
Christopher McQuarrie
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letterboxd.com | Jarrod Jones |Christopher McQuarrie
★★½ going in with the awareness that this is the second part of a two-part finale (retitling notwithstanding) does not improve its prospects.
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letterboxd.com | Steve Pulaski |Christopher McQuarrie
Catherine loves these movies, and has been eagerly anticipating this for years. I, on the other hand, never thought I'd enjoy this series, so this served as my introduction. I knew I avoided these movies for a reason. Honestly, much like James Bond, these movies are not my cup of tea. Knowing I wasn't going to understand any of the callbacks, flashbacks (and this film went nuts with them), or plot-points beyond the surface-level details, I zeroed into the performances, camera-work, and stunt-work.
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letterboxd.com | Josh Lewis |Christopher McQuarrie
★★★ I’m not sure there’s much wrong with this one that you can’t argue is a problem with the entire McQuarrie era, and the franchises transition from hiring interesting auteurs to bring their inconsistently stylized visual stamps to the more reliable and functional framework for the Tom Cruise stunt spectacular circus these turned into. McQuarrie’s primary contribution was in working so closely with Cruise in the pre-production process and designing a diverse array of escalating espionage...
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letterboxd.com | Christopher McQuarrie |Jon Winkler
★★½ I'm sad to give this such a low rating, but it's ruined by the two worst things to ever happen to the franchise: continuity and The Entity.
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2 weeks ago |
letterboxd.com | Gigawatt Conduit |Christopher McQuarrie |Justin Carter
★★★★ Christopher McQuarrie might’ve peaked as a writer/director for these movies with Fallout, which had the strongest flow between stories, vibes, and action of his Mission movies. Of the four, Final Reckoning might be the weakest of the bunch. Some of that’s owed to how much it wants to thumb back through the series’ history, which quickly feels like it’s stopping the movie’s momentum thanks to repeatedly employing dialogue and archive footage from those earlier films. Other times, the film...
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