Mission: Impossible - Fallout [Blu-ray]

The 4K ULTRA HD Blu Ray disc version of this film has greatly improved sound and picture quality over the standard Blu Ray disc version when played through a 4K ULTRA HD Blu Ray player and a 4K ULTRA HD TV with HDR (High Dynamic Range). Also this is a lovely package!!!.

Say what you like about Tom, Cruise, but his dedication to practical stunt work and filmmaking is legendary. From the motorcycle work in MI2, hanging on the side of a building in Ghost Protocol to Hanging onto the side of a plane in the opening moments of Rogue Nation, they all compare into insignificance compared to the stacked stunt work of Fallout.Add a stellar cast featuring Henry Cavill, Sean Harris, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, call back characters from previous movies, a musical score with a massive sense of foreboding and drama, and a plot that picks up from the end of Rogue Nation and threatens nuclear armageddon. Unlike the previous movies in this franchise, this one feels altogether more grown up and serious thanks in part to the amazing work of Harris as anti-IMF leader Solomon Lane, and Henry Cavill's physical portrayal of the double agent at the heart of the plotThere's a reason this was the best action movie of 2018 yet was a sleeper hit due to the Marvel Universe coming of age in Infinity War. Well worth your investment watching alongside Rogue Nation

Beginning was good, set the scene well - but personally found it a little boring in the middle. Ending was as climactic as you expect and definitely grabbed my attention.Storyline is easy to follow though I did feel some of the protagonists weren't that 'fleshed out' in depth. I wasn't expecting that anyway but feels like they could've given more vocal time to some of the villains without making them just quiet and moody.Visuals are great - you can see some CGI like the prolonged helicopter crash scenes but it's acceptable given it's from 2018 and there must have been a LOT of editing work to get it into the state it is - and that state is very good still.Tom is the usual Ethan - cheeky, spontaneous and his Luck is dialled up to 11 in this one, a little too high for my liking. Dead Reckoning was maybe 10% more 'realistic' - if that's a word that can even be used with an MI movie - but it was the right balance. Fallout goes too far with Ethan basically being superhuman - helicopter crash scenes I'm looking at you.Henry Cavill is positioned to be this big hammer-not-a-scalpel / Hulk-like brute and he plays it pretty well - but to me he looks like a heavily built 007 since his face and hair are suave so it didn't work as well as it could.Overall a good watch though.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Blu-ray)Absolutely the best Mission: Impossible installment.I am a great fan of the whole Mission: Impossible series, but I can say that this one beats all the previous movies.Amazing cast, including old IMF team: Tom Cruise as Ethan Hawk, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn and Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, as well as Henry Cavill as August Walker, Sean Harris as Solomon Lane, Alec Baldwin as Alan Hunley, Rebecca Ferguson as Elsa Faust and Vanessa Kirby as The White Widow.Screenplay is very good, special effects are stunning, sound effects as well as music are great. Even the car pursuit scenes are memorable (BMW e28!) and everything is spiced with a bit of humour typical for MI series (especially Hawk & Walker or IMF team scenes).Highly recommended to buy a Blu-ray version due to the clear picture, superior sound and to watch with a good sound speakers setup to have a proper feel of this movie (by a proper feel, I mean the depth of sound, especially low tones with just a moderate overall volume being enough).Simply, one of the best action/adventure movies of last decade.If my recommendation is not sufficient, it should be enough to say that Mission: Impossible - Fallout received numerous award nominations and won several awards, including a prestigious Saturn award for the best action/adventure movie.Great product!

22 years in and making quite possibly its best instalment yet? Not all action franchises can say that, but not all franchises are powered by Tom Cruise’s increasing determination and commitment to doing the kind of physical stunts almost every other actor would leave to greenscreen and CGI.This time around, Hunt and the team end up trying to recover three devices which (as always) fall into the wrong hands. And stopping the bad guys will take some spectacularly choreographed sequences involving planes, cars, bikes, helicopters and anything else you can think of.The visual scope of ‘Fallout’ is the by far the widest and most beautiful yet, with global locations taken advantage of in pursuit of the spy-jinks of the plot, while a large cast is (mostly) juggled competently across the film’s runtime. Although the plot largely focuses on playing as a more direct sequel to the plot of ‘Rogue Nation’ than previous films have done, there are many nods to the series as a whole, including a nice one involving one character which goes all the way to the first film and the final settling of one major relationship which has existed since the third film. By journey’s end the whole film almost serves to really pay regard to just how long Cruise (and Hunt) have been at this game. And yet, that the adventures may still continue.Extras are OK, with three commentaries (including director Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise), 55 minutes of short featurettes focusing largely on achieving the key action sequences of the film, and then some bits and bobs (deleted scenes montage, trailers, etc).