tom cruise you know exactly what to do to make audiences happy (my dad has been humming mission impossible theme ever since) and shout out to the older generation who have wanted to see actual films with heart, effort, no malicious intentions and with no annoying message to preach to people who just want to switch off and enjoy an evening away from the tiring world!

[@mattles5738]

U had me at Italian job

[@Wintis_Swizzle]

Get ya Da onto Mad Max: Fury Road. It’s a great film

[@danybackstone]

@@Wintis_Swizzle Charlize Theron, meh...

[@lilgrimzy6519]

Don demarco

[@kdevinturner8778]

Critical Drinker's movie reviews are always a smash hit. Thanks for being around, Critical Drinker.

[@Tomfoolery1972]

I noticed a few goofs on second viewing (all near the end of the movie). 1) After Grace puts on the White Widow mask, her hands and nails also magically change 2) One of the humungous splashes of the falling train cars is cut noticeably short via an angle change 3) When Benji is waiting for Ethan to land the speedwing, his conspicuously large watch switches to his left wrist when he looks through the binoculars.

[@Gormfeld]

Tom Cruise is a crazy man, and he brings that insane, manic energy to every film he works on to deliver an actually enjoyable final product. Massive respect to him for the level of stunt-work he still does at the age of 61!

[@raypurchase801]

Tom is highly professional. I always respect somebody who's excellent at his craft. Same with the best violinists, plumbers and school teachers. Dedicated people doing their absolute, most sincere best.

[@stizzy7078]

I just got out of theatre and I need to say this, goddamnit he's done it again. He not just did not disapppoint, he just made everyone in the theatre go nuts for whole 2 hrs and 43 min. I wanted this movie to not end. I could've seated for another 45 min if the movie was that long

[@ahwayzcool4630]

Took my mom to see this movie yesterday and we absolutely LOVED IT. This is definitely the best action movie of this year! Gonna see at again this weekend.

[@nicksamut466]

I think this was my favourite mission impossible movie, because it's theme is the most pressingly relevant of any other movie's theme that has ever been. Everyone on Earth needs to watch this movie, it's depiction of the threat of AI is realistic and eye-opening, while beautifully showing morality, respect and dignity in an age where all features of goodness seem to be under attack. We are suppressing the things which make us truly superior to AI, our souls.

[@kj3n569]

When "Risky Business" came out 40 years ago no one could have guessed that the dude singing in his tighty whities would be the top action film star of the future. Yet here we are. We should all be thankful for that.

[@SavageRicktator]

There's no doubting the commitment of Tom Cruise, when it comes to entertaining audiences. Especially the physicality of his performances, even the energy he brings in high intensity action scenes. Jumping off a cliff in a motorcycle, he's fearless and always ramping up the stakes

[@onastick2411]

You go into a Mission Impossible movie, knowing the plot is going to be ludicrously complex, and the plan to solve the problem, is going to be even more improbable, with so many things that must go right, it couldn't possibly work. That's part of the charm, that's what you tune in for.

[@Suho1004]

Saw this last night and loved it. Agreed about the dialogue being clunky at times--there were points where it felt like some characters were making carefully pre-rehearsed speeches rather than actually, you know, talking like real human beings. These quibbles were fairly minor, though. Tom Cruise delivers once again.