Tag: Mission: Impossible
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Everyone, Calm Down: Summer’s Next Big Three Movies Deserve a Nuanced Response to Their Initial Grosses
Rarely in recent years has so much public attention been riveted on three films opening over a single two-week period. Just as “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount) has arrived, and just ahead of the July 21 openings of “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Discovery) and “Oppenheimer” (Universal), hopes for three distinct films changing the…
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This Early ‘Mission: Impossible’ Heist Is Still One of the Best
The lucrative Mission: Impossible franchise has made its name on the ingenious clout of its action sequences, and rightly so. Almost every sequel has excelled at the trickiest of dilemmas: surpassing its predecessor with entertaining cleverness and a scale of execution that’s practically unmatched. Beyond the fun spy antics and found family banter, every viewer’s…
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How ‘Mission: Impossible III’ Stands Alone Within Its Own Franchise
It took a minute for the Mission: Impossible franchise to really kick off as a pop-culture juggernaut. While the original 1996 movie was a massive hit, the first sequel in 2000 provided divisive enough (though also enormously lucrative) to provide questions on what the long-term future of the series was. The fourth film, Mission: Impossible…
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I did my PhD in Hollywood action films – here’s why Mission: Impossible is the best | Clem Bastow
The series has come to be characterised largely by Tom Cruise’s spectacular stunts – but what sets them apart are Ethan Hunt’s very human qualitiesEveryone knows Leo Tolstoy’s line about unhappy families, but few are familiar with his lesser known first draft: every insane PhD student goes insane in their own special way.In my case,…
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14 Best Tom Cruise Stunts, Ranked
Tom Cruise is a man of many talents, and he has made a name for himself in the action genre. Other franchises come to mind like James Bond, Die Hard, and Fast and Furious, but they don’t live up to the work that Cruise has put into his action films. Unlike the other actors, Cruise…
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Was Jeremy Renner Meant to Take Over the Mission: Impossible Franchise?
We all have ambitions that don’t quite pan out. In the early 2010s, Hollywood had grand plans for Jeremy Renner to be its new blockbuster leading man. This was the guy who would become an Avenger, take over the Bourne movies, and, arguably most impressively, was being eyeballed to emerge as the new protagonist of…
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Where to Watch ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’
After nearly thirty years, it’s hard to believe that not only is the Mission: Impossible film series still going, but it’s actually somehow becoming better and better with each new installment! Since 1996, it’s safe to say that the series has evolved into one of the most ambitious big-screen blockbusters we have today. Thanks to…
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Ethan Hunt Isn’t ‘Mission: Impossible’s Best Character — This Agent Is
Did Tom Cruise really just do that? This reaction pretty much goes for any action sequence Ethan Hunt charges into. How the hell is he going to get out of this one? Sure enough, he figures it out. The face of Mission: Impossible belongs to Hunt and Cruise, that’s a given. Then there are the…
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Does ‘Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1’ Have an End-Credits Scene?
Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and while his latest adventure is the longest entry in the franchise to date, coming in at two hours and 43 minutes, you won’t have to wait for an end-credits or scene. No Mission: Impossible film has ever had an…
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10 Essential Tom Cruise Movies, Ranked
Tom Cruise’s versatility and screen presence has made him an actor that audiences continually love seeing on the big screen. Although Cruise got his start starring in coming-of-age dramas and some unique military movies, he quickly became a pivotal force in the action genre with films like Top Gun and Mission: Impossible that have made…