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One thing that I didn't really spot until recently is that the train climax is actually a proper Mission Impossible-style sting; it's not just a pure Cruise action movie ending like all of the critics complained about. It's not a hugely complex sting, but Hunt's team (admittedly there's only two of them by that point and Luther doesn't do much more than press a button) do trick the baddies and get everyone where they want them to be and Hunt's plan works. It is being Mission Impossible at that point.
I'm totally with you, people give the first MI movie way too much crap, especially the ending. It's suspenseful, nicely directed, and isn't mostly CGI (even the chunnel sequence is primarily model work).
He is on the Circle line of the London Underground! :)) :-bd
I agree. It's a solid, suspenseful spy movie - a great homage to the TV series. I remember criticism at the time that they turned the show into a "Tom Cruise action movie" but that couldn't be further from the truth with the first film. In fact, I just noticed on a recent re-watch that a gun is not even fired a SINGLE time in the entire movie...almost unheard of in a modern film like this. (A gun is pointed twice, but never fired.)
That’s a great fact. I also can’t think of even any fights he has: I think he grips Jean Reno’s arm a couple of times in a macho way, but apart from the train ending with him against Voight a bit that’s about it. No car chase, no skydiving.
Actually on second thought, not quite true about the gun: Phelps sees ‘an assailant’ firing a silenced pistol at him on the bridge, although it is of course just his own hand and presumably a blank, so no gun is being fired for real.
How does Claire get killed at the end? Does Jim shoot her?
But it really was a satisfying film at the time and still is, although I can see where people may think it seems underwhelming compared to the series' last 3 entries, which include many more signature stunts. Having watched the original TV series a lot since then, I can see the spirit of it along with the necessity of having a modern take and it succeeds well on both counts.
And I still learn new things: Did Claire die? I don't recall that at all. I just thought she was arrested.
Yes I think it uses the spirit of the TV show really quite well. There are even three separate proper MI-style heists in it.
I still think the opening is really clever: it both sets up the whole MI/team on a spy heist idea and introduces it to the audience, and also subverts it at the same time: not only does it go wrong but it turns out it’s not the heist we thought it was, it’s actually a Mission Impossible mission being carried out by another team we don’t even see and our team are actually the targets! It’s clever to introduce an idea and riff on it at the same time.
New cast members!
Rob Delaney too, marvellous.
I wonder if the studios are not being a bit more cautious in releasing trailers until they’re a bit more certain about whether the films will actually be released! :)
I wonder will we be seeing more MI6 influences here with Gatiss, Atwell etc. Really looking forward to it.
Also love seeing more of the sequence on the train, especially after this picture of Pom Klementieff (who I can't wait to see in this franchise).
What's she known for? I only know her for one episode of Torchwood! :)
I know her from Game of Thrones where she mostly played opposite Pedro Pascal for a season and then was stuck in the ridiculously poorly handled Dorne plot. I thought she was quite good.
I think she's also Luther's estranged wife on that show? But I haven't seen a lot of that.
God I remember that show such a great show
Lots of exciting plots and great music by Bear McCreary.
https://movieweb.com/mission-impossible-7-photo-chimera-virus/
Is there any character in the film who is not on that train? That carriage is going to be crowded!
Who’s she talking too? Is it Zola from Fallout?
Guessing this is the train