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First of all, what the hell happened? Over the years I've come to depend on Mission Impossible to deliver a solid, entertaining and over the top action spectacle. I watched the 1st movie as a kid, and pretty much saw every installment from the 3rd film in cinemas.

This does not feel like a Mission Impossible movie, this feels like Tenet starring Tom Cruise. Every line is rushed, half baked exposition. The movie has ZERO character moments because the pacing is way off and ruins whatever they try... and the biggest problem... CAN YOU ZOOM THE CAMERA OUT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHATS HAPPENING AND WHERE THINGS ARE?! The director is a monster, where did he learn to frame shots? The Hollywood school for the blind!??

I watched an hour of this before I walked out of the cinema. EVERYTHING is shot from the chest upwards. I've still no idea what the locations looked like, where things took place, how characters were managing to jump around the globe like magic because there are NO ESTABLISHING SHOTS. It is a CRIME SIR.

There is NOTHING here to latch onto to orientate yourself as a viewer as to whats going on, its just cliched exposition, irrelevant flashbacks from better Mission Impossible movies, zoomed in closeups on peoples faces. We're told things are poignant, we're told the stakes are high, but we don't get a chance to *feel* them because the movie doesn't give us more than 30 seconds to breath before something else we can't really see is happening.

What a sad way to end the series (I assume). Tom Cruise is an absolute legend, nobody can doubt his commitment, insanely good stunt work, legacy of movies (both MI and others) but.... my god, this was a turd.

AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL. Makes MI:2 look alright by comparison.

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