Mission Impossible-The Final Reckoning

Mission Impossible-The Final Reckoning kicks off with a recap of past glories—a wistful montage that turns out to be the highlight of the entire film.  After that brief joyride the film nosedives into endless exposition.  The real mission, should you choose to accept it, is staying awake through all the confusing conversations.  As for the “famed stunts,” they’re mostly MIA aside from two uninspiring sequences.  Now let’s address Tom Cruise’s status as a self-proclaimed action hero.  Yes the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes that he skydived 16 times with a flaming parachute strapped on, but we all know Guinness also acknowledges the world’s longest fingernails. (Just saying…)  I will concede that Cruise still runs cool but even his legendary sprint has begun to feel like a rerun.  The franchise clearly peaked with Ghost Protocol and since then it’s been on a downhill sprint faster than Tom himself.  Oh, and Pom Klementieff, my favourite from part one, vanishes entirely in this film much like the plot’s coherence.  In conclusion, The Final Reckoning aims for excitement but ends up being the cinematic equivalent of reheated leftovers: you might appreciate the effort but it just doesn’t taste the same.