The last one was just overdone nonsense, I really don't even have a desire to see this one. What is Tom Cruise going to do this time to top the last one? Jump from orbit and plummet to the ground on fire?

I am a fan back to the original. And while there have been a few things I do not like, I have generally, genuinely looked forward to the next one. MI 1 is my favorite, because of the dang 686 processors
Phillip Seymour Hoffman is my favorite villain. Dang he was born for it. But Max (Rebecca Redgrave) in the first movie is just marvelous and genius. "I don't have to tell you what a comfort anonymity can be in my profession. It's like a warm blanket." She did not have to be a 'girlboss' etc. She just dominated the screen because she was the best.
but I digress.
I loved how hard he worked to save Julia. but then that was eventually resolved and she was replaced with the amazing Rebecca Fergusson.


That is why I think I got so . . . disappointed with Dead Reckoning. I just did not care anymore. With Ilsa dead (Fergusson), and the new seemingly invulnerable bad guy, I just got lost. I found myself waiting for the movie to end. Now I realize that Fergusson wanted out so she could do other things like Silo (which is frickin amazing) so that is not MI's fault . . . maybe.

So with "The Final Reckoning" I really do not know what to expect. It is the first one that I have not anticipated at all. I am not hostile or refusing to see it, I am just apathetic. Maybe I will be pleasantly surprised. Like I was with "Maverick" Frickin a that was a great time.

One can only hope.

(They bring back Max . . . I will stand in line to see it