Mission: Impossible - Fallout Film Review

Finished watching Mission: Impossible - Fallout, directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin, Kristoffer Joner, Angela Bassett, Henry Cavill and Michelle Monaghan. The film opens with Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) waking up from a nightmare before getting his new mission from the IMF, which takes him to Berlin where along with Luther (Ving Rhames) and Benji (Simon Pegg) as the team try to get a suitcase containing three plutonium cores only to lose them to a group of marked men take Luther hostage. After reporting back to his boss Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin) Ethan prepares to go to Paris after finding out where the cores are thanks to interrogating weapons expert Nils Debruuk (Kristoffer Joner), only for the head of the CIA Erica Sloan (Angela Bassett) to stop the plain Ethan is about to board and only allow him to continue his mission if he agrees to work with August Walker (Henry Cavill) to retrieve the plutonium. Overall this was a great film as it crafts as very intriguing story that sends the team on a mission that constantly escalates into becoming more and more personal that leads to some great characters moments and surprising twists along the way. The action set pieces within the film are amazing as the film is able to put a lot of work and details into the choreography of the fight scenes between characters which helps to make every hit count. While the chase scenes are shot and edited together amazingly well as the film is able to convey a level of suspense throughout thanks to a constant wonder of how Ethan can get of the of the different situations he finds himself in. The film also does a great job in bring to life the emotional driven moments within the film as bring back Ethan's ex wife Julia (Michelle Monaghan) back helps to up the stakes and makes the mission more personal for Ethan especially with where the team find Julia within the film. 8.5/10.