Christopher McQuarrie delivers a genuinely satisfying conclusion to Ethan Hunt’s story in The Final Reckoning Part II — though \”satisfying\” is doing some heavy lifting for a film that occasionally buckles under the weight of its own mythology.
Tom Cruise, now in his sixties, continues to defy physical logic. The film’s centrepiece — a mid-air sequence involving a stratospheric jump and a prototype stealth aircraft — is technically extraordinary and represents the kind of spectacle that only practical filmmaking can deliver. It’s the best sequence of the year so far in blockbuster terms.
Verdict
A worthy conclusion to one of action cinema’s great franchises. The impossible missions are still thrilling, even if the plot machinery creaks louder than ever.
