Review: Mission Impossible: Fallout

“The Mission Impossible franchise is back for a sixth instalment, but can a person who has only seen the first one enjoy it?”

Mission Impossible hadn’t been on my radar of movies to watch, but the sixth one did something to change that. It cast Henry Cavill in the movie, and so I was more interested in going to see it. Of course, I didn’t realise that Cavill’s involvement in this film would lead to one of cinemas most ridiculous CGI efforts, but lets face it, there are bigger problems with Superman in Justice League than the CGI moustache removal.

I'm also a big fan of justice

This sixth movie is more of a sequel to the previous one than the previous films have been to their previous. However, the film did a fine job of explaining things, so it didn’t matter. I could follow who was who and had enough context to their previous encounters to be able to handle the plot.

This film has been quite well praised on release, and I will say there is some great action here and the plot is entertaining enough. However, at more than two hours and twenty minutes, it’s a bit of a slog, as the plot isn’t that interesting that it needed an extra twenty minutes. So expect some sagging in parts.

The action was the real star, with Cruise throwing himself all over the place with enthusiasm. The practical nature of many of the effects made for good viewing, and at the very least people can enjoy the spectacle.

In terms of casting, Cavill is the only real new addition and you’d expect the others to all be fine in their roles. For Cavill, I didn’t think his character was very well written, especially with a number of reckless moments from him that didn’t make a lot of sense, especially when considering the whole story arc. I did enjoy Cavill in a much different role to his Superman role, but his turn in Man From Uncle probably suited him more. Cavill has a nice guy charm that comes through, regardless of any facial hair he might have, and whilst he has the strength to beat the crap out of people in bathrooms, like Christopher Reeve before him, it’s difficult to see him as a really mean character.

Where the film lets itself down at times, is that the director overplays his hand a few times and scenes lack subtlety, meaning that when a twist is coming, you’ve already worked it out and your just waiting for the characters to catch up. This really causes the plot problems, because again, that run time really needs to keep you engaged.

Fans of the series will love it I’m sure, and its definitely worth a look on the big screen.

Tom, teach us how to run

The five bearded questions:

1. Was it worth a cinema trip? Yes.

2. Would I See It Again at the Cinema? No

3. Would I buy it on Blu-ray: (only films I really love get bought these days) No. 4. Do I Recommend people see it? Yes.

5. Any cheese/ Disney style bullshit?: (such as jokes wedged in at serious moments, because fun!). No.