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My Review of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, rated PG-13
****

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is the sequel to the 2023 film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. It is the eighth, and possibly final film in the series, based on the television series created by Bruce Geller in 1966. The film was directed by Oscar nominee Christopher McQuarrie (Top Gun: Maverick), who also wrote the film with Emmy winner Erik Jendresen (Band of Brothers).
The first part of the film recaps where we left these characters in 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. My wife Tammy and I re-watched that film a few days before seeing the new film as this is a part-two. While it helps if you had seen the previous film, I don’t think it is absolutely necessary to enjoy the film. There are quite a few flashbacks to previous films in the series as well.  The first film featured the explosion of a Russian submarine. The submarine, now at the bottom of the Bering Sea, will come into play in this new film.
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My Review of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One, rated PG-13
****

In the seventh, and latest installment of the Mission Impossible film series, based on the popular television series that originally aired from 1966 – 1973, Ethan Hunt, played by four-time Oscar nominee Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick, Magnolia, Jerry McGuire, Born on the Fourth of July), and his team have the mission of saving the world from an artificial superintelligence known as The Entity. This action thriller, though a little long at two hours and forty-three minutes, was nonetheless exciting from beginning to end. It’s my favorite film of 2023 thus far. However, we won’t know just how everything ends until Part 2 arrives in theaters June 28, 2024.
The film is directed by Oscar winner Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, Top Gun: Maverick) and written by McQuarrie and Emmy winner Erik Jendresen (Band of Brothers). The film’s release was delayed multiple times, ballooning the cost of the film to an estimated $290 million.
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