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At some point many of the great actors of their time like de Niro and Pacino just seemed to stop acting, even though they thought they were. Familiar script, familiar routine, they thought this was an easy sell and cash in the bank. Bank. This is an ego trip. He plays two different characters through the trick of CGI and neither are convincing. Only the most die-hard are rating this as average. Even the Irishman was more interesting than this, and that film had old men looking and walking and talking like old men with CGI trying to fix their appearance to no avail. Do yourself a favor and avoid entirely.

This film not only is capable of multiple viewings but also allows you to see what you missed in the super clever dialogue and background Easter eggs laid by the rooster. If you enjoy clever sci-fi with witty and great performances, this is your movie.

When I saw Sarah Snook in this film for the first time, I thought she would be a star. Took a while but now she is. A tour de force performance in what is difficult to describe without giving away the film and it's twists. In short, a man walks into a bar with a strange story to tell. At the same time there is a terrorist who randomly bombs locations around the city, gripping people in panic. Begin to weave the science fiction into the story and it is a mind bender.

This is a film that spent the first hour reminding us about how amazing it believes the first seven films have been and how the world those debts of gratitude to the amazing Ethan Hunt. But Ethan is also the person who is responsible for what may be the end of the Earth - and the end of cyberspace. I'm not kidding about that. Hunt alone bears that gargantuan burden. He also caused the problem so now is the only person on Earth who could actually save it. Why? Because most men would never be able to endure the pain and impossibility of what he needs to do except for Hunt, which of course, we know he will endure.

The plot makes absolutely no sense at all as and as an excuse for several silly battles that occur with very high budget set pieces, which is what will impress most of a mindless audience. So many components of this production which takes itself so very seriously engage fully and completely into b-movie territory. Most of us were laughing at the self-love cruise provides for this film during the first hour, and how he is deified throughout the rest of the movie. He looks old and strange, and this this is a love letter to himself. None of it makes sense and the film Marches along for 2 and 1/2 hours with everyone. Sporting extremely grave faces of concern knowing that the fate of all existence lies in the hands of Ethan Hunt because he is just super amazing. Add in the silliness with ai and virtual reality, It has become mission preposterously funny. I know I'll get a lot of down votes by mindless fans, but this is seriously great stuff to get a few beers and laugh your head off with friends while mocking the screen.