Plot: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is trying to get three balls of plutonium back before they are made into bombs by anarchist terrorist John Lark. Starting in Berlin, then Paris, then Kashmir, Nathan, with sidekicks August (Henry Cavill), Luther (Ving Rhames, Benji (Simon Pegg), and Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson) undertake big chase scenes, big bathroom fights, parachute jumping, ending with bomb defusing and mountain climbing. Ex-wife Julia (Michelle Monaghan) shows up to up-the-stakes.
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While it is mostly about Tom Cruise in the chases and fights, there is some good acting on the part of Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg.
Review: This was fun popcorn movie. Big action. Good scenes. Easy-to-follow -- although hard to remember afterward.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan, also with Alec Baldwin, Vanessa Kirby, and Angela Bassett
Written and Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
The Music: .Gotta like that Machine Impossible theme. Most of the film is supenseful orchestral music by Lorne Balfe. Not a crazy amount of drums, so I liked it.
The Visuals: . Great fight scenes. They look like they are really bashing each other around. Not like TV fight scenes. Gotta like the helicopter chase. The introductory scene with White Widow was Noir and stylish.
Rating: 3.0 stars: Lots of fun. Good re-watchability
More: The two female actresses, Rebecca Ferguson, and Michelle Monaghan, looked too much alike.
Even More: Not sure why it is called "Fallout."
Yet More (minor spoiler): Director McQuarrie said they wrote in two bombs so that all the characters would have something to do.
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