A review of 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning'

Without making this a cop out of a review, I can honestly say that this finale film of the Mission: Impossible franchise will be one of two possible things.

- By PHILIP CU UNJIENG

Depending on your readiness to suspend disbelief and your devoted commitment to the previous installments of the franchise, this Final Reckoning is either ludicrous, self-indulgent, and the gloomiest of action films, or it’s a resounding victory lap, the best MI Greatest Hits collection, and an apocalyptic joyride.

That’s two very contrasting reactions to the film, but it’s partially explained by just how schizophrenic this film is, narrative-wise.

For the first half of the film, you could be excused for nodding off and wondering if there was even a kernel of a new plot to this conclusion to the Entity concept introduced in Dead Reckoning (the previous MI film, released in 2023).

Most of the main characters from Dead Reckoning are back, with just a handful of new characters. The first half is even filled with dialogue that harks back to the previous adventures, and we get montage after montage of the prize ‘moments’ from all of the Mission: Impossible adventures.