Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, 2023 - ★★★½

One of the grimmest modern action films I’ve seen in some time.

All of Hollywood’s anxieties - from AI, to relevancy to geopolitics are front and center. Given the faceless, voiceless nature of “the entity” - it’s almost as if anxiety itself is the villain of the film. But mostly we get silly monologuing from the AI’s goons.

Still, the set pieces are phenomenal, even if the script makes very little sense — even for a Mission Impossible film.

Will def see the sequel.