Mission Impossible : Fallout - Some Missions Are Not A Choice
Julia: So, How is he?
Lucas: Oh.. you know.. the same old Ethan!
This one dialogue from Fallout is the whole jist. Tom is still refreshing, energetic and ageless with his mind blowing stunts and coolness. Fallout is the 6th instalment of this action packed series Mission Impossible which was originally based on a TV series. The foundation built by the first three series was so strong that, now we can’t imagine a MI series without Tom Cruise. Mission impossible means Ethan Hunt and Ethan Hunt means Tom Cruise, that’ all! End of discussion! I know all of have had already watched the trailer of Fallout but still I will share it.
We all know what Mission Impossible is all about. There is a villain who is trying to destroy the world and he believes in the philosophy that There cannot be peace without, first, a great suffering and the greater the suffering, the greater the peace’ and to stop him from doing this, Ethan Hunt is set on a mission. Every instalment of this series has a different villain and different hurdles but Ethan will surpass them easily, and will save the world. The starting of the film was very normal, I thought that’s why they were focusing so much on stunts, the story is very normal but they proved me wrong!! As story moves, the grip is tightened with each suspense and event there is a twist in movie and at last I was convinced that the “very normal” starting of the movie was necessary to give the audience a much more fulfilling experience in the later part.
Talking about the “impossible” things of Fallout, first and foremost, Tom Cruise!! What a work he has done!!! Amazing work! I mean if there’d be an Oscar for commercial Cinema then I think Tom would have won it a long time ago. HE IS THE SAME OLD ETHAN!!!!! I mean, there is nothing left which he has not done to entertain us. With the same energy, same attitude and same coolness he has done his work. And the remaining gaps are filled by the stunts. I mean, you will think, “Does he fear death??” the answer is NOOO!!!! There is nothing left for him, he has done all the stunts by himself! In Ghost Protocol he climed Burj Khalifa and I was like OKAY! This is the limit but again in Rogue Nation he was hanging out on a plane!!! And in this movie he has crossed the limits he is hanging on a rope attached to a helicopter! I was like, “man, you hate this life? huh??”
Second, best thing is Cinematography, and especially of the action sequences, that helicopter sequence looked sooooo big, soooo big on screen that I got gossebumps while watching that scene. Two helicopters flying over mountains, and Tom Cruise hanging on a rope. That’s the beauty of that scene.
In the starting you will think, when will the action come? When?? But when it comes, you will be like, please don’t end this please!! But the film makers knew that apart from Tom, action is what audience will be looking for and yessss!! This film will not leave you unsatisfied. You will love Tom while he runs on bike in the streets of Paris, you will love him when he did the HALO jump, you will love his sense of humour, you will love him in every aspect!!
The last and the most important thing which I observed was the audience reaction. In theatre, whenever there is a play going on stage, there is a big importance of audience reaction. Their reaction gives you an idea that how well the play is going on, is audience liking it? Such natural reactions were there in this movie. I mean on every big event or stunt audience was reacting. The scene when Tom jumped and broke off his ankle, even after knowing this fact, the audience reacted as if this was the first time they have seen it. What other thing a film maker wants apart from this, that audience so much related to their cast that if they are injured the audience is feeling bad. That’s a beautiful thing in this movie, every incident, suspense, fight scene, on everything the audience reacted and according to me that’s a great thing, it shown how much gripping your movie is.
If someone asks me “how’s the movie?” I would just say “just like Ethan Hunt”.