Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Published January 19, 2024
Film info
- Title Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
- Director Christopher McQuarrie
- Year 2023
- Run time 2hrs 44m
- Genres Action, Thriller
- Tagline We all share the same fate
Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission - not even the lives of those he cares about most.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:35 | Mmm, stealth submarine. |
| 7:29 | Stuck under the ice is kinda horrific. |
| 10:17 | “Your habitual rogue behaviour will not be tolerated.” ROGUE. |
| 17:46 | Where’d they get all the typewriters from? |
| 27:21 | They’re not dead, right? Because they’re too famous for that! |
| 31:50 | Simon Pegg stealing the movie already. |
| 37:56 | Is put-pocket a thing? |
| 45:03 | “A nuclear bomb is something you bother me with.” |
| 53:24 | I like the bookish version of Tom Cruise. |
| 1:01:13 | Pom looks so different without antennae. |
| 1:04:08 | The little yellow car going headfirst into a wall is hilarious. |
| 1:16:43 | “Cold, logical, unemotional.” Sounds good to me. |
| 1:30:59 | I feel like there were a lot of sleight of hand magic lessons ahead of making this film. |
| 1:43:24 | Is the horrific mask-maker not connected to the internet too? |
| 1:48:20 | Luther is so wise. |
| 2:02:25 | I’m so confused but I’m just here for TC about to jump off a mountain. |
| 2:17:29 | I love that this guy greets everyone by grabbing their face, just to make sure! |
| 2:24:32 | Yaaas Back to the Future. |
Thoughts
This was much better than I was expecting. It being the first part of a two part story is always tricky, cliffhanger films are no good. Actually it managed that pretty well, there’s more story to tell but the film itself resolved nicely. Which is a good thing because, as it turns out, there may not be a part two anyway!
There were technical issues with the story in places, moments where you have to suspend your disbelief, but haven’t there always been with a Mission Impossible movie? Otherwise, it was two and a half hours of Tom Cruise doing what he does best and being brilliant. The film looked good, the cast were fun, the locations amazing, so top marks all round!
Rating: 5 / 5