Alien at the Movies

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (IMAX)

And now for the follow up to the 2023 “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning  Part 1”. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) & his IMF team are back to stop Gabriel (Esai Morales) & the Entity from world domination or annihilation. It’s intense action with twists & turns. Just as you start seeing things go bad, it just gets worse. It’s sitting on the edge of your seat gripping your arm chair tightly stressful excitement. I’m not sure why any insurance company would allow Cruise to hang on to the outside of planes for all of those thrilling hair raising aerial stunts. He is such an adrenaline junkie. Also, look for more skin shown than Cruise usually reveals in his movies. You got to be in shape to pull off his amazing stunts. What is in the mystery box? Who will live & who will die? How close to nuclear warfare will the world be pushed to? With Part 1, I️ already saw the beginnings of changes to Hunt’s team. And here, I️ see possible new team member faces. They do some quick visual flashbacks to past missions. Some key team members face life threatening situations. A returning old faces will surprise you. The movie’s title also includes the word final. I started to get the feeling that this was a subtle look back at the journey to get here & maybe this was a hint to a new IMF future. Will there be more impossible missions? Is Cruise being phased out for a new leader?

Alien gives it 3½ “May 22, 1996…We will figure it out… This message will self destruct in 5 seconds” stars out of 4.