Your mission, if you accept it: accompany Ethan Hunt and his team on their new adventure, for the first time on TV, this Friday, January 12, at 9.10pm on Canal+. The Mission: Impossible saga is back with an epic and highly ambitious seventh opus: Dead Reckoning, Part 1.
This time around, we once again see some of the saga's best-known figures: Tom Cruise is obviously the headliner, accompanied by Simon Pegg (Benjamin Dunn), Ving Rhames (Luther Stickell) and Rebecca Ferguson (Ilsa Faust). A number of well-known actors are also seen in new characters. Esai Morales, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Cary Elwes, Shea Whigham and Indira Varma all feature in the film. Director Christopher McQuarrie is in charge of this new opus. He previously directed two other Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation films (2015) and Fallout ( 2018).
This new film won't be the last in the saga: from May 2025, you'll be able to discover part 2 of this Dead Reckoning.
Our verdict
The Mission: Impossible saga may seem highly formatted, but each opus has its own identity. For a long time, this was thanks to the succession of renowned authors (in the first four opuses), all with their own particular style. Since the fifth installment, Christopher McQuarrie has been at the helm, carrying out all the wishes of producer Tom Cruise, who wants to push the boundaries of the spectacular ever further.
Yet, surprisingly, this Dead Reckoning starts off in the opposite direction to all its predecessors. Gone is the big introductory action scene, and this new adventure starts calmly enough, taking its time to set out the stakes. You have to wait almost 45 minutes before witnessing the first spectacular action sequence. Yes, the film is long - 2 hours 40 minutes- the longest of the saga, and that's just the first part! But don't worry, it's never boring - on the contrary, we'd love more!
As usual, the script is mostly a pretext for grand spectacle, but to cut a long story short, Ethan Hunt is back, and this time, his mission (if he accepts it) is to find the key that will enable him to take control of a super artificial intelligence, so powerful that whoever tames it could well rule the whole world. And in the mad race our heroes set off on, they are pursued by three very distinct groups, many of whom want to stand in their way. Whether in Rome, Abu Dhabi or aboard the Orient Express, Ethan Hunt is chasing the clock and Tom Cruise is having the time of his life, with ever more spectacular stunts.
It's rhythmic, generous, sometimes funny, often tragic, and always impressive. We regret that the Cruise/McQuarrie duo are keeping too much under wraps for Part 2, which we imagine will be even more explosive. This seventh installment ticks all the boxes, and does it well. But perhaps we were waiting for it to go a little further.
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