Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One, is bad! It flopped at the domestic box office, falling more than $100M short of budget and accounting for only 1/3 of its overall box office. And, you can't lay all the blame on 'Barbie.' The foreign box office saved it from being a loser, but it fell far short of expectations.
The plot is absurd, that's one of the 'key' problems. The dialogue insults the intelligence of the viewer, opting to use that maddening technique employed with TV ensemble drama's wherein a lot of dialogue is spoken and each person takes turns, with no interruptions, overlap, or thought as to what they are going to say. It's wooden, unnatural and it's stupid!
Cruise is aging. Henry Czerny is aging very well. Ving Rhames takes a time out from his Arby voiceovers to make a return appearance, whilst everyone else does and says what they always do. This outing is tired, and portends very badly for Part Two.
The plot is absurd, that's one of the 'key' problems. The dialogue insults the intelligence of the viewer, opting to use that maddening technique employed with TV ensemble drama's wherein a lot of dialogue is spoken and each person takes turns, with no interruptions, overlap, or thought as to what they are going to say. It's wooden, unnatural and it's stupid!
Cruise is aging. Henry Czerny is aging very well. Ving Rhames takes a time out from his Arby voiceovers to make a return appearance, whilst everyone else does and says what they always do. This outing is tired, and portends very badly for Part Two.