I literally only have one problem with the movie and that is the scene where Ilsa dies. It's not because it dies but because if the "one of them will die tonight" thing. I understand that the AI could predict and account for all actions thing but felt like that part went on for a bit too long, and it was also just a bit boring. Idk, i can't explain it properly. It felt like a Shakespearean romance rather than a fate they try to avoid but can't. And yes i know Isla is the love interest but it just didn't work for me.
@@rishisanyal8972even though it's 'worse', it managed to break weekend box office records , pass the Super Mario Movie adaptation movie, and the sequel film is confirmed!
@@anubusxOoh. That’s my second. I prefer fallout. Dead reckoning comes third because it made a few too many mistakes with the script and it’s action for me to like it more than rogue nation and falloit
@@illusion630 Fallout is also my favorite but Dead Reckoning comes before the last one (MI2). I felt Luther and Benji were sidelined and they should not have killed Ilsa
The henchwoman twist also benefits from Mission Impossible's core theme: anyone can change. Before this scene, the henchwoman, Paris, was unchallenged in her combat and philosophy. Remember, Gabriel is trying to use that AI to create a better world while Ethan sees through that corruption. So when Ethan shows mercy to her, it plants a seed of doubt that saves Ethan's life in the climax. It isn't subversion for its sake. The event feeds into later storytelling.
I think this human element is why AI will lose. At the end of the day, machines cannot comprehend either the human capacity for mercy and self-sacrifice, or the influence of these two on subsequent events. People are not machines. You cannot predict them totally.
Unfortunately I think Paris's "character arc", if you could call it that, is indicative of one of the major flaws of this movie. To me the whole film felt pieced together, and many of the plot points unearned, in a way that was skilfully avoided by the earlier entries in the series. Far too much stuff happened just because it had to in order to serve the next action set-piece or surprise twist. Paris's character is suddenly dropped in out of nowhere, with no real backstory, and I didn't find the motivation for her change of allegiance believable.
@@mike18699-e That's understandable, I'm not trying to dismiss your opinion. Personally, not every interesting character needs a clear backstory to be emotionally complex. The audience doesn't need to know how she got this way, only understand her perspective. Paris knows the world through power and weakness. In her mind everyone is either holding the gun or at the other end. When Ethan spares Paris, he reduces her to a target yet refuses to fire. This measure of restraint challenges her worldview due to contradicting ruthlessness being the only measure of strength.
I never would have believed that a sequel to a film series that started in the mid 90s and based on an old TV show from the 60s starring a leading man who is in his 60s would be one of the worthwhile event films of 2023... but here we are.
And it wouldn't have been achieved if it weren't for Tom Cruise. If he wasn't in the movie. The franchise would've started and ended in 1996 as a forgotten film adaptation to an old show.
I absolutely loved this movie. It was such a blast to see on the big screen. And I personally loved the complicated plot and ESPECIALLY the AI villain. Actually had some threat behind it, and felt foreboding. And something about this score just sticks with me.
This actually explains a lot. The movie is almost 3 hours long and I never felt bored in the theater. For me it was the easiest movie to watch with that kind of length. It's truly amazing, a shame it underperforned at the box office.
Paramound fucked it by poor marketing and convincing Tom Cruise enough that Barbenheimer will be such a formidable foe to it's released. If they just moved it past 1 month, they could easily get that 1 Billion bag. The movie releases after summer of Barbenheimer was so dry. The last time I gone back to the cinemas was for The Creator, Exorcist: Believer and Five Nights at Freddy's. And that was for the Fall release
«The best movie I've ever seen that I've been disappointed by» is likely a good summary. I did enjoyed it in the theater, no wasted moment, but there is something in the overall act that I can't quite verbalize. Waiting for second part.
I think the turn with Pom's Jester Dragon character was pretty interesting because they also never made her a pushover. She was never just beaten. Ethan did win their fight, but it took him going all out. And we see her still being the same force of nature afterwards to some degree. But there's still that lingering thread because of that fight.
Apparently this movie was a box office disappointment, with many people then saying the audience is tired of this series. Maybe. Or perhaps the overwhelming success of "Top Gun: Maverick" had a lot of people thinking, " I already saw a Tom Cruise film. Do I need to see another one quickly?" And deciding, no.
@@adnannaemaz1989 The Creator is a steaming pile of crap in every sense of the word... It was a real let down. It wants to be about how AI is the next step of evolution but it really becomes a movie about racism - because all these AI-robots are 100% like humans. They pray, and watch porn etc. like wtf? How is this evolution? Plus the movie was boring, unlikable MC, stupid scenes... just allover useless.
@@adnannaemaz1989 good idea. try it yourself. it seems good at first, it really does. but its really long and the longer it goes on the more you realize whats going on
This movie was so good, and exactly for what you highlighted here. I was blown away by how well written this movie is for what's supposed to be an action flick
@@synlion that 'intangible' and 'ineffective' villain of yours is exactly what killed Ilsa. This villain, by being non-physical, has had a presence throughout the entire film, even when it wasn't there, because you can't tell when it is. The entirety of the film's events played out the way it did because of the entity, according to its plans. It was more involved in the plot than any character. In fact, the threat it poses is far more relatable in this day and age, with how much control of our lives we've relinquished to systems we don't care to understand. Ilsa dying exactly as it predicted showed Ethan that he could no longer 'Ethan Hunt' his way out of this, and that he needed to predict what the entity predicted and subvert it to succeed, but it also helps him realise that the entity does see him as a threat, telling him there's a chance he could pull it off. How is that not good writing?
@@yuqipan7570 what you're describing either makes no sense or is just pure condensed copium. villains usually have presence throughout the film. that's achieved through tension, pacing and a sense of threat. look at mi3 for a good example of that. the ai being intangible doesn't make it any more present or threatening. ilsas death and the rest of the events are not the making of the ai, they are the making of the writers. she went to her death because the plot demanded it, not because the situation forced her to. her fight scene was also pathetically choreographed. your comment reads as if you can't tell that this is a work of fiction. the threat the ai poses is only relatable and scary if you've spent exactly zero time actually looking at what ai does or thinking through what ai's could and might do. i'm guessing you're in the same boat as tom cruise there, who i would bet was the one who pushed for an ai as a villain. ai is boring. ai's don't make for good villains usually, because good villains are almost always motivated by some relatable emotion. they are exciting and scary, because they act in ways we understand. an ai has no motivations other than the one it's programmed to have. they don't feel greed or rage or pain. the writers know the ai is too boring on it's own, so they introduce gabriel who is pretty effective as a villain. an ai villain that works is hal 9000 in 2001 a space odyssey. hal works because a) he makes decisions based on his programming and b) because he is menacingly portrayed by douglas rain. either your ai is scary because it doesn't care about you and you're just a necessary sacrifice to complete its mission. non human villains like the alien work for similar reasons. for the entirety of the movie, the entity is essentially only alluded to. it doesn't do much of anything except for taking away from gabriel as the central villain, by making him a pawn. all of this might even sort of work in a better movie, but the cringe exposition dump at the beginning, the uninspired action throughout and the horrible decision to kill off the best character in the franchise (when you have two characters who fill the same role - guy in the chair - but bring more emotional weight if killed) all make a bad final villain all the more jarring.
I LOVED the CoD MW2 Terminal reference :D And I look forward to seeing part 2 of this analysis where the downsides of the movie are discussed. Great video :)
Oppenheimer was very much overrated. I think I would have enjoyed it if it weren't so hyped up by everyone. It also had no reason to be on IMAX, let alone reason to kick this movie out of IMAX after only a week...
@@VanquishedAgain for real. i love Nolan but this really shouldve stayed in IMAX longer, esp. when oppenheimer has nothing much to offer in spectacle for a big screen...
I loved the film and at close to 3 hrs it flew by. I was personally entertained the whole way through. McQuarrie is a fantastic storyteller in how he is able to “show” rather than “tell”, something basic that sadly too many modern filmmakers have forgotten about. And while Dead Reckoning 1 may be more “Rogue Nation” than “Fallout” (that is, the set up for a much larger payoff), unlike other properties that split their final outing in two parts it never feels like there is padding. On the contrary it feels like there was much more to this movie that resulted in having to split it in two and moved to part 2. The “failure” of the movie was the release schedule, due to the studio’s choice rather than anything Cruise and McQuarrie did.
I went to the film when it came out with one expectation. A spectacle film from people who loved what they were doing and wanted to entertain. I got it. No preaching. No 'message.' Just a lot of fun and fresh cleverness. It's not perfect, but it's a long shot better than 99% of the .... material... coming out of Hollywood these days. I enjoyed it.
Glad i wasnt the only one that noticed this movie did a great job of making long scenes and sequences not feel tedious and dragged out despite each main location taking up a good chunk of the film's run time (Airport, car chase, Venice party, train heist, etc). Filmento accurately explained how they made the magic happen: good writing and pacing, keep the audience engaged by changing the emotional and power dynamics even if the setting didnt change. Introduce twists, caveats and obstacles on a micro level for the Protag to deal with. The Multiple factions chasing one character aspect is very fun as well.
Absolutely loved this movie, my favorite of the year. Every scene/sequence felt so dynamic, my attention never wavered an instant because I always felt something else was coming any moment. And I really enjoyed the character dynamics as well, Grace was a little annoying at first but I ended up really rooting for her. Masterclass in how to make an action film that never goes by the numbers.
I missed some of the MI movies before this one and I wasn't expecting a whole lot from it. But holy crap! The motorcycle cliff jump scene gave me chills and the final train dangling scene had me on the edge of my seat. Like I knew that at least he would live but I wasn't positive about anyone else and I had no clue how he was going to get out of it. I'm actually excited for the second part.
Basically how I felt about Oppenheimer. One of the best movies I have seen this year, but still disappointed because of the long runtime and really no scenes to catch your breath and absorb what just happened.
That's one thing i've always liked about the Mission imposible movies is that they may seem like derivative "dumb action flicks" on the surface but they arent dumb at all, and are all actually pretty well written, acted, and decently paced spy thrillers with great set pieces and believable antagonists. They're not perfect, but the writing is basically top notch considering the standards for the genre.
Yeah, the crunch filming showed, but they filled it out well. Excellent editing saved them...and that last sequence. Here's hoping Part Two will be rammed with the Cruise insanity ramped up to Mc11.
I've understood what you were saying : the movie use tricks in order to have longer scenes without the audience to be bored and still entertained, but when the movie use too much of these tricks, they become too much visible and predictable by the audience and the boredom still happen. In particular in the scene with the train falling wagon after wagon. Yes, every wagon is different inside and give new threats (kitchen tools, fire, a piano...) to deal with in addition to just deal with the gravity, but it's really too much. And because at the end of the movie we don't have fear anymore for the two heroes who has survived every threats without a scratch, we don't care anymore, it's just a very very long scene that seems to never end...
I am not even kidding, your "making time your bitch" idea absolutely applies to this video because of how you used scenes from the movie. even this 20 min video felt like it went by so quickly
When I saw the scene with grace and Ethan running across the train and climbing inside the train I thought of the scene from Uncharted 2 when Nathan had to climb out of the train and run across it. Tom cruise should just play older Nathan drake at this point I would love to see it
The thing about cutting away to different scene, i thing it had negative effect in the cliff jump stunt. I liked how in fallout, we got to see the stunt being played out with focus.
I agree. I think they totally botched that stunt in the editing room. You can see the difference in the stunt special they released for marketing. The cliff stunt in that special was way better filmed than in the actual movie. What a shame.
Suprised so many people like this movie. Compared to the other entries in the series, this seems to me like a clear step down in quality and one away from what makes Mission Impossible what it is. It only really competes with II in that regard.
I was thinking that the movie was only halfway through when it ended. Amazing, considering the 2 hours and 45 min of runtime. I was totally lost in time when watching this movie the first time
Ths video is the exact reason why I loved the film. It's 3 hours long but it doesn't feel like it's 3 hours long. It always feels like it's on the move and not wasting time.
That intro with Severance is awesome! One thing tho, you could have left Mark S' (sadly forgot the actor's name) face as it was because him and Tom Cruise look so much alike ^^
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO MAKE THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG!! Incredible movie. After so many failed 007’s. And morales played an amazing zealot. Absolute incredible movie.
I must be taking lessons from Filmento, because I *noticed* that timer for the bridge, and exactly what it was doing, filmwise. Didn't stop my enjoyment! Really good movie! Proobably gonna agree with his followup too. Thanks Filmento!
Fascinating video. When I saw this in the theater, I was actually shocked to realize the climax was starting: I couldn’t believe that much time had elapsed!
EXCEPTIONAL FILM. So worth seeing in the theater. Everytime someone asks me if its better than Fallout I don’t have a sure answer which is wild bc Fallout is probably my #1 favorite films
This is because this was made by professional filmmakers, not the junior content creators Hollywood so loves to use now. The people that made this are well informed in how to engage an audience, they know their job: entertain us.
I literally only have one problem with the movie and that is the scene where Ilsa dies. It's not because she dies but because if the "one of them will die tonight" thing. I understand that the AI could predict and account for all actions thing but felt like that part went on for a bit too long, and it was also just a bit boring. Idk, i can't explain it properly. It felt like a Shakespearean romance rather than a fate they try to avoid but can't. And yes i know Isla is the love interest but it just didn't work for me.
For one thing, the choreography doesn't make much sense. A character with a sword should not fight as close as possible to a character with a knife. Instead the swordsman would make full use of the extra range. Ilsa doesn't. She constantly puts herself in far more danger than is necessary, despite being a trained assassin. She also had far less of a role than she should have. She's a well respected character. She shouldn't be thrown away early on for plot convivence. A death sequence for such a character needs to be especially impactful and it just wasn't.
@@the_redpyro4906Hell yes. The disrespect her character was given is outrageous and I still can't believe she was done that way. And then to have Grace there as an immediately replacement? C'mon!
@@ComedyBros5I think Rebecca just had many films in the pipeline and begged to be let go. "I also think they could have done a better job explaining her sudden disappearance from the rest of the film.
MI7 is far from being a bad movie but what it lacks, I think, to stand out is extraordinary creative ideas. Almost everything in this movie we've Seen somewhere else a multiple time and you can dial an idea up as much as you want it still is the same Idea.
Some additional observations regarding the exposition dump scene wuth the Entity. Theere is this one Filipino director, Erik Matti, who complained about this scene because the dangers of the Entity are already established by three people, and that the scene keeps cutting to those characters. The whole point of the scene is to establish a potential villain in the room, with most of the characters there representing various branches of the government who can potentially be admired by the Entity's abilities and overexpanding reach. One person stands out. The moment that Denlinger, the Director of National Intelligence, keeps insisting in how awesome the Entity is, downplays its dangers by being dumbfounded on what it can do, and admits that he wants to control it when Kittridge calls him out instead of coming up with reasons that it is dangerous, is a clear sign for audiences not to lose track on this character. That said, this is probably one of the greatest action films ever made, although some of the action are a bit of a letdown following the well-made sequences in Mission: Impossible - Fallout.
Well said and well explained. I think Fallout is the greatest action film of all time, though. However, the train sequence in DR is the most amazing action sequence I've seen in a film in a long, long time.
@@ComedyBros5, what I liked about the sequences in Fallout is that they are dailed to 100. The plane scene in the opening sequence of Rogue Nation? The entire third act begins with Ethan climbing the helicopter with no safety hatches and piloting the helicopter fkr real. The chase scenes in Rogue Nation? This one has multiple factions involved and is bigger in scope. The underwhelming fight scenes in Rogue Nation? Toss in the fights in the bathroom and on the cliff. With Dead Reckoning, the action is still good. Though this time, the plot saved those sequences from being underwhelming. The fight in the sandstorm is a good opener, but John Wick 4 had a similar opener and is way better. The chase scene in Rome is good, but it's overedited and lacked the danger the chase scene in Fallout had. The fight scenes apart from the one with Paris are lacking. The train scene also had editing issues save for the climb. If the plot is bad, these sequences will be disasterous. Nevertheless, this, John Wick 4, and Spider-Verse 2 are some of the rewatchable films of the year.
This movie was purely a joy to the eyes. Throughout the movie i was on the edge of my seat & even my frnd who wasnt really hyped abt it came out trilled aftr it & we talked abt it for days.
Great video @Filmento as always! ❤ Your videos always give me insight & lessons on how I want my movies to be better since my career goal is to become a film director & writer. So thank you and keep up the amazing work 🤗🎬
Another fresh take by Filmento!. i am looking forward to your "negative review" as I found Dead Reckoning to be somewhat wanting, but cannot quite figure out why. We need Filmento!
Usually I hate car chase scenes, because it's just a series of jump-cuts of things that we have seen many times before. However I enjoyed the car chase because it added something new(-ish).
I don't know why, but after watching the movie, I kept thinking that the negotiation scene was by far my favourite. It's low on action, but really tense and interesting, despite not much actually happening.
Regarding the aspect of time, I’m shocked to see this not mentioned in John wick 4 film perfection. It has exactly the same premise as dead reckoning with its action particularly the last act, where it seems that each action scene in the arc de triomphe, the apartment and staircase are divided into three acts that introduces more variables as the fight progresses, keeping the audience invested. As an example in the arc de triomphe, John starts in a car mowing down opponents in unique ways that are not even seen in the final two acts. Then, the scene switches to John being forced to abandon the car which now creates a brand new environment despite it being the same setpiece. The second act also introduces the boss (Chidi) in a minute long fight scene that combines its environment with the action like how John reloads as a bus passes by. The third act is now a combination of the previous two acts but ramped up. Now John is at even more at a disadvantage at an abundance of cars swarm his way (notice how before he was safer in his car but now he’s facing off against enemies in cars). Furthermore the boss is back and is fighting with his henchmen now instead of one to one. Now there are multiple enemies, John uses the cars as a weapon to kill multiple people in satisfying kills. Notice how the overabundance of variables keeps the action fresh, even more than dead reckoning in my opinion. This follows between all three mini-scenes of the last act, which is just sheer brilliance and is why I regard John wick 4 as the best action literally ever, and I’ve watched a lot of action movies like the raid and mi but this remains supreme
@@scottbarkley496 Each to their own I guess. Where John wick falls in story it reigns supreme in combat and dead reckonings story was incomplete and like filmento said very convoluted so it doesn’t even have that leverage over John wick anymore. Dead reckoning is a victim of its franchises success and in an attempt to go bigger and better it falls completely flat in certain aspects like Ilsa’s death and having a concrete story that filmento will cover when the anatomy of a failure video comes out for it. I don’t see John wick 4 making these mistakes
I liked Fallout a bit more, but man, it is impossible to not be entertained when watching these movies. I always find my way to a theater for this franchise.
When I watched this a few weeks ago, I was already curious what your thoughts were going to be since I found it satisfies a lot of your usual criticisms. I was hooked all the way through; haven't felt that engaged with a movie in a long time.
I don't honestly understand how people like this one, fallout was fantastic, but this one failed every single place where fallout succeeded. No looming threat, no urgency, no bad guy and making the bad guy ai was the dumbest move they could have probably done. 3 outta 10 for the stunts
I think you're overlooking "The Entity" At the beginning of the movie, you have this ultra deadly stealth Nuclear Submarine, that stalked the U.S navy, and was never spotted. That's scary in on itself until it gets outsmarted and blown up by another stronger force (the Entity) That's makes the exposition scene have weight.
@@LukeLovesRose Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the film. I was quite surprised it didn't do better in the theaters. I can only guess it had to do about it being a part one. Perhaps, many people decide to skip part 1 so they can watch it on streaming before going to see part 2 in the theaters. I wonder if the studios consider doing a double feature when part 2 comes out.
I've been working on videos in advance, so -- hopefully -- there should be a Filmento vid every weekend for the rest of the year. FNAF next weekend!
Basically FNAF is the points you have made on both Video Game Adaptations and Modern Day Horror Movies but worse.
Hey Filmento, will you make The Last Of Us 2 video on why everyone hates it?
I literally only have one problem with the movie and that is the scene where Ilsa dies.
It's not because it dies but because if the "one of them will die tonight" thing. I understand that the AI could predict and account for all actions thing but felt like that part went on for a bit too long, and it was also just a bit boring.
Idk, i can't explain it properly. It felt like a Shakespearean romance rather than a fate they try to avoid but can't.
And yes i know Isla is the love interest but it just didn't work for me.
@@rishisanyal8972even though it's 'worse', it managed to break weekend box office records , pass the Super Mario Movie adaptation movie, and the sequel film is confirmed!
What is fnaf?
Mission Impossible will forever be one of my favorite action franchises.
Rogue Nation is my favourite of the franchise.
@@anubusxOoh. That’s my second. I prefer fallout. Dead reckoning comes third because it made a few too many mistakes with the script and it’s action for me to like it more than rogue nation and falloit
@@illusion630
Fallout was really good. It resulted in Cavill's terrible cgi mouth in Justice League.
@@illusion630 Fallout is also my favorite but Dead Reckoning comes before the last one (MI2). I felt Luther and Benji were sidelined and they should not have killed Ilsa
I expect Ilsa to turn up alive in the next one.
The henchwoman twist also benefits from Mission Impossible's core theme: anyone can change. Before this scene, the henchwoman, Paris, was unchallenged in her combat and philosophy. Remember, Gabriel is trying to use that AI to create a better world while Ethan sees through that corruption. So when Ethan shows mercy to her, it plants a seed of doubt that saves Ethan's life in the climax. It isn't subversion for its sake. The event feeds into later storytelling.
I think this human element is why AI will lose. At the end of the day, machines cannot comprehend either the human capacity for mercy and self-sacrifice, or the influence of these two on subsequent events.
People are not machines. You cannot predict them totally.
Unfortunately I think Paris's "character arc", if you could call it that, is indicative of one of the major flaws of this movie. To me the whole film felt pieced together, and many of the plot points unearned, in a way that was skilfully avoided by the earlier entries in the series. Far too much stuff happened just because it had to in order to serve the next action set-piece or surprise twist.
Paris's character is suddenly dropped in out of nowhere, with no real backstory, and I didn't find the motivation for her change of allegiance believable.
@@mike18699-e That's understandable, I'm not trying to dismiss your opinion. Personally, not every interesting character needs a clear backstory to be emotionally complex. The audience doesn't need to know how she got this way, only understand her perspective. Paris knows the world through power and weakness. In her mind everyone is either holding the gun or at the other end. When Ethan spares Paris, he reduces her to a target yet refuses to fire. This measure of restraint challenges her worldview due to contradicting ruthlessness being the only measure of strength.
I never would have believed that a sequel to a film series that started in the mid 90s and based on an old TV show from the 60s starring a leading man who is in his 60s would be one of the worthwhile event films of 2023... but here we are.
And it wouldn't have been achieved if it weren't for Tom Cruise. If he wasn't in the movie. The franchise would've started and ended in 1996 as a forgotten film adaptation to an old show.
Wait mission impossible was a TV show??
the movie stinks, bloated, horribly written mess
Yeah...but I can't believe it's not butter. Yet, here we are.
Mission Impossible has rightfully replaced Bond in the last 10 to 15 years
This man's editing is just pure gold! 😄
"his deadliest enemy yet: Chat GPT" got me rollin
Hilarious!
I absolutely loved this movie. It was such a blast to see on the big screen. And I personally loved the complicated plot and ESPECIALLY the AI villain. Actually had some threat behind it, and felt foreboding. And something about this score just sticks with me.
Only gripe is Ilsas death, tho I don’t think she’s dead so this gripe could be removed when part 2 releases
Basilisk paradox
@@africanpenguin3104 Bro same.
Great film!!
i kinda hated the AI villain but that's personal opinion i guess
This actually explains a lot. The movie is almost 3 hours long and I never felt bored in the theater. For me it was the easiest movie to watch with that kind of length. It's truly amazing, a shame it underperforned at the box office.
I thought this was gonna make 1 billion. Color me shocked when it made half that.
Its poorly and awfully placed release date is completely to blame for that.
Terrible release date. Competing with Barbie oppenheimer and a strong running sound of freedom did this movie in.
Paramound fucked it by poor marketing and convincing Tom Cruise enough that Barbenheimer will be such a formidable foe to it's released. If they just moved it past 1 month, they could easily get that 1 Billion bag.
The movie releases after summer of Barbenheimer was so dry. The last time I gone back to the cinemas was for The Creator, Exorcist: Believer and Five Nights at Freddy's. And that was for the Fall release
It is a very long dragged out movie with 10 plots that don’t go anywhere and sets you up for a 2nd money grab movie.
The Mission and Tom Cruise never disappoint.
This chapter was awesome and tense. Cannot wait for part 2
«The best movie I've ever seen that I've been disappointed by» is likely a good summary. I did enjoyed it in the theater, no wasted moment, but there is something in the overall act that I can't quite verbalize. Waiting for second part.
I think the turn with Pom's Jester Dragon character was pretty interesting because they also never made her a pushover. She was never just beaten. Ethan did win their fight, but it took him going all out. And we see her still being the same force of nature afterwards to some degree.
But there's still that lingering thread because of that fight.
Chris Nolan is the director who owns time; he just lends it out to people
Always impressive analysis
Thank you!
Filmento your analysis and film breakdown continues to be second to none! Great video as always!
Apparently this movie was a box office disappointment, with many people then saying the audience is tired of this series. Maybe. Or perhaps the overwhelming success of "Top Gun: Maverick" had a lot of people thinking, " I already saw a Tom Cruise film. Do I need to see another one quickly?" And deciding, no.
I was hoping you'd cover this one! Only thing I was thinking in theaters was how much I'd love a breakdown from your channel
just saw the Creator (2h13m) and I legit thought it was at least half an hour longer than Dead Reckoning lol
So not good?
@@adnannaemaz1989 The Creator is a steaming pile of crap in every sense of the word... It was a real let down. It wants to be about how AI is the next step of evolution but it really becomes a movie about racism - because all these AI-robots are 100% like humans. They pray, and watch porn etc. like wtf? How is this evolution? Plus the movie was boring, unlikable MC, stupid scenes... just allover useless.
@@Dakuta12 wtf lol. Was looking forward to it good thing I didn’t book the tickets.
Gonna catch it on streaming eventually.
@@adnannaemaz1989 good idea. try it yourself. it seems good at first, it really does. but its really long and the longer it goes on the more you realize whats going on
@@adnannaemaz1989don't forget that taste is subjective! Yes, The Creator has flaws but I really enjoyed it. It's no more flawed than M:I DR1.
This movie was so good, and exactly for what you highlighted here. I was blown away by how well written this movie is for what's supposed to be an action flick
The writing is woeful, barely a memorable character in seven movies.
@@Bagheadman ur writing is even worse, I don't even remember who you are already as im typing this comment
The two greatest offenses are killing off Isla and having a completely intangible and thus ineffective villain in the AI. How is that good writing?
@@synlion that 'intangible' and 'ineffective' villain of yours is exactly what killed Ilsa. This villain, by being non-physical, has had a presence throughout the entire film, even when it wasn't there, because you can't tell when it is. The entirety of the film's events played out the way it did because of the entity, according to its plans. It was more involved in the plot than any character. In fact, the threat it poses is far more relatable in this day and age, with how much control of our lives we've relinquished to systems we don't care to understand. Ilsa dying exactly as it predicted showed Ethan that he could no longer 'Ethan Hunt' his way out of this, and that he needed to predict what the entity predicted and subvert it to succeed, but it also helps him realise that the entity does see him as a threat, telling him there's a chance he could pull it off. How is that not good writing?
@@yuqipan7570 what you're describing either makes no sense or is just pure condensed copium. villains usually have presence throughout the film. that's achieved through tension, pacing and a sense of threat. look at mi3 for a good example of that. the ai being intangible doesn't make it any more present or threatening.
ilsas death and the rest of the events are not the making of the ai, they are the making of the writers. she went to her death because the plot demanded it, not because the situation forced her to. her fight scene was also pathetically choreographed. your comment reads as if you can't tell that this is a work of fiction. the threat the ai poses is only relatable and scary if you've spent exactly zero time actually looking at what ai does or thinking through what ai's could and might do. i'm guessing you're in the same boat as tom cruise there, who i would bet was the one who pushed for an ai as a villain.
ai is boring. ai's don't make for good villains usually, because good villains are almost always motivated by some relatable emotion. they are exciting and scary, because they act in ways we understand. an ai has no motivations other than the one it's programmed to have. they don't feel greed or rage or pain. the writers know the ai is too boring on it's own, so they introduce gabriel who is pretty effective as a villain.
an ai villain that works is hal 9000 in 2001 a space odyssey. hal works because a) he makes decisions based on his programming and b) because he is menacingly portrayed by douglas rain. either your ai is scary because it doesn't care about you and you're just a necessary sacrifice to complete its mission. non human villains like the alien work for similar reasons. for the entirety of the movie, the entity is essentially only alluded to. it doesn't do much of anything except for taking away from gabriel as the central villain, by making him a pawn.
all of this might even sort of work in a better movie, but the cringe exposition dump at the beginning, the uninspired action throughout and the horrible decision to kill off the best character in the franchise (when you have two characters who fill the same role - guy in the chair - but bring more emotional weight if killed) all make a bad final villain all the more jarring.
"The best movie I've ever seen, that I've been disappointed by"
That's the wording I've been looking for, for the past few months...
This franchise peaked with MI:Fallout.
I agree. But, I still like MI:7.
@@JamesASharp I do too.
I LOVED the CoD MW2 Terminal reference :D And I look forward to seeing part 2 of this analysis where the downsides of the movie are discussed. Great video :)
Ive seen Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon. This is still the best movie I have seen all summer/fall
Oppenheimer was very much overrated. I think I would have enjoyed it if it weren't so hyped up by everyone. It also had no reason to be on IMAX, let alone reason to kick this movie out of IMAX after only a week...
@@VanquishedAgain for real. i love Nolan but this really shouldve stayed in IMAX longer, esp. when oppenheimer has nothing much to offer in spectacle for a big screen...
I loved the film and at close to 3 hrs it flew by. I was personally entertained the whole way through.
McQuarrie is a fantastic storyteller in how he is able to “show” rather than “tell”, something basic that sadly too many modern filmmakers have forgotten about.
And while Dead Reckoning 1 may be more “Rogue Nation” than “Fallout” (that is, the set up for a much larger payoff), unlike other properties that split their final outing in two parts it never feels like there is padding. On the contrary it feels like there was much more to this movie that resulted in having to split it in two and moved to part 2.
The “failure” of the movie was the release schedule, due to the studio’s choice rather than anything Cruise and McQuarrie did.
I went to the film when it came out with one expectation. A spectacle film from people who loved what they were doing and wanted to entertain. I got it. No preaching. No 'message.' Just a lot of fun and fresh cleverness. It's not perfect, but it's a long shot better than 99% of the .... material... coming out of Hollywood these days. I enjoyed it.
Content.
very cleverly put at the end hunt ,you got me watching it 19.35 seconds for the advert well put.
Glad i wasnt the only one that noticed this movie did a great job of making long scenes and sequences not feel tedious and dragged out despite each main location taking up a good chunk of the film's run time (Airport, car chase, Venice party, train heist, etc). Filmento accurately explained how they made the magic happen: good writing and pacing, keep the audience engaged by changing the emotional and power dynamics even if the setting didnt change. Introduce twists, caveats and obstacles on a micro level for the Protag to deal with. The Multiple factions chasing one character aspect is very fun as well.
Absolutely loved this movie, my favorite of the year. Every scene/sequence felt so dynamic, my attention never wavered an instant because I always felt something else was coming any moment. And I really enjoyed the character dynamics as well, Grace was a little annoying at first but I ended up really rooting for her. Masterclass in how to make an action film that never goes by the numbers.
I missed some of the MI movies before this one and I wasn't expecting a whole lot from it. But holy crap! The motorcycle cliff jump scene gave me chills and the final train dangling scene had me on the edge of my seat. Like I knew that at least he would live but I wasn't positive about anyone else and I had no clue how he was going to get out of it. I'm actually excited for the second part.
Basically how I felt about Oppenheimer. One of the best movies I have seen this year, but still disappointed because of the long runtime and really no scenes to catch your breath and absorb what just happened.
That's one thing i've always liked about the Mission imposible movies is that they may seem like derivative "dumb action flicks" on the surface but they arent dumb at all, and are all actually pretty well written, acted, and decently paced spy thrillers with great set pieces and believable antagonists. They're not perfect, but the writing is basically top notch considering the standards for the genre.
Yeah, the crunch filming showed, but they filled it out well. Excellent editing saved them...and that last sequence.
Here's hoping Part Two will be rammed with the Cruise insanity ramped up to Mc11.
I've understood what you were saying : the movie use tricks in order to have longer scenes without the audience to be bored and still entertained, but when the movie use too much of these tricks, they become too much visible and predictable by the audience and the boredom still happen. In particular in the scene with the train falling wagon after wagon. Yes, every wagon is different inside and give new threats (kitchen tools, fire, a piano...) to deal with in addition to just deal with the gravity, but it's really too much. And because at the end of the movie we don't have fear anymore for the two heroes who has survived every threats without a scratch, we don't care anymore, it's just a very very long scene that seems to never end...
Paramount fumbled big time releasing this a week or so before Barbenheimmer.
I am not even kidding, your "making time your bitch" idea absolutely applies to this video because of how you used scenes from the movie. even this 20 min video felt like it went by so quickly
When I saw the scene with grace and Ethan running across the train and climbing inside the train I thought of the scene from Uncharted 2 when Nathan had to climb out of the train and run across it. Tom cruise should just play older Nathan drake at this point I would love to see it
I'm a third of the way in and this video is already brilliant. Filmento, you always go above and beyond on these!
The thing about cutting away to different scene, i thing it had negative effect in the cliff jump stunt. I liked how in fallout, we got to see the stunt being played out with focus.
Negative effect ?
Lmao
I agree. I think they totally botched that stunt in the editing room. You can see the difference in the stunt special they released for marketing. The cliff stunt in that special was way better filmed than in the actual movie. What a shame.
I agree.
I never held my breath so much in a film before, one-off f the most intense climatic masterpieces in seen Tom cruise & his team are incredible.
Suprised so many people like this movie. Compared to the other entries in the series, this seems to me like a clear step down in quality and one away from what makes Mission Impossible what it is. It only really competes with II in that regard.
I was thinking that the movie was only halfway through when it ended. Amazing, considering the 2 hours and 45 min of runtime. I was totally lost in time when watching this movie the first time
Glad to have Phil back. I watched the whole ad at the end just because his voice makes the channel 👌 That, and those sick edits 😄
Filmento You’re the best RUclips film professor ever
This is 100% legitimately how I watched this movie. It was starting, and suddenly the credits rolled; like a long time later. I was absolutely hooked.
Ths video is the exact reason why I loved the film. It's 3 hours long but it doesn't feel like it's 3 hours long. It always feels like it's on the move and not wasting time.
This movie absolutely feels like it's half an hour too long and it probably would have made more money with a tighter script.
The most amazing thing about this movie: they finally have a plausible reason for being disavowed. Really enjoyed the movie.
That intro with Severance is awesome! One thing tho, you could have left Mark S' (sadly forgot the actor's name) face as it was because him and Tom Cruise look so much alike ^^
16:57 You also forgot to add the large van chasing our leads in a crowded city riding down stairs is from Uncharted 4.
I honestly did not get bored watching this
Yep. I have no problem rewatching this again and for sure enjoy it.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO MAKE THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG!! Incredible movie. After so many failed 007’s. And morales played an amazing zealot. Absolute incredible movie.
Went to watch this with my friends the latter half of this movie have us on the edge of our seat. Can’t wait for the the next one for reals
I must be taking lessons from Filmento, because I *noticed* that timer for the bridge, and exactly what it was doing, filmwise.
Didn't stop my enjoyment! Really good movie! Proobably gonna agree with his followup too. Thanks Filmento!
Fascinating video. When I saw this in the theater, I was actually shocked to realize the climax was starting: I couldn’t believe that much time had elapsed!
The next video would be, Oppenheimer: anatomy of a failure
This movie was slow and that’s what I love about it. Slowing and steady pacing helps brings character, exposition, payoff, and tension
Glad to see you talk about this movie, I really enjoyed it but something didn’t quite click
I just love this movie. So well made.
EXCEPTIONAL FILM. So worth seeing in the theater. Everytime someone asks me if its better than Fallout I don’t have a sure answer which is wild bc Fallout is probably my #1 favorite films
This is because this was made by professional filmmakers, not the junior content creators Hollywood so loves to use now. The people that made this are well informed in how to engage an audience, they know their job: entertain us.
The train sequence was like a bonus at the end of the film. Better than the much talked about big stunt.
I'm too disappoined with M:I 7 but... still like it A LOT!
I literally only have one problem with the movie and that is the scene where Ilsa dies.
It's not because she dies but because if the "one of them will die tonight" thing. I understand that the AI could predict and account for all actions thing but felt like that part went on for a bit too long, and it was also just a bit boring.
Idk, i can't explain it properly. It felt like a Shakespearean romance rather than a fate they try to avoid but can't.
And yes i know Isla is the love interest but it just didn't work for me.
For one thing, the choreography doesn't make much sense. A character with a sword should not fight as close as possible to a character with a knife. Instead the swordsman would make full use of the extra range. Ilsa doesn't. She constantly puts herself in far more danger than is necessary, despite being a trained assassin. She also had far less of a role than she should have. She's a well respected character. She shouldn't be thrown away early on for plot convivence. A death sequence for such a character needs to be especially impactful and it just wasn't.
@@the_redpyro4906Hell yes. The disrespect her character was given is outrageous and I still can't believe she was done that way. And then to have Grace there as an immediately replacement? C'mon!
@@ComedyBros5I think Rebecca just had many films in the pipeline and begged to be let go. "I also think they could have done a better job explaining her sudden disappearance from the rest of the film.
After 02:15 Minutes of your Video i felt the need to watch the Movie and man its a masterpiece
MI7 is far from being a bad movie but what it lacks, I think, to stand out is extraordinary creative ideas.
Almost everything in this movie we've Seen somewhere else a multiple time and you can dial an idea up as much as you want it still is the same Idea.
This is the best title for a filmento video in the history of time.
Some additional observations regarding the exposition dump scene wuth the Entity.
Theere is this one Filipino director, Erik Matti, who complained about this scene because the dangers of the Entity are already established by three people, and that the scene keeps cutting to those characters.
The whole point of the scene is to establish a potential villain in the room, with most of the characters there representing various branches of the government who can potentially be admired by the Entity's abilities and overexpanding reach. One person stands out. The moment that Denlinger, the Director of National Intelligence, keeps insisting in how awesome the Entity is, downplays its dangers by being dumbfounded on what it can do, and admits that he wants to control it when Kittridge calls him out instead of coming up with reasons that it is dangerous, is a clear sign for audiences not to lose track on this character.
That said, this is probably one of the greatest action films ever made, although some of the action are a bit of a letdown following the well-made sequences in Mission: Impossible - Fallout.
Well said and well explained.
I think Fallout is the greatest action film of all time, though. However, the train sequence in DR is the most amazing action sequence I've seen in a film in a long, long time.
@@ComedyBros5, what I liked about the sequences in Fallout is that they are dailed to 100. The plane scene in the opening sequence of Rogue Nation? The entire third act begins with Ethan climbing the helicopter with no safety hatches and piloting the helicopter fkr real. The chase scenes in Rogue Nation? This one has multiple factions involved and is bigger in scope. The underwhelming fight scenes in Rogue Nation? Toss in the fights in the bathroom and on the cliff.
With Dead Reckoning, the action is still good. Though this time, the plot saved those sequences from being underwhelming. The fight in the sandstorm is a good opener, but John Wick 4 had a similar opener and is way better. The chase scene in Rome is good, but it's overedited and lacked the danger the chase scene in Fallout had. The fight scenes apart from the one with Paris are lacking. The train scene also had editing issues save for the climb. If the plot is bad, these sequences will be disasterous.
Nevertheless, this, John Wick 4, and Spider-Verse 2 are some of the rewatchable films of the year.
This movie was purely a joy to the eyes.
Throughout the movie i was on the edge of my seat & even my frnd who wasnt really hyped abt it came out trilled aftr it & we talked abt it for days.
You, who are utilize Tom’s voice for my ideal meme. it makes me so much enjoy with this clip. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Great video @Filmento as always! ❤ Your videos always give me insight & lessons on how I want my movies to be better since my career goal is to become a film director & writer. So thank you and keep up the amazing work 🤗🎬
Another fresh take by Filmento!. i am looking forward to your "negative review" as I found Dead Reckoning to be somewhat wanting, but cannot quite figure out why. We need Filmento!
the way he kept referring the ai as chatgpt 🤣🤣
Been waiting soooo long for this!🎉
The trains falling one at a time was done before in the Lost World but it was with RVs linked together...
As always, your meme game is on point
Great film
Usually I hate car chase scenes, because it's just a series of jump-cuts of things that we have seen many times before. However I enjoyed the car chase because it added something new(-ish).
Good review. Liked and subscribed. Keep doing your videos
I don't know why, but after watching the movie, I kept thinking that the negotiation scene was by far my favourite. It's low on action, but really tense and interesting, despite not much actually happening.
The mix of the rising music and claustrophobic cinematography makes the scene VERY tense.
Regarding the aspect of time, I’m shocked to see this not mentioned in John wick 4 film perfection. It has exactly the same premise as dead reckoning with its action particularly the last act, where it seems that each action scene in the arc de triomphe, the apartment and staircase are divided into three acts that introduces more variables as the fight progresses, keeping the audience invested. As an example in the arc de triomphe, John starts in a car mowing down opponents in unique ways that are not even seen in the final two acts. Then, the scene switches to John being forced to abandon the car which now creates a brand new environment despite it being the same setpiece. The second act also introduces the boss (Chidi) in a minute long fight scene that combines its environment with the action like how John reloads as a bus passes by. The third act is now a combination of the previous two acts but ramped up. Now John is at even more at a disadvantage at an abundance of cars swarm his way (notice how before he was safer in his car but now he’s facing off against enemies in cars). Furthermore the boss is back and is fighting with his henchmen now instead of one to one. Now there are multiple enemies, John uses the cars as a weapon to kill multiple people in satisfying kills. Notice how the overabundance of variables keeps the action fresh, even more than dead reckoning in my opinion. This follows between all three mini-scenes of the last act, which is just sheer brilliance and is why I regard John wick 4 as the best action literally ever, and I’ve watched a lot of action movies like the raid and mi but this remains supreme
Mission impossible dumps on John Wick in every single aspect ..
The scale & scope is on a different level here
@@scottbarkley496 Each to their own I guess. Where John wick falls in story it reigns supreme in combat and dead reckonings story was incomplete and like filmento said very convoluted so it doesn’t even have that leverage over John wick anymore. Dead reckoning is a victim of its franchises success and in an attempt to go bigger and better it falls completely flat in certain aspects like Ilsa’s death and having a concrete story that filmento will cover when the anatomy of a failure video comes out for it. I don’t see John wick 4 making these mistakes
@@scottbarkley496 Also this guy says the scale is larger in dead reckoning than John wick 4🤣🤣🤣
@@scottbarkley496 Bro John Wick is way better, with its action, cinematography, characters, it's not even funny.
@LucaManfredi-vh1ih no it's not funny .. it's tragic
Amazing review, synopsis and understanding of the movie. 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
I liked Fallout a bit more, but man, it is impossible to not be entertained when watching these movies. I always find my way to a theater for this franchise.
The train ending scene, more less happened in Jurrasic Park : Lost World but it happened with a trailer hanging over a cliff.
i fell asleep on early scene and wake up on airport scene, it felt good knowing the scene before was shity and after i wake up, it went crazyyy
The italian cops yelling "mine", "mine" had me laughing so hard, lol
The fact that this Movie didn't get 1 billion in the boxoffice is so sad🥺
This was a great review .
When I watched this a few weeks ago, I was already curious what your thoughts were going to be since I found it satisfies a lot of your usual criticisms. I was hooked all the way through; haven't felt that engaged with a movie in a long time.
U rock filmento... I love ur vids
If anyone's asking for where the scene of the intro came from, it's from Severance. I think everyone should give it a watch as it's so underrated!
Love the subtle cultural references ... such as Tommas
Planning on covering Loki? S2 is killing it
Ok now I have to watch it, since Papamento made a video about it.
(I didn't dread the movie, I just wasn't onterested in seeing it, until now.)
Still a more complete movie than god damn Across the Spiderverse.
I don't honestly understand how people like this one, fallout was fantastic, but this one failed every single place where fallout succeeded. No looming threat, no urgency, no bad guy and making the bad guy ai was the dumbest move they could have probably done. 3 outta 10 for the stunts
Dead Reckoning was my favorite MIssion Impossible movie so far.
I think you're overlooking "The Entity" At the beginning of the movie, you have this ultra deadly stealth Nuclear Submarine, that stalked the U.S navy, and was never spotted. That's scary in on itself until it gets outsmarted and blown up by another stronger force (the Entity) That's makes the exposition scene have weight.
Personally, I found the falling train sequence at the end went on too long. That was about the only time I was looking at my watch in the theater.
I loved it. Mission Impossible never felt more raw, real or dangerous
@@LukeLovesRose Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the film. I was quite surprised it didn't do better in the theaters. I can only guess it had to do about it being a part one. Perhaps, many people decide to skip part 1 so they can watch it on streaming before going to see part 2 in the theaters. I wonder if the studios consider doing a double feature when part 2 comes out.
MW2 reference is just the best