Action-Adventure Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning/The Final Reckoning

[Kane52630]

Yeah that was pretty good. Keanu has some great lines too.

“Yeah.” - John Wick

“Yeah.” - John Wick 2

“Yeah.” - John Wick 3

“Yeah.” - John Wick 4

And now Anjelica Huston joins their ranks with…

“Fine.” - Ballerina

Actually all of Keanu's lines in all of the John Wick movies end with a question mark.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Weirdly, I think Keanu is a better actor as a CGI character. I think the best performances of his entire career are Cyberpunk 2077 and that Armored Core/Secret Level episode.

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Yeah I enjoyed this a good bit. It was slow at times, and while I did enjoy the callbacks to the previous movies and some revelations from them, they didn't need to show us the same moment from those movies 2/3 times, and this would have cut the run time a nice amount also.

Hayley and Pom were great, and both looked great while doing it. Luther had a small but really important role and Pegg was a lot more serious here than in previous entries.

I thought the submarine sequence was shot brilliantly and very anxiety inducing. The bi-plane sequence was good but was a little too self-indulgent for me at the same time and also needed cutting down a bit. It also was a bit too similar to the helicopter finale from Fallout.

Overall though this was probably the most serious and emotional M:I movie so far and it has real stakes especially at the end. I predicted pretty much how they would deal with the entity a whole ago but it was still an interesting villain and not just something they could punch to defeat. I didn't notice much if any CGI in the movie which was really refreshing to see also. And Cruise as always bring us the death defying goods.

8/10.

 

[Mysteryman]

Yeah I enjoyed this a good bit. It was slow at times, and while I did enjoy the callbacks to the previous movies and some revelations from them, they didn't need to show us the same moment from those movies 2/3 times, and this would have cut the run time a nice amount also.

Hayley and Pom were great, and both looked great while doing it. Luther had a small but really important role and Pegg was a lot more serious here than in previous entries.

I thought the submarine sequence was shot brilliantly and very anxiety inducing. The bi-plane sequence was good but was a little too self-indulgent for me at the same time and also needed cutting down a bit. It also was a bit too similar to the helicopter finale from Fallout.

Overall though this was probably the most serious and emotional M:I movie so far and it has real stakes especially at the end. I predicted pretty much how they would deal with the entity a whole ago but it was still an interesting villain and not just something they could punch to defeat. I didn't notice much if any CGI in the movie which was really refreshing to see also. And Cruise as always bring us the death defying goods.

8/10.

The emotionality of the piece is why I ranked The Final Reckoning at Number 1.
I have never been so moved by an MI film as much as this hit me.

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

The emotionality of the piece is why I ranked The Final Reckoning at Number 1.
I have never been so moved by an MI film as much as this hit me.

Yeah they got that part spot on. I thought they would add a bit more emotion with it being the finale, but the last 10/20 mins especially they nailed it.

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[Pittman4Two]

Tom really is a gift to us as far as the entertainment industry. He has given and continues to give his all in providing the best movie-going experience possible. That last picture on the above post says it all.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Luigi]

 

[Mysteryman]

So, in this film, who represents the other two stooges?

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[The Caped Knight]

Tom Cruise gets an Honorary Oscar

 

[Mysteryman]

Tom Cruise gets an Honorary Oscar

Love the nod to the original 1996 poster!

 

[Ninjablade]

Full opening titles sequence shared by the studio that made them:

 

[Sawyer]

Finally saw this one and I’m sorry, but that entire submarine crew was way too goddamn attractive.

I would’ve let the whole world fry.

 

[Ninjablade]

Really great interview with Editor Eddie Hamilton. Picking my way through, but some really interesting insights on how the film evolved over time:


Fascinating to listen to him expand on McQ's comments about how the film originally opened in a non-linear structure with the opening scene being the torture chamber, cutting to the opening credits when Ethan bites the cyanide pill, then coming out of the opening credits to Ethan being arrested and taken to Mt. Weather.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Daltonio]

As a giant fan of this franchise and of Tom Cruise himself, I was sadly disappointed in this movie. It has it's moments but for me, it's ranked only above MI:2 at the bottom of the series. I think I set myself up by thinking it would match up to Dead Reckoning, which made it to my favorite in the series.

 

[DyeLorean]

Something that was lacking in Final Reckoning was the stunning locations. From an underground dungeon to a filthy submarine to an obscure cave. It just wasn't up to par with the rest of the series.