Movie review: Mission: impossible Fallout

I gotta be honest. I don’t like Mission Impossible or Tom Cruise. So why did I see it??

Because we have a new movie theater with these seats. And I live in Florida – and it’s summer. And did I mention THESE SEATS??

So yeah – I’ll even go see MI and Tom Cruise if I get to stay indoors in the a/c in these seats.


So back to the movie…

MI Fallout is action packed, and Ethan is starting to show the strain of choosing this life and it adds some emotional depth and vulnerability to his character. The opening scene is awesome: emotional and creepy.

The gang is back and have an easy rapport at this point while adding Angela Bassett as the CIA director and Henry Cavil, as a CIA assassin who don't think Ethan is up to task, to the mix to shake things up.

I mostly liked it and I KNOW you kind of need to let logic go for these kinds of movies but…but…but…

Ethan does something so unbelievably stupid and it’s kind of the core of the story and I was just…how are you still employed????

SPOILER: > Ethan, Luther and Benji have arranged an exchange for 3 plutonium cores that goes wrong. In a stand off with the bad guys Ethan shoots Luther (who he believes is wearing a bullet proof vest and is ok) but then LEAVES THE PLUTONIUM ON THE GROUND UNATTENDED to run and check on Luther. And of course it gets stolen and puts millions of lives at risk. Bassett’s character is of course pissed and sends Cavill in to oversee this shit show and do what it takes to get that plutonium back when the time comes.

I must be an asshole – because I can’t for the life of me figure out how this makes Ethan a good agent. A good friend?? Yes! Agent – no. Fire his ass! lol < END SPOILER

Then my other peeves.

Ethan’s ex’s – Julia and Ilsa -(played by Michelle Monaghan, Rebecca Ferguson) look almost exactly alike. I thought they were the same person for most of the movie. I’m sure if you’ve seen the whole series this wouldn’t be an issue but Ethan definitely has a type.

*I also call this phenomenon the GBHG - Generic brown haired girl. Most movies have them. They play the love interest to spur the hero on and add no real value to the movie,a re easily forgotten and completely interchangeable.

Not that both of these actresses didn't do a great job with what they were given but - yeah GBHG.

Okay…okay…I know it’s an action flick and just go with it but both Ethan and August (Cavill) should have been in full body casts.

Aaaaand I know this is wrong of me but I was more of a fan of Cavill than Cruise. I’m not a fan of beards either but…yeah, it was working for me lol

I don’t think it made me a MI convert but all in all – it was a little too long, a little too preposterous but a fun movie.