Mission: Impossible - Fallout Review

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Release Date: 2nd August 2018 - Australia

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures (presents)

Bad Robot

Skydance Media (presents)

TC Productions

Alibaba Pictures (in association with)

Distribution

Paramount Pictures Australia

Genre: Action
 

Rating: M

Runtime: 147 minutes

Budget: $178,000,000

Box Office Gross: $791,657,398 (Worldwide)
 

Plot Summary

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must join forces with hard-hitting CIA agent August Walker to prevent a catastrophe of massive proportions. Weapons dealer John Lark and a terrorist group known as the Apostles plan to use three nuclear devices to simultaneously attack the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca, South Arabia. Ethan and his crew are in a desperate battle to stop

the weapons from falling

into the wrong hands when

they go missing.

Cast

Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt

Henry Cavill - August Walker

Vanessa Kirby - White Widow

Simon Pegg - Benji Dunn

Rebecca Ferguson - Ilsa Faust

Ving Rhames - Luther Stickell

Michelle Monaghan - Julia Meade-Hunt

Sean Harris - Solomon Lane

Alec Baldwin - Alan Hunley

Angela Bassett - Erica Sloan

Wes Bentley - Patrick

Frederick Schmidt - Zola

Liang Yang - Lark Decoy

Kristoffer Joner - Nils Debrunk

Wolf Blitzer - Himself (Cameo)

Alix Benezech - French Policewoman

Charlie Archer - Delivery Man

Crew

Writer/Producer/Director -

Christopher McQuarrie

Based on the Television

Series - Bruce Geller

Executive Producers - David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger

Producers - J.J. Abrams, Tom Cruise and Jake Myers

Co-Producer/First Assistant Director - Tommy Gormley

Casting Directors - Mindy Marin and Toby Whale

Production Designer - Peter Wenham

Supervising Art Director - Phil Sims

Senior Art Director - Matthew Gray

Art Directors - Oliver Hodge,

Gary Jopling and David Weare

UK Art Director: New Zealand Unit -

Steven Lawrence

Set Decorator - Jillie Azis

Property Master - Barry Gibbs

Action Props Supervisor - Toby Shears

Costume Designer - Jeffrey Kurland

Master Armourer - Simon Atherton

Supervising Armourer: New Zealand Unit -

Nick Komornicki

Weapons Master: New Zealand Unit -

Gunner Ashford

Director of Photography - Rob Hardy

Additional Director of Photography/

Director of Photography: New Zealand,

Helicopter Sequence - Fraser Taggert

Underwater Director of Photography - Pete Romano

Aerial Director of Photography - Adam Dale

"B" Camera/Steadicam Operator - Marcus Pohlus

Supervising Location Manager - Ben Plitz

Supervising Location Manager: Norway Unit -

Thor Kjartasson

Unit Production Manager - Chris Brock

Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator -

Wade Eastwood

Chief Instructor: Norway Unit - Ray Armstrong

Skydiving Coordinator: Norway Unit - Allan Hewitt

Lead Aerial Coordinator: H-145/Camera

Pilot - Marc Wolff

Fight Coordinator - Wolfgang Stegemann

Animal Wrangler Head Trainer: New Zealand

Unit - James Delaney

Action Vehicles Supervisor - Graham Kelly

Unit Base/Set Coordinator: New Zealand Unit -

Glenn Shaw

Special Effects Supervisors - Neil Corbould

Special Effects Supervisor: New Zealand Unit -

Richard Schuler

Assistant Special Effects Supervisor - Keith Dawson

Visual Effects Supervisor - Jody Johnson

Visual Effects Supervisors: DNEG - Huw J. Evans

and Rohit Prakash Gujar (Uncredited)

Additional Visual Effects Supervisor: Prime Focus

World - Vinod Gundre

Visual Effects Consultant - Nikki Penny

Computer Graphics Supervisor: BLIND Ltd -

Andrew Booth

Film Editor - Eddie Hamilton

Supervising Sound Editor - James H. Mater

Production Sound Mixer - Chris Munro

Re-Recording Mixers - Mike Prestwood Smith

and Gilbert Lane

Additional Re-Recording Mixer - Chris Burdon

Foley Mixer - Glen Gathard

Foley Artists - Peter Burgis and

Zoe Freed

Music - Loren Balfe

Writer: Themes from Mission: Impossible -

Lalo Schifrin

Recording Engineer: Air Studios - Geoff Foster

Review

I have seen all five of the previous Mission: Impossible (M: I) movies. It has been three years awaiting the release of the sixth instalment. Since Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation were released, the ongoing movie franchise has been well-received through the latest instalments, and Tom Cruise is still its dominant figure. Full of jam-packed action and suspense, FALLOUT is a much more exciting addition to the film series than the previous episodes and has exceptional set pieces that balance out with dramatic moments. The stunts displayed high-level coordination, and the movie's pacing is fast but exhilarating. Again, Chris McQuarrie uses his creative talents to shoot FALLOUT as he is the only director who returns to do another M: I feature.

Although it's nice to see Cruise again, he still looks older than in the last movie. He gets brought into an ensemble cast with the other players. Sean Harris returns as the main villain, with Simon Pegg, Michele Monaghan, Alec Baldwin, Rebecca Ferguson, etc. Finally, Henry Cavill is cast as the CIA-trained assassin August Walker, an excellent foil to Cruise's Ethan Hunt and is an abrupt change from his previous role as Superman in DCEU.

I never actually believed this film would stand above all its predecessors. It has exceeded the fans' expectations. FALLOUT is an exception to the M: I movies, and it has a load of callbacks to the franchise for those who have previously seen them. I hope to see it again soon.

Star rating: (9/10) Excellent Movie

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