Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningpresented in preview out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, It will be the eighth appearance of Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. The last? It is early to say it, reality can reserve surprises. Mission: Impossible It has always been specular to 007, although with a very lower number of films (8 to 25). In No time to die Daniel Craig’s James Bond died under the bombs, but the series does not stop, and now it is a hunt for the new secret agent: bets are open on the face. In the same way Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning It could be Tom Cruise’s definitive dance, but not impossible missions.
Here in Cannes it was a amazing, river projection, with an adventure of almost three hours that proves to be the longest of the franchise. It is the closure of a diptych, it is the missing piece later Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. The protagonist must challenge the world order, launch himself into a loss race and play on the ground of artificial intelligence. On the plot we don’t want to reveal you too much. It is a spectacular pyrotechnic experience in which the previous chapters also live. There is a strong melancholy, a spirit that recalls past companies, like when in the first Mission: ImpossibleHunt went down to a cable in a maximum safety room full of sensors. The soul of Brian De Palma still vibrates, even if Christopher Mcquarrie is behind the camera.
Mission: Impossible It has changed, it’s mature. It has become more current, political. Look at the themes of our time, it is not limited to being a carousel ride from hundreds of millions of dollars (400 declared). Joy and pain, past and contemporary mix in an epic full of vigor.
But there is an intimate look, a concern about the future, a determination not obvious in putting the emphasis on the problems of these years. The lights go out, the music composed of Lalo Schifrin resonates imperious. The power of cinema is to combine the decades, generations, in a moment of sharing that knows no rivals. Hollywood shows muscles, makes the spectators dream, and gives a journey into the abysses full of adrenaline. In cinemas from 22 May.
