Film Review: Tom Cruise Outruns Time in ‘Mission Impossible: Fallout'

Submitted by PatrickMcD [1] on July 27, 2018 - 7:20am

CHICAGO – By any reasonable account, Tom Cruise should be entering into a phase in the “Mission Impossible” series not unlike the latter James Bond films of Roger Moore… appearing in closeups and letting the stuntmen do the rest. However, Cruise continues to outrun the ravages of time, and his stunts only seem to get crazier in the sixth film, “Mission Impossible: Fallout.”

Rating: 4.0/5.0

The latter installments of the series – four, five and now six – are for my money the superior ones. The sixth film of this reliably entertaining franchise doesn’t have the immediate “WTF” factor of the last installment where Cruise clung to the outside of a cargo plane during takeoff in the opening scene, but after the relatively slow start it picks up the pace and never lets up.

“Mission Impossible: Fallout” opens everywhere in on July 27th in IMAX, 3D, RPX and regular screenings. See local listings for specialty theater and show time options. Featuring Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Michelle Monaghan, Alec Baldwin and Angela Bassett. Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Rated “PG-13”

Continue reading for Spike Walter’s full review of “Mission Impossible: Fallout” [20]

Cunning Stunt: Tom Cruise in ‘Mission Impossible: Fallout’
Photo credit: Paramount Pictures

Continue reading for Spike Walter’s full review of “Mission Impossible: Fallout” [20]

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