Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023): Movie Review
Tom Cruise keeps the viewers at the edge of their seat throughout this thrilling blockbuster
The latest edition of Mission impossible has kind of reminded the audience why Tom Cruise is one of the biggest stars in cinematic history. After about a decade of Marvel movies dictating the pace and style of the movie business, Mission Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) has reminded the audience of the good old days where the hype around a marquee talent was at the core of the audience excitement. This movie is most definitely carried by its marquee aka Tom Cruise who has managed to become more ridiculous in terms of his crazy stunt/ action sequences while maintaining his intense personification of Ethan Hunt.
Mission Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) does have a lot of death defying action sequences and gritty fight scenes but surprisingly the movie’s x-factor comes from the emotionally gripping acting by the stars of this movie including Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson etc. As the movie title suggests, the stakes are extremely high right from the get go and somehow the level of insanity in terms of the ridiculous expectations from Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible universe never seems to die down. In its latest rendition, Ethan Hunt shares this burden with some other characters as well, but in typical Ethan Hunt fashion, manages to steal the show and the hearts of the audience simultaneously.
One of the biggest indicators while watching a movie for me personally is when the movie takes away the audience’s self awareness (especially for someone like me who is always analysing and critiquing) and manages to keep the audience waiting for what will happen next. Mission Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) exactly delivers this kind of entertainment where the audience seems to forget their own existence and live vicariously through the journey of the characters on the screen. To have an experience like this especially when the run time of the movie is over 2.5 hours is truly a testament to how well all the stakeholders within this movie have performed.
Mission Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) is a must watch cinematic experience leaving the audiences enthralled and eager for Ethan Hunt’s upcoming adventure in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part Two (2024).