SERIES: IMPOSSIBLE - Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

“I don’t understand what I’m involved in?…what am I involved in?”

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CONTENT WARNING: Violence, espionage, conspiracy, murder, nuclear bombs.

We’re closing out our Series: Impossible with a movie that isn’t the best…but it also isn’t the worst. The story for this movie hinges on a boring MacGuffin and a ton of easter eggs that only people who’ve watched the whole franchise closely (aka US) will appreciate. The characters are all spread too thin, the plot’s watered down to nothing, and even the stunts are a little underwhelming compared to the last installment. AND YET. We get to see more fun and quips from Benji and Ethan, more thoughtful development of Ethan and Claire’s relationship, a new character with ties to the first movie - there’s a lot of character development to chew on. And at the end of the day, it’s still a hell of a popcorn movie. We finish our “Series: Impossible” with Mission: Impossible - Fallout this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from “Theme from Mission: Impossible,” written by Lalo Schifrin, produced and arranged by Larry Mullen with David Beal, and performed by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen . Copyright 1996 mother records.

Excerpts taken from the film Mission: Impossible - Fallout are © 2018 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved.