Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Somer Valley FM Film Review
Written by Somer Valley FM on 31/07/2018
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Haunted by anarchist Solomon Lane Ethan Hunt must try to secure three plutonium cores. These cores are instrumental for The Apostles, Lanes gang of terrorist, in their plan to cause a global catastrophe. During the Hunt and his IMF team, Luther and Benji, lose the cores. Now must try to recover them under the watchful eye of CIA assassin August Walker.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout like the other movies is action pedigree. It all rushes towards a heart-pumping climax that expertly interweaves several high stakes sequences together, ramping up the tension even more. The action is all led by the impressive stunt work from Tom Cruise. Last movie he dangled off a plane and clung to the side a Dubai skyscraper, in this film he races through Parisian streets on a motorbike, jumps out of a plane into Paris, clinging to the underside of a helicopter and of course, the infamous leg break that cemented a need to see this film for me. Simon Pegg as Benji and Henry Cavill as August Walker provide excellent support even if Benji is underused as always
Yes, the film has flaws. The plot is a little convoluted. But when it leads to tense and thrilling action set pieces, you are a bit more likely to forgive it. There is an obnoxious use of lens flare that obscures the frame. And Sean Harris as our villain grunts his way through the film with that gravely whisper of his. Not to mention the fact that Fallout seems to have some tonal inconsistency continually jumping genre scene to scene.
However, despite flaws that affect the whole of the film when Mission: Impossible – Fallout hits its stride, it is a tense action film that focuses on the very best practical stunt work in modern cinema. It exudes an old-school Hollywood style. And with a great cast of characters, this is one film that will have you on the edge of your seat.
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