It’s been quite a while since “Mission: Impossible” appeared as a franchise, and the films have been enjoying varying degrees of success through the years – but there’s no denying that the very first one in the series was an immense success and is still seen as a sort of a benchmark for the quality of action films in general. It did a lot that other films were afraid to do at the time, and it was remembered fondly by fans of serious action.
There were some pretty high expectations for the latest installment too, and many people were hoping that it would see the success that Tom Cruise has been striving to achieve. And now that the film’s out, we’re seeing something even better than what we originally anticipated – it’s not only enjoying some seriously impressive performance in the box office, but most reviews about the film have been very positive as well.
The film has managed to quickly earn over $20 million, and it quickly rose nearly to the top of the list of Tom Cruise’s own opening day performances. Some have claimed that the film could have even taken the #1 spot in that list if it had been released on a different weekday, but that’s starting to be a bit irrelevant now. For all it’s worth, “Mission: Impossible 5” has been doing very well in the books and Tom Cruise should definitely have no complaints about how well the film has been performing.
Meanwhile, critical opinions about the new film have been very positive as well, with many claiming that Tom Cruise still knows how to deliver a classic action performance while giving it a modern twist that manages to entertain fans in all segments of his crowd. On one hand, it has various high-value production features about it that speak of extremely high quality and attention to detail; on the other, it also has that characteristic old-school look and feel that many action fans have been craving for quite a long time now.
The quality of special effects has been praised in particular, especially with regards to Cruise’s decision to focus more actively on classic effects instead of going all digital. This is something that is still appreciated by many people and is guaranteed to earn a film some positive points as long as the effects are implemented in a good enough way, and Cruise of course knew that when he was producing “Mission: Impossible 5”.
That’s actually a good summary of how this film feels, from what we can tell – Tom Cruise simply knows his audience, and he knows how to make a film for that audience specifically. He’s a professional with significant experience in the industry at this point, and he’s also managed to establish a large base of fans who actively follow his new developments.
Because of this, it’s reasonable to expect that he would know how to deliver something that those people want to see, and he knows how to tweak every fine detail of his films to perfection.
The plot of the film has been noted as a bit of a hit-and-miss thing by some reviewers. On one hand, it’s a pretty solid setup in general, with various details that make it exciting to follow through to the end. On the other, some have criticized the writing for being slightly too convoluted for what someone would expect from a film of this kind. And while it’s true that the plot is quite detailed in some areas, we wouldn’t call it convoluted.