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The final scenario commences with a recall of the previous Mission Impossible’s indomitable franchise; from 1996 to the present actor Tom Cruise as “Ethan Hunt” leader of the IMF (Impossible Mission Force) is the quintessential field agent, spy, solving missions, conquering wickedness that the government cannot openly acknowledge. He is a mega-man, a physical phenom, a runner of Jesse Owens caliber, still, after 29 years, rarely touching the pavement, flies through the thoroughfares of major metropolises, uncatchable. The artistry of the series is its sagacity and its contemporary timeliness. In the “Final Reckoning” Hunt and his crew (regulars “Luther”, Ving Rhames, “Benji” Simon Pegg) are battling Artificial Intelligence, “The Entity” (Anti-God) a nuclear force capable of cataclysmic destruction; the human component “Gabriel” (depicted with sinister success by Esai Morales) is Hunt’s Homeric menace. Their final confrontation is thrilling, belief-shattering, stunning excitement. Director Christopher McQuarrie says of Tom Cruise’s stunts that “no one on earth” can do what he does: emphasizing “his incredible determination and pushing boundaries”. He is the last major Hollywood icon: following his own instincts and has yet to give in to Netflix.
Intoxicating, exhilarating action is the “key” to success in all “Mission Impossible” films and Cruise has accomplished every implausible feat with Herculean acuity; in the Final Reckoning, there is an underwater 20-minute sequence where Ethan must find the Entity’s source code in a sunken Russian submarine. This is worth the entire two hour 49 minutes of viewing, “if you choose to accept it….
THREE & ½ STARS
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