By: Keaton Marcus

Genre/Action

Age Rating/12+

Lemonradar/90% sweet

So What’s The Story?

Hi, this is Keaton Marcus and today I will be reviewing the newest installment to the Mission: Impossible franchise, Fallout. After a mission gone wrong, Solomon Lane (Sean Harris) and his so-called 12 apostles have their hands on three plutonium bombs that are programmed to destroy ⅓ of the world’s population, Ethan (Tom Cruise), Benji (Simon Pegg), Luther (Ving Rhames) and Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson) must retrieve and disarm the bombs before it is too late; However as Ethan’s good-intentions come back to haunt him while he becomes more and more of a fugitive the mission will become harder and harder to complete.

How Was The Cast?

The cast has been ever-changing within all the five films and with the sixth installment of Fallout the franchise does not stop this tradition. Although starring as the main character is the same old Tom Cruise known for Oblivion, Risky Business, Top Gun, The Mummy, American Made etc. performing the role of Ethan Hunt in now all six flicks in the franchise. With well-directed action sequences, a smart, clever plotline, a wonderful filmmaker at the helm and a dynamic_cast, Cruise at age 55 manages to do it once again in this high-octane action-fueled flick moving through brilliant set-pieces and insane stunts coming off of another amazing performance in true-story American Made helping to get off of the slump that 2017’s The Mummy created so deftly for him. But with another great job done for actor Tom Cruise, his fans are once again satisfied with his career. Secondly also returning from previous installments is actor Simon Pegg known for the Star Trek franchise, Ready Player One, The Boxtrolls etc. as the ever-so goofy hacker-type character Benji Dunn. With not many great films in the last few years, Pegg thrives in the new space he is given with a well-crafted film and cast behind him; As I said this is now the best flick that Simon Pegg was associated with giving laughs, chemistry and a new sense of pure adrenaline and fun to the amazing action movie. Thirdly returning from the last film, Rogue Nation however still new to the works is actress Rebecca Ferguson known for The Greatest Showman, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hercules etc. playing double-agent Ilsa Faust. Not in many big roles or action films for the matter, Ferguson improves on her performance in the last movie with a character that has bigger importance to the plot, more time to develop within the film (the 2hr 27min runtime) and overall proves once again that the actress is ready for anything while in character. Lastly again returning from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation is actor Sean Harris known for Deliver Us from Evil, Macbeth, Prometheus etc. as the ruthless terrorist Solomon Lane. Continuing from his brilliant performance in the last film, Harris creates a new creepy, cold atmosphere within the cast making sure that he comes up as one of the top villains in action flicks, and in my opinion he would so be on the list; With a breathtaking script and character set-up amidst all the action sequences and plot twists Harris manages to keep his character alive long enough to last the entire film and hopefully I would like to see him return in future installments and just movies overall.

Is it Worth Your While?

The directors have also been ever-changing starting with Brian De Palma, secondly directing Mission: Impossible 2 was John Woo, Mission: Impossible 3 was sci-fi director J.J Abrams, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol was Brad Bird and finally rookie Christopher McQuarrie manages to create the brilliant Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and the best in the franchise, Mission: Impossible - Fallout. McQuarrie makes a blend of story/plot, wonderful stunts, a high-mark for set-pieces, special effects and very well-directed undeniably fun action sequences to create one of the best action flicks of all time and most likely the best of the year. Although all of the Mission installments happen to be smooth, fun and slick, Fallout stands out from the crowd with more than just a summer popcorn film. Special effects wise, Fallout stands at a massive 178M production budget which happens to be the biggest of the franchise with Mission: Impossible (80M), Mission: Impossible 2 (125M), Mission: Impossible 3 (150M), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (145M) and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (150M). Although 178M may seem much too large for a pure action flick, Fallout uses the money wisely with a reasonably expensive cast, the best set-pieces in a long time and just purely awesome special effects in the grand city of Paris balancing the smarts and visceral beauty of the movie. Story and plot wise I have said this many times it different ways, but Fallout manages to be one of the rare summer blockbusters that gives both excitement and cleverness with a film that always gives the villain (Lane) something creative and new to do with another successful attempt at a fun plot comparing to other amazing summer action flicks that share the same prospect such as Inception, the Star Trek franchise, Minority Report, Die Hard etc. but still towering over most.

Aging ‘The 12 Apostles’

One of the most intense installments to the franchise, Fallout is like any common action flick. Violence wise there is many gun duels, explosions galore, insane stunts and a decent amount of blood in a bathroom fight scene however never exceeds PG-13 standards. Language wise there are uses of f….ing, s..t, hell, ass, damn, bitch and Jesus Christ while middle-finger gestures are also in play. Finally sexuality wise there is much less objectification of women than the Fast and Furious franchise in Mission: Impossible, Fallout does have a bathroom scene where under the stall it looks like multiple men who are doing stuff in there (comments), and one unexpected kiss making it mostly okay for Tweens.

Mission: Impossible’s Best

Mission: Impossible - Fallout 98% sweet

Violence: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Language: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Sex: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Age Rating: 12+

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 90% sweet

Violence: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Language: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Sex: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Age Rating: 12+

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Storyline: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Cast: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Role Models: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

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Storyline: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Cast: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Role Models: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

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