The trailer for the continuation of the latest Mission: Impossible story went public today and it was then I remembered how annoyed I was after watching The Dead Reckoning. This new one is called The Final Reckoning and my guess is that I’ll be as annoyed as I was before. Before I tell you why, or if you read this post you might already know, here’s the new trailer…
Every hero has to have a setback. Every action movie has to have a low point. These two well-known film formulas are what irritates me about Mission: Impossible. At no point did I ever think Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise’s character) was in any real danger. When an obstacle arose, he and his team always had the right tool to overcome it. There was never a moment where I thought, “Uh oh, this is the end for Ethan.”
This is going to sound silly but it reminds me of something that happened in one of the Sharknado movies, as cheesy as those were. The crew was in real danger and it would’ve been their complete demise if April Wexler (played by Tara Reid) didn’t magically all of the sudden have the power to defy the laws of nature (by flying, I think, I can’t remember exactly). Something she hadn’t done ever up to that point. In other words, there’s no real setback for the characters. They can do anything.
If Ethan Hunt has the skills and tools to overcome every challenge, why are we even watching these movies? How are we supposed to root for the hero/underdog if they’re amazing at everything?
I’ll end up watching The Final Reckoning, but rest assured I’ll write about how frustrated I was and possibly even secretly rooting for the bad guys… they, in fact, have the biggest obstacles to overcome.
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