Tom Cruise is one of Hollywood’s few remaining movie stars, and one of a handful of actors who continually draw people back to the theatre.
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That trend continues with Mission: Impossible – Fallout, a blockbuster more refined and inventive than most.
This time around, Impossible Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team – including Benji (Simon Pegg) and Luther (Ving Rhames) – let a case filled with plutonium slip through their fingers.
With the plutonium ending up in the hands of rogue terrorist organisation The Apostles, IMF director Hunley (Alec Baldwin) and CIA head-honcho Sloane (Angela Bassett) bring in powerhouse assassin Walker (Henry Cavill) to keep Hunt in line.
Also along for ride are MI6 agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), anarchist Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), and arms dealer the White Widow (Vanessa Kirby).
Like the preceding five entries, Mission: Impossible – Fallout is not too concerned with its good-guys-chase-bad-guys plot.
This and the other instalments all feature macguffins, exotic locations, slithering villains, femme fatales, and unstoppable heroes.
However, what the franchise does best is jaw-dropping, high-octane action.
Known for completing his own stunts, Cruise feels the need to out-do himself with each new mission.
Topping Ghost Protocol’s dizzying Burj Khalifa sequence and Rogue Nation’s holding-onto-a-plane scene, Cruise delivers his biggest and best stunts yet in Fallout.
Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie craft a never-ending collection of sky-diving sequences, car chases, gun fights, and helicopter battles.
Although simple in the story department, this instalment is a mission worth accepting.
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