Christopher McQuarrie

Is this the first MI that I review? I thought I also saw (some of) the rest. Perhaps never an entire film, or just parts on TV? Well, after “The Final Reckoning” I might never watch the rest of the franchise… This final film is fairly weak.

Tom Cruise is of course Ethan Hunt, who is both lauded and despised by his (former) employer, the secret service. He is again retired, but hired, because he is the only one who can prevent a world catastrophe.

That catastrophe is fairly dull. Some AI virus has taken over the world wide web and plans to use the nuclear arsenal to wipe out humanity. Hunt flies over the world to try to prevent that. The story, the acting and several of the scenes are quite unconvincing…

One of these Bourne type action thrillers with an elusive superman, this time played by Tom Cruise.

A man shoots five people, seemingly at random. Easily caught and on his way to death penalty, he asks for Jack Reacher, a man who vanished from the face of the earth.

Of course Reacher shows up, investigates and solves the case, but not without a good deal of action.

13-In-a-dozen, but not bad.