I love the Mission: Impossible franchise.
Ever since the first one in 1996, and particularly the 4th, 5th , and 6th films, these have been a helluva ride at the movies.
That said, this last film in the franchise was… not great.
It reminded me of most of the 2-part episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation when the first part was really good, and then the second part… isn’t.
Many of the action sequences were unnecessarily looooong, even for an M:I film. It was more over the top than any other film in the franchise.
There was a character reveal that served no purpose, though if I had paid attention to the character’s name I would have expected it.
There was the return of a character that elicited a large laugh from me and maybe one other person when they first appeared, just because. If you’re a long time fan of this series, you’ll know.
And I didn’t know Rebecca Walton could pull off an American accent, which was a little jarring to be honest.
But overall I felt it was disappointing conclusion to this franchise. I didn’t hate it, it wasn’t as bad as the last season or so of Game of Thrones, it was just… okay, as action movies go.
At least I get to see Lilo and Stitch on Friday. Plenty of families at the theatre for that film, and maybe I should have seen that tonight as well.
