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[Cyberpunkd]

Was it just me or was this movie incredibly mid, even going as far as saying probably one of the weakest MI films? Spoilers and comments below:

Spoiler

1. The first 40 minutes is probably one of the worst wastes of time I ever saw in a movie, incredible padding that doesn't advance the action a single inch. This movie could have easily been 2h20 or 2h15, I suspect either Cruise or someone had direct financial incentives to make the movie longer than X, or cinemas wanted to sell more popcorn.
2. I don't remember the last movie but I think I felt the same way - AI you never see is a lame enemy. In Terminator they had Skynet, but also all the Terminator models which gave birth to the iconic looks. Here there is nothing, just a bunch of lights, buzzes, etc. Gabriel is a lame villain.
3. This is not really a negative, just a curious moment - girl boss everywhere. President, air cruiser commander, tough as hell marine - women everywhere.
4. Sevastopol was where the action picked up, that was nice except all the dumb stupid scenarios like Cruise jumping into the water, Inuit lady letting Grace pilot the sled (why was this scene even needed)? Also, the French girl (I think the actress is not even French) doesn't speak English but apparently understands it perfectly, and everyone is trying to talk to her with shitty ass accent and prononciation they spent 5 minutes learning just before the shoot.
5. The grand finale had two WW1 fighter planes going at it for 20-30 minutes - REALLY? This is how the MI franchise ends? REALLY?
6. I was waiting for something to subvert the obvious - Russians teaming up with the Americans ; Gabriel helping Hunt ; the AI that turns out to be benevolent, etc. Nope, everything was cliché AF till the very last minute
7. Last scene was cringe supreme.

Score:

How TF did this movie get 80% on RT?

 

[T8SC]

mid

 

[Warspite]

Unfortunately it's not very good and is a contender for worse in the franchise. For all the faults the 2nd movie has the one thing you can't call it was boring yet Final Reckoning was.

I feel like they didn't learn any lessons from Dead Reckoning, Dead Reckoning was too long, weak bad guy and the story/character interactions were poor. Rather than learning from Dead Reckoning they just double down.

Spoiler: Plot point

How much of the movie before the sub section was really necessary? Really Ethan going into the sub is how the movie should have started.

Due to the legacy of the franchise I want to like it but I just can't

 

[Sledge]

I really enjoyed Dead Reckoning, it is so ostentatiously well executed in places (eg the sound design in the car chase) that it actually takes you out of the movie... "so good that it is bad" is a complaint you rarely get to make against Hollywood's output. Final Reckoning therefore commits the crime of not just being pitifully awful on its own account, but rendering Dead Reckoning utterly pointless. I simply cannot believe the same team is responsible for both films and can only guess that the second movie was butchered following the response to the first -- if that's the case they should have just gritted their collective teeth and stuck to the original vision. The tag team of Dead Reckoning and The Fall Guy effectively vanquished me from cinemas for the entirety of 2025 so well done everyone involved, that's some sort of achievement I suppose.