On-Air Film Review: ‘Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One’

Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 14, 2023 - 5:06am

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 13th, reviewing “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One,” the seventh film of the Tom Cruise-led action series based on the 1960s TV show. In theaters since July 12th.

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, the mysterious super spy of the rogue IMF (Impossible Mission Force), and we learn more about his past, infiltrating his next mission. It centers on two halves of a key, which will allow shutdown access to a database whose artificial intelligence is multiplying at an unstoppable rate. This leads Hunt to seek out old flame Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson) who is rumored to have one half of the key. From there, it’s a cat and mouse game … which includes high level thief Grace (Hayley Atwell) … as to who possesses and desires the keys. Along the way of course, Hunt has his gadgets man Benji (Simon Pegg) and his data man Luther (Ving Rhames). From the desert to Rome to Venice, the IMF is out to save the world, Part One.

”Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One” is in theaters since July 12th. Featuring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson and Vanessa Kirby. Written by Christopher McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Rated “PG-13”