IN NO UNIVERSE IS FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES 11 POINTS HIGHER ON ROTTEN TOMATOES THAN MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE WINS IN ALMOST EVERY CATEGORY AND IT IS BY A LONG SHOT.

STORY VS STORY. MI WINS

SPECIAL EFFECTS. (REAL STUNTS, IMPRESSIVE VISUALS) MI WINS

ACTING. MI WINS.

I HONESTLY FEEL THE ONLY EDGE THAT FINAL DESTINATION HAS OVER MISSION IMPOSSIBLE IS IT’S MARKETING.

THE POINT: THESE FILMS SHOULD NOT BE SCORED ON THE SAME METRICS.

ROTTEN TOMATOES SHOULD HAVE A SCORE BASED ON THE GENRE. FOR A HORROR FILM, FINAL DESTINATION WOULD BE A SOLID 70. FOR AN ACTION FILM, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE EASILY HITS THE 90. IT EXCELLS IN AREAS THAT MOST OTHER ACTION FILMS SEEM TO FALL SHORT ON.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING IS A FANTASTIC FILM. IT HITS HARD ON THE NOSTALGIA, AND THAT’S OKAY. THE ACTION SEQUENCES ARE ON A GRAND SCALE AND VISUALLY APPEALING. THE STORY DOES CREATE A SATISFYING CONCLUSION TO THE FRANCHISE WHILE STILL LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN FOR ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES. MY ONLY CRITICISM WOULD BE THE CAST. THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY CHARACTERS COMPETING FOR SCREEN TIME. A FEW OF WHICH, SEEM TO OVERACT. OTHER THAN THAT, TOM CRUISE LEADS ANOTHER EXCITING MISSION WHERE THE STAKES COULD LITERALLY NOT BE HIGHER.

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