While the messiness was honestly kinda fun, the real reason I can't rate this as highly as the last few is that Ilsa and Luther left too big a hole in the team for me. Like during that last scene with the sentimental "head nod" goodbyes, I was just left thinking how much more effective it would be if it wasn't predominantly made up of people we just met in the previous movie. Like, that wasn't MY team, ya know? I wasn't invested in them. That could've been a much more poignant farewell (if it even is meant to be one) if it were Ethan, Benji, Ilsa and Luther. Speaking of, knowing now that Ilsa's death was for real has dragged down Dead Reckoning in my estimation, because that was not a proper sendoff for her AT ALL.