The Mission: Impossible saga, started in 1998 by Brian De Palma, based on the TV series of the same name from the 1960s, is twenty-eight years old. On July 12, the highly anticipated first part of the brand new chapter of one of the most loved and appreciated action sagas of recent decades arrives at the cinema.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning: Part One, directed by Christopher McQuarrie starring the one and only Tom Cruise in the role of agent Ethan Hunt is a time bomb ready to explode and lay the foundations for an ending that promises to be epic. Thanks to Paramount Pictures we were able to see the film in preview and below we report our opinion.
Mission Impossible 7 Movie Story:
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team are faced with the most dangerous challenge they have ever faced: find and defuse a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity. With the fate of the world and control of the future hanging in the balance, the team embarks on a frantic mission across the globe to prevent the weapon from falling into the wrong hands. Faced with a mysterious and all-powerful enemy, tormented by dark forces from the past, Ethan will be forced to decide whether to sacrifice everything for this mission, including the lives of those who hold dear.
Almost thirty years, six films, one and only great protagonist, always new stories capable of adapting to the times and never repetitive, these are just some of the trump cards of one of the most popular action sagas of recent years. Started almost as a bet, so much so that the first film didn't convince the studios, the adventure of Ethan Hunt and his daring adventures is today one of the most profitable action franchises with around three billion dollars grossed over the years.
With Dead Reckoning, after the conclusion of the narrative arc dedicated to the "Syndicate", the diverted MIF, a new chapter in the saga opens that director McQuairre together with the protagonist and producer Tom Cruise have thought of as a real blockbuster. Two and a half hours of duration for the first part, adrenaline-pumping action sequences, and characters always central to the action are the recipe for this first "new" chapter which will certainly mark – together with Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Nolan's Oppenheimer – the national and international summer box office.
Same characters, stories that change continuously, capable of reinventing and adapting. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning is positioned chronologically after Fallout - another great success with audiences and critics - but with the previous film (films) it has little in common. Obviously, the protagonists of the saga return, but are not directly connected to the events of the previous films, a feature that makes the M:I saga usable even by all those who have not had the opportunity to see the entire saga. An invisible, menacing, omnipresent enemy, controlled by a perfidious Gabriel (Esai Morales) in the role of a slightly too stereotypical villain who almost gets lost behind the real threat.
What makes M:I always attractive and enjoyable is it is knowing how to take itself not too seriously. Unlike action sagas like Fast & Furious, as serious as they are banal, M:I knows its limits and makes them its strengths. Ethan Hunt is now a hero that spectators have come to know, moved by a very specific morality, that of not killing the enemy, almost taking shape as the anti-James Bond, an appreciated attitude and engine of a story capable not only of entertaining but also to excite.
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Movie Analysis:
Dead Reckoning is pure action. After a more dialogued first part that lays the foundations for the introduction of the new threat, it takes flight - literally - moving the action from the United Arab Emirates to Europe in a crescendo of suspense and incredible chases where everyone, absolutely everyone, risks losing their lives. Special mention for the hilarious scene shot in Rome (in the midst of the COVID pandemic) and the chase on the Orient Express, citing the first M:I. Cruise's stunts are back in first person, the actor in fact is the protagonist of all the stunt scenes not having a stunt double, one of all, the biggest, the most impressive, the one that sees the actor throw himself with a speeding motorbike from a cliff in the Austrian Alps.
With Mission: Impossible we have arrived at a new epic chapter in the M:I saga. The first part of Dead Reckoning is the perfect combination of action and introduction to a new, breathtaking adventure. The cast is in perfect shape, starting with its protagonist, passing through the new entry Hayley Atwell in the role of the thief Grace, Ving Rhames in those of Luther, Simon Pegg in those of Benji, Rebecca Ferguson in those of Ilsa and the cold and mysterious Vanessa Kirby in the role of the White Widow, find the perfect balance in a choral film capable of giving everyone their rightful space, opening up new narrative lines that will surely find their conclusion in the last, second part, due out next year.