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This is your podcast…if you choose to accept it. The Cinematic Schematic returns to review what is being billed as Tom Cruise’s final outing as Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
It’s been two years since Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1. After the film underperformed at the box office, Cruise and his creative muse, writer/director Christopher McQuarrie, aren’t taking any chances. They are pulling out all of the stops, going as far as to market the movie as the “final” entry in the nearly 30-year-old film franchise. Cameos. Nods. Retcons. Cruise and McQuarrie are pulling every narrative lever imaginable to earn back the film’s massive $300–$400 million budget.
The film picks up months after Dead Reckoning (they’ve since dropped “Part 1” from the title), and Hunt is still playing a game of cat and mouse with the all-powerful, rule-evading AI “The Entity,” and its trusty sidekick Gabriel (Esai Morales). In addition to all of the new players, Hunt reunites with a long line of returning cast members, including Luthor (Ving Rhames), Benji(Simon Pegg), Grace (Hayley Atwell), Kittridge (Henry Czerny), Paris (Pom Klementieff), and even the long-lost William Donloe (Rolf Saxon) last seen in Mission: Impossible (1996).
Airplanes, submarines, callbacks. There’s so much to break down. Has the Tom Cruise & Christopher McQuarrie creative duo done it again, or should we take the word “Final” more seriously? Tune in for the verdict from our panel of disavowed podcasters.
This episode will self-destruct in 5… 4… 3… 💥
The Disavowed Podcasters
GoodTrash Media’s Dalton Stuart rejoins hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman to accept this mission.
Left to Right: Dalton Stuart, Laron Chapman, and Caleb Masters.
Ice-Breaker Question
Time Stamp: 7:11
What is your favorite “series finale” and why?
Spoiler-Free Review
Time Stamp: 16:11
In our spoiler-free review, we discuss:
- Our overall thoughts on the movie
- How well The Final Reckoning works as a series finale
- Our letter grade verdicts
- Alternate media recommendations
- The series ranked from worst to best
Spoiler-Filled Analysis
Time Stamp: 1:06:52
To land this biplane, we talk about:
- Our favorite and least favorite retcons in The Final Reckoning
- Where should the Mission: Impossible franchise go next?
Special Guest
Dalton Stuart
Co-host of GoodTrash Genrecast and GoodTrash Media co-founder
Check out Dalton’s mini-reviews on Letterboxd @dollywoodsqures
Follow Dalton on Instagram @ dollywoodsquares
About Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
According to IMDB, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is described as:
Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
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