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Mission: Impossible – Fallout

year 2018decade 10sdirector Christopher McQuarriegenre Actiongenre Adventure

148 minutes

Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Tom Cruise Ethan Hunt
Henry Cavill August Walker
Ving Rhames Luther Stickell
Simon Pegg Benji Dunn
Rebecca Ferguson Ilsa Faust
Sean Harris Solomon Lane
Angela Bassett Erika Sloane
Alec Baldwin Alan Hunley

Mission: Impossible – Fallout | The Rewatchables

host Bill Simmonshost Chris Ryanhost Craig Horlbeckproducer Craig Horlbeck format Final episode of 2022
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Roger Ebert's review

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In the discussion (1)
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  • Ebert is said not to be alive for this film. A quoted review by Sean values returning characters and connected continuity while each film feels different; no numeric rating or scale is spoken.

Most Rewatchable Scene

Fake broadcast, halo jump, Paris action, rooftop run and finale compete; final choices differ.

In the discussion (12)
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  • The fake CNN broadcast and removable room are loved, with an Oceans13 comparison and a fabricated basketball-news joke; the fake nuclear attacks did not occur in the film’s reality.
  • The halo jump earns a spontaneous repeat watch; lightning adds excitement, but its reality and the late parachute deployment are questioned rather than credited as real stunts.
  • The nightclub bathroom fight is admired and compared with Wick2 and True Lies; crowded action settings work well.
  • The imagined versus actual extraction, water crash, motorcycle chase and policewoman episode form an admired Paris sequence. The injured officer’s chemistry with Cruise is joked about.
  • The bridge motorcycle approach is a scene candidate.
  • The Walker double-mask reveal is separately praised.
  • The rooftop chase and Cruise breaking his ankle are scene candidates.
  • The helicopter rope fall is a scene candidate.
  • The multiple climax sequences are collectively praised.
  • The rooftop run is chosen as Cruise’s best, praising sustained shots and the intrusion into an ordinary office; age and athlete comparisons underline the feat. — Craig Horlbeck
  • The Paris chase is chosen as a final scene preference.
  • The bathroom fight is another final scene choice, with a joke about the unusually clean nightclub bathroom.

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.

The Den of Thieves Benihana Award for Scene-Stealing Location

Nightclub, royal garden and glacier.

In the discussion (4)
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  • The giant nightclub is a location choice.
  • The Jardin du Palais Royal garden is another location choice.
  • The Himalayan glacier is another location choice.
  • Norway is briefly suggested in a question, without a settled selection.

What’s Aged the Worst?

Bentley, wife storyline, villain and manifesto draw objections with an emotional-defense qualification.

In the discussion (5)
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  • The weak-link Bentley choice is explicitly also placed in aged worst, with his ignorance of the former couple’s chemistry and conflicting cover story mocked.
  • The wife’s inclusion is questioned and the explanation dismissed. A defense values the emotional tug; a separate proposal suggests a threat photograph alone might suffice. The undiarized source does not establish that one person made both remarks.
  • The beard is an aged-worst complaint.
  • Ving Rhames’s dexterity is questioned.
  • The manifesto is criticized.

Is There a Better Title for This Movie?

Fallout disputed, without a clearly superior replacement.

In the discussion (5)
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  • Fallout is criticized as a title.
  • Detonation is an alternative title.
  • Halo Dive is an alternative title.
  • Missing Plutonium is an alternative title.
  • Bio Terror is an alternative title.

The Vincent Chase Award: Are We Sure This Character Is Actually Good at Their Job?

Bassett’s CIA character.

In the discussion (2)
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  • Changing the transfer plan, believing Walker and surviving the disastrous outcome make Bassett’s character the choice. Ethan’s repeated success followed by distrust is questioned.
  • The recurring doubted-hero pattern gets McLean (observed) and a real pilot analogy. The speaker loves Bassett while distinguishing poor character decisions from the performer.

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Maverick’s simplicity, close talking and Cavill’s villain plausibility.

In the discussion (4)
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  • The take asks whether Top Gun Maverick diminishes Fallout: simpler stakes, romantic chemistry and emotional beats suggest fewer characters and more room for Cruise could improve this film. — Chris Ryan
  • Cutting Monaghan/Bassett or concentrating the women could produce a two-hour film. Kirby’s subplot could be removed or expanded with a dinner scene because she interests them; Bassett trusting a new subordinate over Ethan is mocked.
  • Another take calls Cruise the greatest close talker, reading intense proximity as a replacement for earlier charisma and wondering how uncomfortable fellow actors feel.
  • The take argues Cavill is too attractive to want mass destruction. The incel characterization is immediately challenged as unsupported by the ideology; it continues as a plausibility joke rather than a factual label. — Craig Horlbeck

Casting What-Ifs

Renner’s rejected death cameo and an unnamed bathroom-fight star.

In the discussion (2)
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  • Renner reportedly could not film because of Avengers Endgame and declined a brief death cameo. His future return and the director’s motivations are speculative, not confirmed casting.
  • An unnamed third star reportedly could not keep up in the bathroom-fight evaluation; the stunt performer replacement is praised, with an imagined Raid lead and possible heat-check consideration.

Recasting Couch

Replace Harris with a stronger villain, with objections to several names.

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  • Joaquin Phoenix is a hypothetical replacement.
  • Michael Shannon is a hypothetical replacement.
  • Benedict Cumberbatch is a hypothetical replacement.
  • Ewan McGregor is a hypothetical replacement, correcting an initial Liam name slip.

Half-Assed Internet Research

Mustache scheduling, stunt camera, driving, pregnancy and chase inspirations.

In the discussion (6)
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  • The Justice League reshoots allegedly required removing Cavill’s mustache; a3million shaving offer and later digital removal expense are reported. His Fallout facial hair is liked.
  • The camera is discussed as production research.
  • Simon Pegg’s production experience is reported.
  • The BMW is discussed as production research.
  • Ferguson’s production circumstances are reported.
  • Rendezvous, Bullitt and The French Connection are reported chase influences.

Apex Mountain

First Mission Impossible preferred for franchise impact; Cruise-stunt apex debated.

In the discussion (13)
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  • The first Mission: Impossible is preferred to Fallout for franchise Apex.
  • Cruise is denied career Apex.
  • Whether this is the Apex of insane Cruise stories is disputed.
  • Knight and Day publicity, Ghost Protocol’s building, skydiving and hanging outside aircraft compete as extreme Cruise examples. Skydiving gets number-one support, while the aircraft stunt is recalled as hardest; hypothetical personal willingness differs.
  • Henry Cavill is denied Apex.
  • The nightclub is compared against John Wick and Collateral.
  • Bathroom fighting is given Apex.
  • HALO jumping is given Apex.
  • Helicopter action is given Apex.
  • Paris is denied Apex, with Last Tango in Paris raised.
  • Ving Rhames is denied Apex.
  • Simon Pegg’s Apex is disputed against Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
  • Dr. Rob Thorne is a joking Apex choice.

Best Race Horse Name from This Movie

Apostle, Syndicate and plutonium variants.

In the discussion (4)
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  • Apostle is a racehorse-name candidate.
  • Syndicate is a racehorse-name candidate.
  • Missing Plutonium is a racehorse-name candidate.
  • Plutonium is a racehorse-name candidate.

Picking Nits

Uninjured bodies, countdown, unnecessary halo jump, relationship logic and masks.

In the discussion (9)
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  • Surviving the action without injury is a nitpick.
  • The countdown timing is a nitpick.
  • The HALO landing is a nitpick.
  • The landing is compared to Jordan.
  • The necessity of the HALO jump is questioned.
  • The wife’s remarriage bothers one speaker; another objects that Ethan has other women. Chemistry with the French officer, Connolly and Kidman is compared, with Days of Thunder praised.
  • Repeated allegiance/mask reversals seem stale and technologically implausible. A dissenting participant loves masks despite unreality. Voice modulation, instant makeup and a cheap-looking wig extend the objection.
  • Advanced face/biotech tools contrasted with inability to unlock a six-digit phone make the fake hospital/CNN elaborate. Violent interrogation and a Man on Fire crossover are hypothetical alternatives, not recommendations.
  • The destruction-of-current-world-order manifesto title and great-peace/great-suffering pitch are mocked as bland content unlikely to persuade a CNN audience.

Is This Movie Better With…?

Wayne Jenkins replacing Bentley.

In the discussion (1)
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  • The hypothetical new husband played in the Jenkins style is judged ten times better, with a disgruntled reaction to Julia’s ex and an admitted wrong accent.

Just One Oscar

Wade Eastwood for stunts.

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  • The stunt coordinator is chosen, followed by uncertainty about an existing stunt Oscar and a proposal for an annual best stunt award. No actual win is asserted.

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Cruise mortality and ideal car-chase city.

In the discussion (6)
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  • The participants speculate about whether Cruise desires death or believes it impossible; anti-aging clubs and cloning are explicitly fanciful claims, not established facts.
  • Boston is initially excluded, then defended through The Town.
  • San Francisco and European cities are proposed for hills and water.
  • Philadelphia is rejected because of potholes.
  • Chicago is proposed, citing The Blues Brothers.
  • A Los Angeles PCH-to-Venice route is proposed, with turn and traffic objections; no final city is chosen.

Best Double Feature

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
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John Wick: Chapter 2
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Top Gun: Maverick
In the discussion (4)
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  • Rogue Nation is proposed for continuity.
  • John Wick: Chapter 2 is a pairing, with its challenge to Mission: Impossible disputed.
  • Top Gun: Maverick is another pairing.
  • Wick’s stunt-star challenge is acknowledged while mythology/spinoffs draw criticism. A defender rates the Common fight as equal to this film; another disagrees, though the subway shooting is cool.

The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?

Baseball tour for Ethan; jealous husband breakup scenario.

In the discussion (2)
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  • A mission debrief followed by a30-city baseball tour is imagined for Ethan, with another CIA firing joke.
  • Eric confronting Julia and breaking up after two days is a comic imagined outcome; her secret-agent history could explain withheld details.

What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

Plutonium, detonator, car, camera, mustache, book and ankle fragment.

In the discussion (8)
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  • The plutonium ball is desired memorabilia.
  • The detonator is desired memorabilia.
  • The modified BMW 5 is desired memorabilia.
  • The helmet camera is desired memorabilia.
  • Cavill’s mustache hairs are jokingly desired memorabilia.
  • The Odyssey book from the opening is desired memorabilia.
  • The self-destructing book is endorsed.
  • A fragment of Cruise’s shattered ankle in a museum is a joke.

The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson

Manifesto line weakly offered; remain vigilant about a mysterious ex.

In the discussion (2)
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  • After struggling, the great-suffering/great-peace manifesto line is tentatively offered, not endorsed as a proven principle.
  • The Bentley scenario becomes a lesson to remain vigilant and ask questions when a spouse’s mysterious visitor and inconsistent cover story appear.

Apex Mountain

Fallout/Maverick run qualified by Usual Suspects and directing distinction.

In the discussion (1)
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  • A late apex question favors this and the Maverick run, with Usual Suspects raised. The group corrects that he wrote rather than directed Maverick.

More from the conversation

The hosts waited years to test Fallout in cable/streaming replay; all loved it initially and think it aged beautifully. Prior Mission Impossible week is recalled, not a current month.
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Mission Impossible is favored as a more enjoyable thrill ride than recent darker Bond films, with Skyfall singled out as incredible. Craig distinguishes stunt franchises from prestige Bond espionage; Bourne is considered more psychologically grounded. Ethan lacks identifiable ordinary traits; stunts carry the appeal despite a dissent that the film wants him fascinating.
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Fallout is enjoyed despite very low plot comprehension. A confused-franchise ranking is proposed but not completed; Fast8 is easier to summarize. Apostles/Syndicate, plutonium, the physicist and impersonating John Lark are reconstructed uncertainly, with plot clarity considered unnecessary.
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The first film’s psychosexual masks and identity legacy gives the series depth beyond plutonium, with Eyes Wide Shut/Hitchcock comparisons. Rogue Nation now feels like a drama. Six installments are recalled by director, villain or stunt, not preference order.
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Greatest stunt movie is posed as a question. Reported training includes hundreds of halo jumps, six practice jumps a day, a nearby camera jumper,70 stunt drivers on the motorcycle route, and the retained ankle-break take followed by a nine-week return. Speculation about health, hormones and Cruise transcending sex is joking and unverified.
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The aging Cruise/Keanu generation is compared with elite veteran athletes. Cruise’s football, volleyball, pool and bartending skills lead to halo/helicopter training. Younger actors in Marvel and accessible CGI prompt concern that this stunt commitment will not be replaced. John Wick is distinguished as tactical Hong Kong-influenced action; stated ages/dates remain reported.
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The hosts miss the ordinary human charisma of Rain Man, Color of Money and A Few Good Men; they doubt a future Verdict-like role. Rogue Nation hair is criticized, while Fallout and Top Gun Maverick offer flashes of charisma. Groundhog Day skill accumulation and an illusionist analogy frame his inaccessible life.
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Stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood is cited on relentless training and exhaustion within five minutes of the car ride home. Halo filming at dusk allegedly allowed one usable jump daily despite practice; the camera/focus and grabbing Walker complicated it. Cavill’s reported comparison says Superman demanded gym work while this was his hardest experience.
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The hosts contrast reported Scorsese-scale budgets with Fallout’s visible location expense. Norway is corrected from Finland; a replica rock face, grip training and frozen fingers are reported. Cruise allegedly earned a helicopter license over months then demonstrated extreme flying to obtain an Airbus helicopter.
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A hypothetical fraudulent-stunt publicity scandal is compared jokingly with Armstrong and conspiracies; a participant questions suspiciously perfect Cruise training stories. They ultimately praise his commitment and cite the visible ankle break as contrary evidence. The JFK discussion concerns real-world documents, not a movie reference.
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The helicopter fall below the payload is described as real rather than a foam-pit shot. Cruise dying during a future film then faking death for ordinary pleasures is an explicit speculative joke.
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Repeated opening viewing fails to resolve the plot; the broad IMDb logline is mocked. Stakes versus one life and complicated factions are distinguished, while random stunt entry points make replay easy.
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McQuarrie’s Usual Suspects-to-Cruise career is praised; Jack Reacher is on the future show list but one participant has never seen it and rejects Cruise casting. The Amazon show is fine for the speaker and loved by his father. Way of the Gun and Usual Suspects are liked; non-Cruise projects are missed despite the financial appeal of big action films.
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Reported budget178million seems implausibly low to the hosts; marketing exclusion is questioned. Reported gross is791.7million, nearly800million.
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Fallout or the first Mission Impossible are competing favorites. III is liked despite flaws because Hoffman is amazing; his villain is called the best of the franchise and a possible all-time contender, with the count-to-ten scene highlighted.
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Cruise as the future White Lotus hotel manager in Thailand or Paris is an enthusiastic hypothetical, called the top casting choice; a year’s salary is jokingly offered and a skill-learning introduction imagined.
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Top Gun Maverick beer consumption is questioned without resolution. A proposed Tom Cruise award for emulating a real human is jokingly awarded to himself. Bill Brasky and outrageous hypothetical medical/death stories explore what would be unbelievable about him; none is asserted as fact.
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An explicit Tom Sizemore action-is-the-juice toe-to-toe award is given to the bathroom fighter observed as Leang Yang. This local category candidate is not conflated with the registered milking-of-the-moment award. His potential Raid lead and heat-check status are separately qualified.
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A participant connects personal height anxiety to9/11 and describes discomfort near high windows; this is autobiographical context, not film evidence.
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An action-film-stunt season of The Challenge is enthusiastically proposed; the remembered parachute injury remains a reported comparison.
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The ankle stunt is clarified: Cruise was meant to hit the edge, not clear the gap, with two wires supporting him. Whether failure haunts him or getting the shot was sufficient is debated; Newman/Verdict and recovery-chamber comparisons are jokes.
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Future III coverage is desired for Hoffman and the actor challenge. Rogue Nation is criticized as a stunt-and-a-half short, too dark underwater and less fun; exterior locations are preferred.
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Fallout belongs in a seven-or-eight-film best-action-of-century conversation, with one uncertain top-tier qualification. Its practical stunts may be the most impressive ever. Fast Five is personally loved; Wick/Wick2, both Raid films, Fury Road, Bourne Ultimatum and first Taken are candidates. Dark Knight eligibility is disputed as a comic-book film, while another view ranks it in the century’s top five overall movies, a different comparison.
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