JULY 22 — As one franchise after another takes a surprise beating at the box-office, failing to reach their expected/projected targets and surely causing the major Hollywood...
JULY 22 — As one franchise after another takes a surprise beating at the box-office, failing to reach their expected/projected targets and surely causing the major Hollywood studios to lose probably hundreds of millions of dollars in the process, the arrival of has brought with it another narrative familiar to all of us last year with the arrival ofis again here to save the day and keep the blockbuster cinema experience alive for both audiences and movie critics.
film arrived in cinemas in 1996, and even though it was directed by one of my all-time favourite directors, Brian De Palma, I never thought that it would turn out to be the beacon of excellence for the Hollywood franchise that it’s become now. The missions/plots themselves, no matter how twisty or convoluted, are merely excuses to string together a series of action set-pieces to show how Cruise aka Ethan Hunt manages to get out of sticky situations.Whether it’s Ethan Hunt vs the Syndicate, or the Apostles, or this time the Entity , it’s the specific set-pieces or stunts from each film that will burn themselves into our memories, like the image of Cruise hanging from a plane or scaling the Burj Khalifa.
Cleverly hinting at this during the film’s opening scene, in which Ethan receives his new mission and congratulates the delivery guy for making the right choice in joining the team, the word “choice” becomes a recurring presence in the film, from flashbacks reminding Ethan of the circumstances behind him making the choice to join IMF all the way to us witnessing a new character making the choice to do so as well, with director Christopher McQuarrie and writer Erik Jendresen cleverly putting us...
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