Mission Impossible – Fallout

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It’s tough to believe, but Tom Cruise’s career in motion pictures is well into its fourth decade.For at least thirty-five of those years, since his breakthrough success as an enterprising high school senior in Paul Brickman’s “Risky Business,” Cruise has been a full-blown movie star, at the absolute pinnacle of success, a top gun in his business. In motion picture terms, that’s nothing short of astonishing.But there’s a big difference between being a movie star and being a serious actor. And although we sometimes have an unmistakable impression that Cruise longs to be thought of as a serious dramatic actor, it’s really his movie stardom that we keep buying tickets to see. Having never starred in a comic-book based picture, Tom Cruise is possibly the only actor on earth for whom an appearance as a superhero would be considered a step down.During the course of his career, Tom Cruise has frequently cut his regular asking price—the minimum fee required by his business managers to even have their boss consider a movie role—in order to participate in smaller independent features such as 1999’s “Magnolia” and last year’s disappointing “American Made.” Cruise also occasionally appears in supporting roles in ensemble efforts, such as “Lions for Lambs” in 2007 and “Rock of Ages” in 2012, or even unrecognizable in elaborate makeup in a cameo role in the 2008 comedy “Tropic Thunder.”-Carl Schultz

Mission: Impossible 6 has the crazy coincidence of being the same initials as MI6, British intelligence. It is a somewhat exhilarating, somewhat exhausting, very engaging movie to watch. The only movie I’ve ever seen that has its level of intensity is Harrison Ford’s Air Force One movie. There are two things that make it more intense: 1) There are almost no scenes which come between the action scenes. It’s usually one action scene leading to a brief conclusion and then going straight into the next. 2) More importantly, the 15-minute time pressure they have toward the end to prevent a nuclear poisoning of Central Asia’s water is DONE IN REAL TIME, and you feel every minute of the pain they feel as they’re fighting several battles at a time, including Tom Cruise doing unimaginably dangerous stunts from a helicopter. He is a madman for physical action and has only met his match with Harrison Ford among a person in his 50s. The climax felt unlike any other climax I’ve seen. It made me wide-eyed and stunned by the intensity more than anything. I think most action scenes in movies last up to 10 minutes, but this one pushes it farther, and doesn’t compress the time at all. They have a 15-minute countdown, which feels like it runs in real time. Predictably, they save the human race with only LESS THAN ONE SECOND to spare! Lots of movies have situations get solved at the very last moment, and it’s kind of corny now to me, because it’s become so predictable, but it’s still okay. Geostorm, The Great Wall, Rampage (new movie from this year of 2018), and Mission: Impossible 6 all have the situation get saved at the very last moment. The other corny thing about the formula for one of these Mission: Impossible movies is that at the end of a city-spanning chase scene, there’s always a pre-arranged rendezvous with the other heroes, even if there’s been no time to communicate about a rendezvous after getting separated!- Christopher Schwinger

Tom Cruise should get a oscar for stunts alone. Or a career oscar for his utter dedication to entertaining us. The man will do everything and anything to stun and amaze us, his audience. You should know, from the very start, that every one of his stunts are REAL and shot on location. No stunt doubles or CGI. He rides the motorcycle against traffic; he flies the helicopter to the ground, spinning wildly; he jumped over tall buildings and almost didn’t make it- he broke his foot in one scene which was used in the film and actually falls out of the helicopter while flying high over mountains- just nuts! He is a true entertainer and has dedicated his life and safety to ensuring that we have a great time watching his films. He’s the Houdini of modern day actors. This film is a nail biter from the first millisecond to the final. I didn’t realize I was clenching my teeth until the credits began to roll! The storyline, like all Mission Impossible movies, isn’t the most complex- but that’s not why we watch them. Mission Impossible is all about international intrigue, machismo, stunts, clear cut good vs. evil, sensuality and romance. Good always win- even though it always seems that evil comes oh, so close. But that’s what makes these films fun, right? If you’ve enjoyed Mission Impossible in the past, you will be BLOWN AWAY by Ethan’s stunts this time. They are eye popping.- Susan

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Henry Cavill, Michelle Monaghan
Directors: Christopher McQuarrie
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Dubbed: Spanish, French
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 1
Rated: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned
Studio: PARAMOUNT
DVD Release Date: December 4, 2018
Run Time: 147 minutes
ASIN: B07FDT8PGV