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Critics love 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' as much as Tom Cruise loves outrageous stunts
Critics love 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' as much as Tom Cruise loves outrageous stunts
Carrie WittmerJul 13, 2018, 20:05 IST
Paramount
Critics can't stop gushing over "Mission: Impossible - Fallout," which comes to theaters July 27.
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"Fallout" is the sixth film in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, which started with its first film in 1996, and stars Tom Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt. "Fallout" also stars Simon Pegg, Angela Bassett, Alec Baldwin, Vanessa Kirby, and Henry Cavill (with the famous mustache that had to be edited out of "Justice League").
Tom Cruise has definitely come a long way since last year's disastrous "The Mummy" remake that was so unsuccessful Universal canceled its Dark Universe movies series. "Fallout's" intense, non-stop action that's comparable to 2015's "Mad Max: Fury Road" makes an otherwise silly premise and long running time (it's two and a half hours) totally worth it. Some critics have even said it's one of the best action movies of all time, and certainly one of (if not the) best action movies of the year.
Here's what critics are saying about "Mission: Impossible - Fallout":
"To say that 'Fallout' is a great action movie purely in relation to others would be unfair. The action sequences are truly fantastic, and include a breathtaking car-chase through Paris, a helicopter chase over the mountains on the border of Kashmir that I watched with my fingers covering my eyes, and the requisite rooftop acrobatics that caused Cruise to sprain his ankle during filming."
"All of their derring-do is choreographed, shot, and acted in a way that looks real, in a way that puts most of this summer's other action-adventure blockbusters to shame."
"Buying a ticket for a Mission: Impossible movie means surrendering to its specific brand of charm - the same charm to watching Cruise run so fast that it seems he might just take flight."
"You'll leave the theater delightfully exhausted after spending almost the entire length ... frantically piecing together the plot, feeling your adrenaline pumping during the action scenes, and gripping the seat from constant tension."
