By Gary

Tom Cruise is back as world saving super spy Ethan Hunt in the seventh instalment of the Mission Impossible franchise.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands.

With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins.

Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission — not even the lives of those he cares about most.

What an adrenaline rush this movie is.

When the original Mission Impossible Movie came out in 1996, I remember watching at and feeling like yeah it was a good stand-alone movie.

Jump forward to 2023 and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part 1 is the seventh Mission Impossible Movie.

Tom Cruise proving yet again that he is one of the biggest names in the movie industry.

The latest Mission Impossible features some of the most incredible stunts ever put to camera.

The story is absolutely exhilarating and continues to bring new life to a veteran movie franchise.

The sheer scale of this movie is epic, and with every twist and turn of the movie, you cannot help but marvel at the incredible sets used to bring this movie to life.

Such a movie begs to be seen on the biggest screen possible where you can truly feel the grandeur of the film.

Tom Cruise has once again delivered one of the best movies of the year, and I cannot recommend that you see it enough.

Tom Cruise is perfect as Ethan Hunt and the strongest aspect this time round is when the film explores what made Ethan who he is and reminds you he genuinely cares about his team but that comes at a cost.

Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson remain the best IMF team and all play to their strengths here. The longer this series goes on the more authentic their growing friendship feels.

With Esai Morales’ charismatic yet terrifying Gabriel and Pom Klementieff’s terrific henchman of few words, this franchise finally has more good villains than bad.

The return of Henry Czerny as Kittridge is glorious and he remains as gleefully despicable as his first appearance.

The best new addition is easily Hayley Atwell. She plays a type of character never seen before in these films which makes her character and dynamic with Cruise fresh in comparison to everyone who’s come before, and their chemistry is magnetic.

Instantaneous from the second they interact.

Christopher McQuarrie’s direction is phenomenal. The action sequences are suitably practical, and the camera gets as close to the action as humanly possible, he remains one of the best in the business working at this scale.

There’s plenty of canted angles as a nice homage to De Palma’s original and it helps give this one its own style in comparison to McQuarrie’s previous entries.

My Rating: 9/10