7.5/10 - Very contrived how they recapped the old Mission Impossible movies then tried to connect and sum them all up in Final Reckoning, the story felt like a series of scenes like blocks rather than one harmoniously connected film, and every actor other than Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell felt like a DEI hire/extra that didn't belong in their roles that were so out of place that it completely took me out of the fiction. Lastly, yes, the plane scene was so far fetched and awkward, the tone was more like comedy than action, but that being said, Tom Cruise solidifies himself as the greatest action star/stunt man in the history of the medium for what he does in this film, so I gave it a 7.5/10.
Here is how I would rank the Mission Impossible movies from best to worst:
1. Mission Impossible - I would love it if Brian De Palma directed another proper Mission Impossible film.
2. M:I 4 - Ghost Protocol - After M:I 2&3, this felt like a return to proper Mission Impossible by Brad Bird.
3. M:I 6 - Fallout - Loved that sky diving scene.
4. M:I 5 - Rogue Nation - That plane scene was shocking, I remember saying "is he actually doing that?"
5. M:I 3 - Although very JJ Abrams'd, the Tom Cruise sprint on the bridge was iconic.
6. M:I 7 - Dead Reckoning - Ok
7. M:I 8 - The Final Reckoning - See above.
8. M:I 2 - Although a terrible movie, Anthony Hopkins stole the show with some historic lines like, "She has no training for this." "What? Like go to bed with a man and lie to him, she's got all the training she needs." and "This is not mission difficult Mr. Hunt it's mission impossible, difficult should be a walk in the park for you." Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga could only do so much with John Woo at the helm.
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