Michael's Movie Grade: B
A fun finale to this long running series.
Despite this film's flaws, much of why it works hinges on two big action set pieces. These two set pieces are among the best this franchise has ever offered. Of course, Tom Cruise's stunt work is a major reason why. Some of these stunts are truly jaw dropping to behold. How much the filmmakers rely on practical effects also makes these scenes feel more massive and larger than life. As well as just the stunts in visuals, the pacing in these scenes is perfectly calculated to give the maximum amount of suspense. Everything that can go wrong does and this is done so effectively that even if we know how the film is going to end, we still feel on the edge of our seats. These two set pieces are action filmmaking at its finest.
As well as these two set pieces, the movie has some other things going for it. While I still feel that Ethan Hunt is one of the most boring action hero characters, the supporting characters are much more likable and fun. The humor in this film is also surprisingly pretty funny at times. Also, the various globetrotting settings, give it a fun adventurous feel.
However the AI plot is incredibly silly, which makes it a shame that the movie takes it so seriously. This type of silly story should have a more tongue in cheek approach, as there is no possible way to take such silliness seriously. There are also too many moments during the first half of the film, where the dialogue is overly exposition heavy and there is too much that is said but not shown. The way this movie tries to connect all eight films into a cohesive story is incredibly messy and clumsy.
Despite a very messy storyline, the movie is still quite a bit of fun.
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