Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

Perfect cast and a good story

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Where was the tension; suspense; class, style; intrigue; excitement; mystery; thrills and creative inventive story writing? I think it got lost in the messy plot of cartoon character action and poor acting with an uninventive story line.Please bring back directors John Woo, Brian De Palma or Brad Bird!!! and leave McQuarrie to direct teenage cartoon films. MI Fallout had no guts or raw moments and where did the sleek stylish filming and directing go? this wasn't high class slickness. This MI didn't even come close to paying homage to James Bond, where past Mission Impossibles' did! This film was just painted with 1 coat of cheap vanilla paint which was left to dry and then just started flaking for the next 140 mins. No trimmings or embellishments, it was just dull, plain, grey, ugly and boring.This installment in the MI series was suffering from a throbbing bad headache and nauseating hang over with nowhere to go but downhill. MI Fallout didn't really need any sound, you could watch it in silence and still know what was happening. You feel no connection or care for any of the characters and they all seemed emotionless & expressionless. Atleast Tom Cruise made an effort in his stunt roles, but sadly McQuarrie destroyed the Ethan Hunt character and made his personality seem weak, hopeless and embarrasing. Compare Ethan Hunt's personality in past MI films and you will see the change in MI Fallout. Michelle Monaghan's face was expressionless and emotionless throughout the whole film, even in a supposedly tense and traumatic scene while attempting to cut wires to a bomb which was about to destroy the planet, her facial expression does not change through the whole ordeal, its quite laughable. What a mess! I left the cinema angry, disappointed and extremely let down as an avid and faithful fan of all past MI films. The audience also left quiet and with no comment, they probably wondered what just happened and did they really just watch an MI film, or a comical farce?Terrible acting, weak story line, cartoon character violence which became laughable, awful CGI effects, bad plot, the actors didn't take this installment seriously and either did the film itself.Was it intentionally a black comedy that got lost in translation about 20mins into the film? I drifted off in the last 30mins only to be waken by crash, bang and noise. Oh yeah! I am watching Mission Impossible Fallout? or was I just woken from a bad dream? Even the musical score was as boring and dull with huge similarities to Sicario, but atleast Sicario's musical score suited that film and had purpose.There was nothing new and nothing to make you go "wow" Past MI films always brought something new and exciting to the table, but sadly not this time.What happened to Vanessa Kirby half way through the film? did she realise what a mess she had entered into and then walked off set? Alec Baldwin decided to die a quick death, with Tom Cruise telling him "sorry you had to die Alec".Enough is enough, I will go back and enjoy the exciting roller coaster ride on the past MI films and throw this one into the "what a waste of time bin" .3/10 from me, the 3 was for the location and fabulous scenery in Paris, Norway and New Zealand.

MI getting better and better. Action are perfectly choreographed No CGI

This is the best Mission Impossibile since the first. It is what it is...a Superhero movie with Tom Cruise performing incredible feats. His sidekicks are very entertaining. It's a little long. But sit back and fasten your seat belt!

Just like we have come to expect, there is lots of impossible action. While action dominates above plot, it is still an interesting plot with the usual surprises. One of the things that struck me was the scenery. I was particularly excited by the scenes in Paris (seems like the Eiffel Tower was always there somewhere) since I was just there, but London too, and some beautiful mountainous scenery nominally in Asia.