Way back in 1996 we were introduced to the movie franchise of Mission: Impossible, now 22 years later (yes you read that right!), we’ve got to the sixth movie, Mission: Impossible Fallout, with Tom Cruise reprising his role of Ethan Hunt and showing us that he is still one heck of an adrenaline junkie with even more edge of the seat stunts and action.

I’ve been looking forward to seeing the team of Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson back together in the latest movie and to see Henry Cavill (with that moustache that caused some CGI removal in Justice League), so I popped over to the Scala Cinema in Prestatyn to check out the movie.

Now with all the previous Mission: Impossible movies I went into this one, not really knowing too much about the movie, I like to have the surprises that the franchise throws at you and not have any spoilers, so long story short, all I knew is that the IMF is trying to get their hands back on some stolen plutonium that a new rogue faction called The Apostles want to use to wipe out a third o the world’s population and on the way Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team have to get their hands back on Soloman Lane (Sean Harris) who we last saw in Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation.

So with the team of Cruise, Rhames and Pegg, joined my Walker (Henry Cavill), Mission: Impossible Fallout starts as it means to go on, an all-out action-packed movie, that doesn’t give you much time to catch your breath as the film gives us superb car chases, death-defying stunts and lots of Tom Cruise doing what he does best in the franchise, running, kicking ass and showing that even at 56 he still has his “Cruise Control” set to maximum!

It’s not very often that I give a film a full rating or even say things such as, “easily the best action movie of the year“, but Mission: Impossible Fallout is one of those movies, all those things that I loved in the first movie 22 years ago are here, the perfect facemasks, the deception, non-stop action, twists & turns and a stellar cast.

Director Christopher McQuarrie has shown us yet again that he knows how to get the best out of Cruise and the rest of the cast, he’s brought along what J.J. Abrams brought to the franchise in Impossible: Mission Ghost Protocol and of course having Abrams on board as producer show that they all certainly know what makes the franchise tick.

The music in the movie is by Lorne Balfe, the soundtrack through the film is perfectly paced throughout and they don’t overtake the scenes from the action etc. beautifully done and a joy to listen to (there’s another soundtrack album added to my Amazon wishlist), lets also not forget the Mission Impossible theme, the original was composed by Lalo Schifrin and each of the movies the main theme has always had a different spin, the same goes for Fallout and the opening credits, with the lit fuse, still sends the hairs on the back of my neck standing to attention, in anticipation of the pending rollercoaster ride.

Fallout is certainly a film that needs to be seen on a big cinema screen, not only does it look great, but it sounds great as well, I’ve already mentioned the soundtrack, but also the surround sound is used brilliantly throughout Fallout, with all the speakers being used to bounce around explosion, ricocheting bullets and in the chase scenes you have a feeling of being in the middle of the action as the sound of the cars whizz past you.

The question now is, will there be an Impossible Mission 7? Well maybe, here’s hoping.

Karen Woodham

Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.

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