Movie Information

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One:

Release Date:

• Theatres: July 12th 2023

PLOT

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.

DIRECTOR

Christopher McQuarrie

WRITERS

Christopher McQuarrie

Erik Jendresen

Review Aggregator:

Rotten Tomatoes: 97% (74 Reviews)

Critic Consensus:

With world-threatening stakes and epic set pieces to match that massive title, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One proves this is still a franchise you should choose to accept

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Critic Reviews

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian -

This outrageously enjoyable spectacle has compelled my awestruck assent with its sheer stamina, scale and brio.

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Clarisse Loughrey, Independent (UK)

The film is a mirror image of its star – a muscular, extravagant, thoroughly old-school work of ingenuity and craft.

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David Fear, Rolling Stone

Dead Reckoning never rises to that best-in-series movie’s level, though McQuarrie concocts set pieces and the cast carves out stand-alone moments that stick with you past the credit roll.

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David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

The strong cast, high-gloss production values and constant wow factor of the action offer plenty of distraction from the storytelling deficiencies.

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Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic - 3.5/5

Dead Reckoning” is a perfectly competent entry in a perfectly competent franchise that has carried on for a lot longer – the first one came out in 1996 – than anyone could have predicted.

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Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture

There’s an Easter-eggy quality to much of Dead Reckoning, but McQuarrie & Co. escalate matters effectively.

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Charlotte O’Sullivan, London Evening Standard - 4/5

Fallout remains the best in the series, but Tom and his team have done good again. To hell with avatars and deepfakes… reckless and talented thesps still have the power to make us feel alive.

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Kevin Maher, Times (UK) - 2/5

It feels like a movie that’s been assembled by an inattentive monkey, or a luckless studio intern who was handed a bucket of half-completed rushes and told, “Go make a Covid-beating blockbuster out of that.”

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