This week we will be diving into the one and only final mission staring Tom Cruise. The Final Reckoning is a continuation from the seventh movie, Dead Reckoning Part One.
WARNING - Spoilers
Plot
After Ethan Hunt secures the key to the source code for the Entity, he receives a message from Erica Sloane, the U.S. President, informing him that the Entity has ceased to take control of nuclear systems all over the world. Ethan refuses to surrender the key and continues to search for Gabriel, who failed to steal it.
Ethan visits team member, Luther Stickell, who presents Ethan with a "Poison Pill" that he has created to target the entity. Fast forward to Austria, and the team break out Gabriel's former lieutenant, Paris, and recruits Theo Degas, a partner of Jasper Briggs.
Ethan and Grace are captured by Gabriel's men. He orders Ethan to recover the "Podkova" module from a sunken Russian submarine, so he can have control over the Entity. The Entity states that Luther will die, and Ethan demands access to a secure bunker in South Africa.
The team need to retrieve Sevastopol's coordinates, whilst Ethan aims to save Luther. Gabriel, however, traps Luther with a time bomb and steals the Poison Pill. Ethan is captured and taken to an emergency operations centre. Grace, Benji, Paris and Degas travel to St. Matthew Island, where they meet a former CIA analyst who memorised the coordinates and transmits them to Ethan.
Ethan uses an experimental diving suit to secure the Podkova from the submarine wreck, but narrowly escapes it without his diving suit. He faces decompression sickness, but is revived after Grace uses a portable chamber to help him. He reunites with his team and aims to trick the Identity by plugging the Poison Pill into the Podkova, so it enters into a physical drive.
Back to the bunker, and the team is caught by Gabriel, but is also interrupted by Kittridge. During the fight, Benji is shot, and the bomb is activated. Gabriel escapes with the Poison Pill. Ethan chases after Gabriel by climbing onto his plane and takes back the Poison Pill. Trying to escape, Gabriel kills himself after hitting his head on the plane's stabiliser. Ethan inserts the Poison Pill mid-air into the Podkolva, where Grace traps the entity just before the launch.
Ethan listens to a farewell message recorded by Luther, which self-destructs afterwards. The team parted their ways, with Ethan left with a drive containing the Entity.
Analysis
Was this the best movie out of the whole Mission Impossible series? Not personally, it wasn't.
The movie relied heavily on the AI-powered Entity, which I believe required lengthy explanations to progress the plot. However, it was an emotional rollercoaster as it was the final send-off for Ethan Hunt and the team.
The stunts and action-packed scenes were no doubt amazing to witness. Tom Cruise went above and beyond my expectations. From the intriguing submarine dive to the pacing plane fight, the array of stunts were truly thrilling and exceptionally executed.
The Burning Parachute Stunt
Cruise's burning parachute stunt was one of my favourites. After performing it 16 times, he received a Guinness World Record for the most burning parachute jumps by an individual.
A truly spectacular scene!
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