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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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Most Rewatchable Scene

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

In the discussion (12)
Approx. transcript time · 00:32:18Read transcript
  • 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.

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 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

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.

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.

In the discussion (1)
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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.

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.