Mission Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning’s script is dismal – Tom Cruise has officially jumped the shark
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 61-year-old actor and Scientologist’s latest film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, paraglided into cinemas this week. Written by director Christopher McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen, Dead Reckoning sees the Mission: Impossible franchise self-destruct before our eyes – without even the courtesy of a five-second warning. Dead Reckoning features one of the most shameless deployments of “fridging” in recent memory – the sexist trope wherein female characters are killed or injured purely to motivate a male protagonist. ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ is out in cinemas now