Francesca Rudkin: entertainment correspondent discusses Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning and Fountain of Youth

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

The 8th and final film in the action-thriller Mission Impossible franchise has just been released - with Ethan Hunt taking on the ultimate in AI evil.

Fountain of Youth

Two estranged siblings partner on a global heist to find the mythological Fountain of Youth. They must use their knowledge of history to follow clues on an adventure that will change their lives and possibly lead to immortality.

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Francesca rud Canal film reviewer is here Kilda.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
Good morning.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Two films for us this morning. The first is showing
in cinemas at the moment that the man the legend
that is Tom Cruise in the final Mission Impossible. So
let's have a listen to Mission Impossible, the Final Reckoning.

(01:04):
Your tum has been to betrayed. Oh your secret compromised him.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
I need you to trust me.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
One last time.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
That the dum right, Oh, Ethan Hunt is back. This
is the eighth film I Reckon. I three behind at
the moment. I'm sorry, I know that's bad.

Speaker 3 (01:30):
No that you're doing. I'm quite impressed. Yeah, doing well.
I mean they have been around for thirty years, had
some time to catch up, to be honest, so it's
almost about thirty years ago. Since these films started. Then, yes,
it is supposed to be the last film. But with
Honey would you just never know? And Tom Cruise, well,
you know, if this film is anything to go by,
he's looking pretty good because we get to see a

(01:52):
lot of him quite often. Yeah, he's very keen to
get the shirt off in this film, and he's still
doing his own stance, as everybody knows. So they could
be life of this year, who knows. But this is
this is supposedly the final film, directed again by Christopher mcquarie.
These two Tom and Christopher, they also produce this. It
is very much their baby, and it is very much

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the Tom Cruise show. He might be part of a team,
but this film is very much all about Tom or
should we say Ethan Hunt. Do you remember there was
a Christopher Nolman film, Jack called Tenant, And I said
to you it is absolutely stunning to watch. But don't
sit there trying to work it out. You remember I.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Told you, yeah, yeah, yeah, I think I do.

Speaker 3 (02:35):
Yeah, in a little way. These last two films in
the Mission Impossible franchise, when it comes to the plot,
don't really try and work it out. It doesn't really
make a huge amount of sense. It's a very convoluted
story for something which is actually really simple. Yeah, And
it's all about this rogue AI entity which is giving

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out all this information to people. It's making humans turn
against each other, it's making countries turn against each other.
It's also able to penetrate cybersecurity. It's actually taking control
the country's weapons and things, and the whole plant was
about to blow itself up in things and humans have
to find their humanity just long enough to allow Ethan

(03:20):
hunt the only person who is able to find a
way to kill this entity. And there's something to do
with a key and a hard drive and a little
thing that looks like a power bank, and between those
three things we get them all together and the world's
going to be saved. As I say, it's all a
little bit convolution. And by the time I was watching it,
I couldn't actually remember where the entity came from her created.

(03:41):
That does not matter. This is a sit back, grab
some popcorn, relax and enjoy. Yeah, the really silly, nonsensical,
incredible thrilling stunts that Tom Cruise throws.

Speaker 2 (03:55):
You know what, Embrace the escapism. Embrace Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
totally embrace the fact.

Speaker 3 (03:59):
That really, this guy should be dead, should probably die
four films ago, it's actually impossible he is still alive.
But you just sort of you just hand out, You
just give in. The Only thing about this film is
they take a really nostalgic approach to this final film.
The opening scene is sort of like ten minutes long,
and a lot of it's all flashbacks to previer films.

(04:21):
Are you're kind of going, yeah, yeah, okay, all right,
you've done You've had this. You know, you've been very successful.
I mean, oh gosh, four billion globally pulled massive, you
know money at the box office, and yes, it has
pushed I think what can be achieved in an action flick.
But you know, they're kind of patting themselves on the

(04:41):
back a little bit too much throughout this film from
my lik and it's like, hey, guys, do what you're
good at.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, get back to jumping off something or yeah, yeah,
like riding a motorbike out of a helicopter or something.

Speaker 3 (04:52):
Yeah fifteen you could have cut and I would have
really happy. So yeah, but look good, it's been really successful.
And if you love a good thrill at the theater,
go to the cinema. It's made for the big screen.

Speaker 2 (05:06):
It's one of those films, isn't it. Like I mean,
obviously Tom Cruise kind of makes it. But you wonder
if the franchise would have been quite as good without
the music. You know, it's just it's just that dun
dun dun dun da dun dun dunn. It's just like
far Out that is an amazing so simple and such
a great musical music.

Speaker 3 (05:24):
Yeah, this message, will you know.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
Self destructing five? Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's so good. I
mean it's like you say, you just embrace the silliness
and it's good fun.

Speaker 3 (05:35):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
So this is Mission Impossible, the Final Reckoning, and that
is showing in cinemas right now, also showing on Apple Plus.
Let's have a listen to Fountain of Youth.

Speaker 3 (05:47):
There's a power beyond any of our corferench and which
genius will explain to me. Why iron hair, we're looking
for the Fountain of Youth? Oh please? No?

Speaker 2 (06:04):
Right, Oh he's got some big names in this Andy
two g Natalie Portman, John Krasinski.

Speaker 3 (06:10):
And the gorgeous thing is that Stanley Tucci is actually
John Krasinsky's brother in law. And he didn't know he
was in the film. Oh so, Guy Ritchie, they're not
in many things together. And Guy Richie says to John
Kristinsky one day, Oh, yes, Stanley's on set tomorrow, and
he's like, oh really, all great? Is he just coming
to visit? He's like no, it's like, well, what's he doing?
He is that he's in the film. He's like, is he? Oh,
that's interesting.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (06:31):
National Treasure and Indiana Jones Films. If you're a fan
of those types of family adventure flicks, you're going to
absolutely love this. Directed by Guy Ritchie, who just seems
to be very busy at the moment. Natalie Portman John
Krasinski plays siblings, and this is probably the it's close
to the twist on this genre as you get that

(06:51):
instead of them being next lovers or lovers or partners
or whatever, they're siblings, right, But they look nothing alike,
but we'll just put that aside, So it's all kind
of their sibling relationship is what kind of drives this.
And they're pretty charming at this. Luke is a treasure hunter.
Their father was a treasure hunter as well. Charlotte has

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retired from the business she's now a gallery curator, and
that is until her brother pops in to see her
and steals painting under her nose, and she's suddenly unemployed.
So she's also currently in the middle of getting a divorce,
and so she decides, oh, to heck with that, I'll
join my brother and off we'll go on this latest adventure,
as you heard, there to find this mythological spring that

(07:33):
grants eternal life. And this is all being funded by
a very wealthy patron who is dying of liver cancer.
And so off they go on this adventure and look looking,
Charlotte had this lovely love hate relationship that works well.
The locations are fabulous. They head to Vietnam and Egypt,
Liverpool and Vienna, and there's lots of fun action sequences.
I sometimes I feel it's a bit of a shame

(07:54):
when you've got a big budget kind of global adventure
with these big stars and these beautiful views that it's
made for streaming, it's made for the small screen. This
is actually made for the big screen. I kind of
think you've got it. It's all here. This would be
so much more fun on the big screen. But look,
I think it's something the whole family can enjoy it.

(08:14):
I found it a touch underwhelming, and maybe it's just
because we are so familiar with this genre, this type
of film. But look good fun this weekend if you
want something to watch with the kids.

Speaker 2 (08:24):
Very good. Okay cool, that's Fountain of Youth that is
showing on Apple Plus. Mission Impossible. The Final Reckoning is
in cinemas.

Speaker 1 (08:32):
Now.

Speaker 2 (08:32):
Make sure we have all the details for those movies
up on the News Talks. He'd weird site our Franchisco Rudkin.

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