Mission: Impossible – Fallout The Rewatchables
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout

What’s Aged the Best?

Action conventions, Paris, score and performers earn praise; Cavill and chemistry remain contested.

In the discussion (19)
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  • The fake threat to shoot Ethan’s friend is praised.
  • An Eyes Wide Shut connection is raised.
  • Alec Baldwin is praised.
  • The mission message is praised.
  • Paris is praised as a setting.
  • Ving Rhames is praised.
  • Ving Rhames’s wardrobe is praised.
  • The tracker trick is praised.
  • The theme and score are praised.
  • Cruise’s ankle injury and the reported expensive delay are discussed; the cost is a podcast claim.
  • The nuclear specialist is praised.
  • The plutonium itself is praised.
  • Baldwin’s lateral move is praised.
  • The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood speech provides a contrast with Cruise refusing to yield. Reported Man from Uncle casting and a planned Renner transition feed speculative motives for choosing a large handsome opponent.
  • Cavill is praised as awesome by some but Craig disputes his charisma and contribution, allowing that hidden identity may explain restraint. A defender values his sneaky presence and agrees to reconsider.
  • Vanessa Kirby is praised as the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave’s earlier character.
  • The nightclub sequence is praised.
  • Rebecca Ferguson and Michelle Monaghan are praised.
  • Cruise’s chemistry with the women is discussed favorably.