- Sensibility: In addition to the miraculous survivals inherent to the franchise, some of the technology use is strange or seems over-simplified, particularly the magnet suit within a computer and the range of certain signals.
The lack of knowledge of what people look like is also quite odd, particularly given the businesses involved.
- Cinematography: The film has a lot to offer visually with great production design and great framing other than a few shots that feel out of place. CGI is a bit mixed, with some very good CGI
around technology and some not so great CGI in sand storms and explosions.
- Energy: Great watch with excellent new characters and a lot to offer visually. However, the film lulls with the story in some of the details around Russian contacts and some extended reminiscing about events with
Ethan's wife.
- Narrative: The story has great highs, but very disappointing lows. The sequence around the Burj Khalifa and the double meeting is excellent, but this is followed by a protraction in the story with a
more conversational focus with rather lackluster dialogue. Additionally, the nuclear launch plot has high stakes, but the film arbitrarily increases these stakes by making the solutions overly complicated
and forcing the last-minute save melodrama when it is unnecessary.
- T-Points: The film received four bonus points: one for the great scenes climbing the outside of the Burj Khalifa, one for the double-meeting sequence with the brilliant Lea Seydoux, one
for the sprinting chase scene through the sand storm, and one for the technologies and the incorporation of their flaws into the narrative.
One of the highlights of the franchise in my opinion. It has so much to offer visually, introduces thought provoking new technologies, and has great new characters.
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