Possibly one of the best action flick this year, trailing just a wee bit behind mad max. It's your pretty standard IMF existence in jeopardy kind of story, the difference this time around is the action scene really hits the gold standard. It's one of those old school filming where every framing and editing center on telling a story. Not to mention most of it is done practically. It's not your Michael Bay school of fast cuts, cgi orgy and gratuitous slo-mo.
During the elaborate assassination scene, each edit point clearly communicate the whereabouts of interest point and culminate into a satisfying crescendo. Given the onslaught of reboots and sequels, I have no expectation of a game changer action flick but just execute it properly. Rogue Nation did more than just a proper thrilling action movie. Outright it's better than Ghost Protocol IMO due to memorable action sequences and Rebecca Ferguson is one super bad-ass to watch out for.

Tom Cruise and Chris McQ break down the scenes of rogue nations. Awesome behind the scene commentary. It's a lengthy podcast.
http://www.theqandapodcast.com/2015/07/tom...-mcquarrie.html

Hhhhyyypppeeee!!!!

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/mission-impossible-fallout
Give or take it might stabilise around high 70s but quite rare for summer blockbuster to receive such high score. Hope Vanessa Kirby aka Princess Margaret able to get more recognition as a few critics already hailing her a breakout star this time around.

That helicopter sequence is some cinema gold this year. Overall this outing kinda bring me back to the first M:I. A little more serious in tone and the convoluted double, triple betrayal. Kinda miss the whimsical precedent on Rogue Nation and Ghost Protocol. In terms of story craftsmanship still prefers Rogue Nation. All in all walk out of the cinema pretty satisfied with a big grin on me.

Too bad Jeremy Renner couldn't make it and alas Princess Margaret didn't have a more pivotal role.

Just found out there wasn't a complete screenplay again like Rogue Nation. They have the idea of what high note needed to be accomplished and everything else is written on the spot as they are filming day by day. Guess you don't get to be an Oscar scriptwriter for no reason.

Cruise and Paramount asking Chris McQuarrie to complete his trilogy of MI movies but the film director not completely on board yet. Anyway the next movie by him will be hype nonetheless. A fan of him since The Way of The Gun.

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/christop...ack-1202986902/
Pretty sure trucks with loads of cash being delivered to McQuarrie's house for him to say yes to this.

Feast your eyeballs!!!

The Final Reckoning has the highest highs and the lowest lows. It's teetering on the absurd Fast series tone and has a big exposition set-up to recap what happened in the previous movie. Once the action starts, it's the reason why we love these films. The submarine sequence and airplane stunts again reinforce McQ and Cruise partnership, the defacto reigning kings of blockbuster filmmaking. Nolan can't even come close to them when delivering high octane action scenes. It's okay this not the best MI movie but you can always go back to the previous one you like the most. For me Rogue Nation still the best.