Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - 不可能的任務:致命清算 第一章

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (不可能的任務:致命清算 第一章) is an 2023 film. The movie stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Vanessa Kirby. In this installment, Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, and Pom Klementieff join the fun.



A sub is tricked by an AI and attacks itself. The AI gets on the loose and starts a global bidding war. Ethan Hunt and his IMF team try to track down this AI they call the entity. Along the way, they come around several buyers that want this. Can Ethan get to the bottom of this?



This was a pretty good Mission Impossible film. I had just finished watching Mission: Impossible - Fallout (不可能的任務:全面瓦解) before going to this. Fallout was so good that maybe I shouldn’t have watched it before Dead Reckoning. Dead Reckoning was good in its own right. It takes a AI bend on storytelling. I think the Mission Impossible series has already pushed modern technology themes. In this story, its back to the train and has many intense scenes on the Orient Express.



Tom is Tom Cruise and he doesn’t do any different here. Tom runs and runs again. With death defying stunts and lots of characters trying to get control. Tom plays Ethan Hunt up to be the guy that gets the job done, but not without some scratches.



This is a must watch if you are an Mission Impossible fan.

Men in Black: International - MIB星際戰警:跨國行動

Men in Black: International (MIB星際戰警:跨國行動) is an 2019 film. The movie stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. The supporting cast include Rebecca Ferguson, Rafe Spall, Laurent Larry Bourgeois, Liam Neeson, and Emma Thompson. The movie is the fourth film of the MIB series, but a spin off.

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A young Molly Wright sees MIB agents save her family and spends her life trying to prove them. Agent H and High T are partners and stop an alien invasion in Paris. After the event, High T than runs the European branch of MIB. Molly find MIB in New York and is accepted and becomes Agent M. Agent M is paired with Agent H. But instead of getting an investigating case, they are sent to babysit an alien making a trip to Earth. But things get interesting when the alien is killed and they are framed. On the run, they have to clear their name and solve the mole in the MIB. Can they do all that and save the world?



This movie was high on action and a very hard to follow plot. The chemistry of the two is good, but that didn't help the movie much. I won't be watching this a second time. But if its on TNT of FX in the future, I may watch a couple of segments.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout - 不可能的任務:全面瓦解

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (不可能的任務:全面瓦解) is an 2018 film. The movie stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan, Alec Baldwin, Henry Cavill, and Vanessa Kirby. This is the sixth installment of the Mission: Impossible film series. The storyline doesn't take place much after the 5th movie, at around 2 years.



The movie starts with Ethan and group trying to get back three stolen plutonium cores in Berlin. However, when the plan fails, the cores are back on the market. Now the CIA get involved and they don't particularly like the IMF. So, they plant an CIA operative that will assist Hunt to get back those cores. They find out about a buy that's happening and go after the cores. But the buy doesn't go as plan and find out about the Syndicate connection. When they go after that connection, all hell breaks lose and Hunt has to save the world again. Can he make it out alive and save the world?

This 6th installment was fun. I think they are trying to top each other with each one. I was gifted 1-5 for xmas and plan on rewatching them again in the near future. I think I have a special place for John Woo's 2nd installment. It's impact of that movie on the action genre was more intense than the other 5. Howevet, action these days are so over the top, its hard to impact anything these days.

This installment had all the elements of mystery, not knowing the whole story until the end, and lots of spy drama. The story does take many twist and turns that confused some of the people I watched the film with. But they still got enough to know the impact of the storylines to the ending.

I highly recommend this film if you like spy action thrillers.

The Girl on the Train - 列車上的女孩

The Girl on the Train (列車上的女孩) is an 2016 film. The movies stars Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Édgar Ramírez and Lisa Kudrow.

Rachel rides the train everyday and is obsessed with her ex-husband and his new wife. So obsessed that they have a restraining order on her. When a neighbor goes missing that she knows, she starts to inject herself into those on the case. However, Rachel isn't all there and is an alcoholic. Will she mess up her life and others with her obsession?

This movie was trippy. Emily Blunt does not look good in this movie. As Rachel, the character has no redeeming qualities and you should not feel for her. But the movie doesn't care and gives her chances after chances. Everyone in this film is beautiful. From Emily all the way down. Beautiful people all abound in this film. Yet the subject matter in almost all their lives is dark, dirty, and disdainful. If you want your life to be like theirs, you're in for a world of drama, lies, and deceit. This is not a film I would ever watch again, no matter how beautiful everyone in the film are.

The Greatest Showman - 大娛樂家

The Greatest Showman (大娛樂家) is an 2017 film. The movie stars Hugh Jackman. The supporting cast include Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya. The movie is based in part on P. T. Barnum, and how he started the Barnum & Bailey Circus. The circus is no longer around in our modern era, but when I was young, it was still around. I just never got to go.

P. T. Barnum is dirt poor and falls for a rich girl. The rich girl loves him back. He marries her, but they have to live very modestly. She doesn't mind, she just loves him and they have two daughters. When the company PT works for goes under, he takes his idea of a museum with special stories. But doesn't do that well. Eventually, PT starts to showcase social outcast in a show, leading to the creation of a circus. He than begins to gain success and the riches that he promised his wife. Well all this success go to PT's head? Will the circus concept be a success?

This movie is a musical and the songs are darn catchy. The "This Is Me" song was even used for the 2018 Winter Olympic ceremonies. As for the movie, nothing really wrong with a touchy rags to riches story with lots of song and dance. Kids will love it, Adults will love the historical value of it. Not sure how it'll resonate for millennials whom will never know what a circus is.