{"id":5127,"date":"2025-05-22T21:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T04:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/?p=5127"},"modified":"2025-05-22T21:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T04:31:15","slug":"the-final-reckoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/the-final-reckoning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Reckoning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love the Mission: Impossible<\/em> franchise.<\/p>\n

Ever since the first one in 1996, and particularly the 4th, 5th , and 6th films, these have been a helluva ride at the movies.<\/p>\n

That said, this last film in the franchise was… not great.<\/p>\n

It reminded me of most of the 2-part episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em> when the first part was really good, and then the second part… isn’t.<\/p>\n

Many of the action sequences were unnecessarily looooong, even for an M:I<\/em> film.\u00a0 It was more over the top than any other film in the franchise.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 If you’re a long time fan of this series, you’ll know.<\/p>\n

And I didn’t know Rebecca Walton could pull off an American accent, which was a little jarring to be honest.<\/p>\n

But overall I felt it was disappointing conclusion to this franchise.\u00a0 I didn’t hate it, it wasn’t as bad as the last season or so of Game of Thrones<\/em>, it was just… okay, as action movies go.<\/p>\n

At least I get to see Lilo and Stitch<\/em> on Friday.\u00a0 Plenty of families at the theatre for that film, and maybe I should have seen that tonight as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … <\/p>\n

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