The Reel Rejects - MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT (2018) MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching!

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

THE HALO JUMP!!! Mission: Impossible - Fallout Full Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   With Tom Cruise & Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning just around the corner, Tara & Aaron return for their Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, & Spoiler Review!! Mission: Impossible – Fallout reunites director Christopher McQuarrie (Rogue Nation, Brand New Day) with action icon Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick, Edge of Tomorrow) for an adrenaline-fueled mission that pushes IMF agent Ethan Hunt to his limits. When a botched retrieval sends plutonium warheads into rogue hands, Hunt must team up with the inscrutable Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson, The Girl on the Train, Dead Reckoning Part One) and grappling CIA contact August Walker (Henry Cavill, Man of Steel, The Witcher) to prevent global catastrophe. Backing him up are Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead, Star Trek) and Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames, Pulp Fiction, The Transporter), alongside CIA Director Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock, The Departed) and Admiral Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, What If…?). Vanessa Kirby (The Crown, Pieces of a Woman) dazzles as the White Widow, a black-market broker whose allegiances remain murky. Our hosts break down every jaw-dropping stunt—from the record-breaking HALO jump out of a C-17, to the intense bathroom fight in the G7 summit restroom, the high-altitude helicopter chase through the mountains, and the death-defying wingsuit flight over the Alps. Join Tara & Aaron for an in-depth reaction to the film’s impossible feats, intricate betrayals, and stunning finale that redefine the limits of the franchise! Follow Aaron On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealaaronalexander/?hl=en Follow Tara Erickson: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Yeah after that for sure That was good Wow This was 15 out of 10 movie, gorgeous, amazing stunts. I don't know how they did it. Amazing writing.

I'll never get over how good this movie is. I won't. And I said, remember last week, I was like Rogue Nation. I'm going to be wandering around being like, have you seen Rogue Nation? And now it's got to be Fallout. I don't know. I mean, how do you feel right now? I feel energized.

I feel hyped to F up, man. That was, who, okay. So this movie came out in 2018, and I had not seen a single mission of possible movie until Tara and I started reacting to it. I guarantee had I been a possible head when this came out, this might have been my favorite movie that year. And that's the same year Infinity War and freaking end of the Spiderverse came out. This might have been at least top three, if not top two. This was incredible from start to finish. And I've been saying, you know, all these have been progressively good.

I think I wasn't as in love with four as everyone else was, but it has maintained the top that three was there for me. I want to say Rogue Nation was like right there, but this right above, man, right above three because it had everything from the twist to the turns where six movies in and we're still finding ways to make Ethan Possible. Interesting. That's not even his name, but we're calling him that Ethan Possible, baby. This was the epitome of what it means to be an action movie,

to have an interesting story, to have believable twists, to have action that not only is for the sake of action, but progress your story. This is one of the few action movies, action films, but also action franchises that has action that progresses the plot, and it's action scene after action scene that raises the stakes, but it's also furthering our characters and furthering the plot

to put us in interesting positions. They have just progressively more, I don't know, just heightened stakes, but also the fact that you know that Tom Cruise is doing all of this just also puts you on the edge of your seat. I'm just so thrilled, like, from a character perspective, from an action film perspective, from just a blockbuster perspective, everything for this movie really worked for me.

I'm just over stunned and I'm just blah-wagah that's how I feel that's put that on the cover blah-baga uh yeah Tara that's that's my short thoughts for now how you doing girl whackadoo wilds truly I freaking love Tom Cruise so much I'll tell you the one thing that I did see when this movie came out I'm thinking I never saw this but what I did see was an article came out about Tom Cruise jumping doing that jump where he he hung where he hung on and we freaked out that he actually during that broke his ankle and that's why he was limping and he carried through with the shot and they used it. He said you got to use it.

He actually did that hung on, got up and they kept going and they used that shot of him like limping. That was real. Holy see. Isn't that crazy? That is the one article I saw because I was like, oh, I love Tom Cruise. What's his deal? And I saw the clip of they were like, he actually broke his ankle and kept going with the shot.

And I saw that one clip. And I'm like, and then when I saw it there, I was like, that's real. He's built different. He's insane. Isn't he insane? He's insane. I can't, even from the beginning, from the beginning of this movie, okay? We are in a hospital.

We think we are. And the walls come down and it's a setup and Wolf Blitzer is in the movie. And he's like, did we get it? Like, are you kidding? That is just from literally from start throughout. we are moving and we are grooving. The pacing of this movie also, even in like the small expositions part,

they don't even have to really tell us, right? They're not like laying it all on us. What they do and what I've said before is that when they're moving, when they are in action, that they talk about things, they don't stand and have a conversation. Everybody hates that.

We don't want it. We don't want it in an action film. I think Greg is here to get the card. He's interrupting. I am very passionate about this movie, so I don't like what's happening right now. So what I was saying is that even in the exposition, when they talk like even when his wife is working on the bomb

and she's like, how is he? Right? It's in action, which I'm like, of course, are we really going to ask? But she really wants to know. And at the end of the day, she's going to die either way. Like she doesn't need to move away from the bomb or if she's close to it.

It doesn't matter. Anyway, I love that they do those things. but mainly overall, the stunts in this movie, they are insane. They're wakadoo freaking wild. Tom Cruise was actually, he was flying that helicopter. Did you see how dangerous that stunt was?

He was so close to the mountains. He's so low to the freaking ground. And that means that he had to fake out him, like losing control of the helicopter. He had to do that stunt to make it look like it's going out of control and then pull himself back up. I just think that stuff is wild. And what also was very real is that when it's turning over,

I don't know how they did that, but when the helicopter's turning over, Henry Cavill and Tom Cruise are in that. That is not, it's not CGI. They're in a freaking practical thing, and they're showing us that. And then, of course, we still get Tommy Cruz running. Wow, through so much of this.

And on roofs and all that jazz. And then, of course, crotch rocket, helmetless, let's freaking go. I love it so much. And what really came out also, the heart in this movie, it was so great what they gave to Luther. They gave him a monologue that it was him talking from the heart saying, look, this guy's a good guy, and he cares about you. And we had never really heard that before because Tom, I mean, Tommy's not telling her, right?

Ethan, he's not, he, we kind of, we got the vibe, but it's never been said. And it was awesome that they gave Luther the words to say it to her. and then it was a Star Wars moment when she goes, I'm coming with you and he goes, I know. And then it's like, and then we know, how good is that? That's just great freaking writing, you know? And every part of this movie,

even when we take a pause and we have those heart-to-heart moments, it's still like, it doesn't feel like we're putting the brakes on to get exposition in or add a good bit of heart to the story. it all just goes together perfectly. I just can't believe what they did here. I think it's an amazing feat, and I think it should win all the awards.

I don't know why. I mean, this had to be nominated for something. I would hope so. For a million things. If it's not, I'd be pissed. Yeah, no, I think it's so funny because we've watched what, six of these now, and it's usually, or I think all with the exception of two

is our guys going against the grain where it's either the CIA or the IMF as an agency or like they've been disbanded or whatever it is. But I felt like this one, they found a way to have that happen in the middle of the plot instead of setting it up as the establishing status quo where our characters begin. But having that interwoven

and having that be a motif of the movies as a whole, they keep finding new ways to make that interesting but also finding new ways for our character to be in believable situations where they are having the odds kind of put against them. I like that we always have a plan and it always goes wrong.

The fun is always in seeing how they come out of that situation and they come out of it by the skin of their teeth every single time. Totally. And that's my favorite scene in the movie or freak, there's so many scenes.

There's so many. One of my favorite scenes is the reveal that Henry Cavill is actually Loak, Loak, right? Lark. Lark. Lark. lick but yeah he's one of them and you find out it's not actually lane but it's the switcheroo

and we fall for it every time we fall because it was simon peg and they didn't actually leave but that whole situation was there to just set him up and then the CIA is there to take them out but pot twist it's actually the henry cabals people are like this is crazy they're like twists on twist on twist wild and it's just the way that they elevate the stakes every time i'm blown away And I never know what to expect For that mask and it was Benji Yeah Wow crazy

Crazy crazy crazy Also every stunt I feel like this one has to be the most Stunts we've seen Tom Cruise do Yeah Like throughout the The film because I think in the in four it was He was on the side of the tallest building in the world

And then five It was the stunt in the beginning Where he was hanging outside of the airplane Right But then this one just continued to up it Because him running from building to building we see in camera that he goes to the other building and then him on the freaking rope

and then he I think actually falls and catches himself. Yeah. Was that planned? Like, oh my God, that's right. Was it planned? I was thinking that too. Was that planned or did he actually?

He tried. He fell. Thank God he didn't die. Right. And then he and then we show it again because I feel like maybe he actually fell because he was putting his leg up like he did when he actually got up there.

Dude, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Wow. I love it. And also the thing I love about this movie is, I think, in, like, one, you know, he had his connection with his team and then they got blown up or whatnot and killed him. He was on his run.

And two, he had, you know, Tandy Newton, which we're not going to talk about because the movie doesn't talk about him. Or we're going to know how to after after two. But anyway, I like the fact that from three on, it feels extremely consistent as a progression of this character and like okay this guy is so good of everything how do we get him personal plight again you know and and in three it was we start the movie off with the capturing of his wife and we see that he has something to lose because he has this home life of being a civilian versus his mission and i like the fact that we brought that back as like a major part of this

story and it's also sort of a official passing of the baton between uh breck of ferguson's character and then the girl the actress who played his wife Michelle Monaghan yeah and you know that I feel like we closed the book on his relationship with Michelle Monaghan so he can have a relationship with Rebecca Ferguson's character so I'm like okay I love that they did that because I left a little bit confused because I thought that okay he left his I didn't realize I knew that they separated for her safety but I hadn't realized she moved on like okay maybe when this is all over they can be together again but I like the fact that like oh no him leaving her is what gave her an opportunity for a better life.

He, in spite of the fact that he felt like he was putting her in danger, gave her the courage to live life the way that she wanted to live it. And I feel like the way that they were able to capitalize on what each film has established to narratively make that point and have it be satisfying at the end of the film was brilliant. I love the fact that we are actually honoring the continuity of these stories because I feel like one, two, and three were all like separate individual isolated incidents. But from here on, they're all connected, even though they're all stand on their own as their own story that they have to tackle from beginning to end. And I think that's brilliant.

That's how you do sequelitis. That's how you do a sequelitis. That's how you do a sequel. You have a story. You start it. You finish it. And then if you want to bring back threats from the last one, you establish a new threat from there. I think that's filmmaking 101.

And Tom Cruise has been doing this for a long time and for him to be able to continue to up the ante and make not only movies that are. are of quality, better entertaining, but also ones that that make sense, but are just so, I don't know, culturally impactful because there's a movie that kind of missed me entirely over the course of my life. And I'm happy that I'm now finally experiencing it with you and with the audience here. So yeah, this movie is, it's freaking great. It's one of my favorites, honestly. Dude, I mean, it just doesn't get any better than this. I mean, the way that the script is written, and again, like the stunts and just the believability of. of it because of Tom Cruise putting his life on the line.

And obviously, Henry Cavill had some great stunts. Him hanging out of the helicopter. That's great. And of course, we bring Rebecca back. Thank goodness, because I thought it would be so dumb not to because I talked about how she did her own stunts in the last movie. And we see her again, you know, on a motorcycle. And again, I do like what you said about the bookend between him and his wife.

And then, you know, Rebecca comes in there at the end. and we can see their connection, right? And we see that, oh, it's not going to be awkward if he moves on with her because his wife has already moved on and she's happy. Yeah. And he, it's finally able to see that, which I really liked. And that's like the heart that I'm always talking about. Like if the movie didn't have heart in this, it would still be amazing, but it wouldn't

be perfect. And right now I'm like, I think this movie's perfect. Yeah. That's honestly really how I feel. And I think just down from the casting, everyone is cast really well. And again, the through line, you know, in the sequels is like we got Alec back. You know, we have Rebecca back. They found a way to string in these.

I mean, of course, we have the team back like Simon Pegg and Luther. But finding a way to thread through the story to make it believable, meaning we got to so together syndicate and now the apostles and now lark and why is rebecca ferguson's character still connected and not out of british armed forces right and then we're adding in the freaking black widow the white widow whatever we call her but then it's revealed she cia from alec baldwin's character i mean there's a lot i mean it's literally i'm sure when they when they wrote the script it's a lot of postcards going around on the wall going how do we connect all these to make a good believable story and um i really appreciate the work that it took to make this and and make it

really good and i think mainly the work of the stunts are just really freaking amazing yeah okay i'll say this is the one smallest nitpick because the what they did with that in the face of that reveal was continuing momentum of the story was um so i think it was Sloan the white widow No, Sloan was Angela Bassett. Oh, that was the CIA, Angela Bassett, right. When the White Widow was like, okay, my price has gone up, I want you to get Ila, is that our character's name?

Get Is that her character's name? I want you to get Ila and the other dude. Right. She's like, okay, I need to get, I need to get Lane. I think if we would have lived in the tension of he has to take off this girl so he can save the world, the girl that he wants so he can save the world a little bit longer, I think that would have been a little bit narratively interesting. But the fact that we kind of had that.

twist with the other stuff and reveal that she was actually CIA I was like oh okay I mean that's cool I would have liked to have lived in that other thing a little bit longer but I think for what they ended up doing doing with it was satisfying yeah I mean it would have been a freaking what three and a half hour movie if we lived in that any longer yeah you know but I do it was still great it was still facing oh I agree it's perfect pacing I mean to me this movie is just extremely exciting and and I mean I walked away from Roe Nation being like I I'm going to walk around, talk about it. But now I'm just going to walk around, talk about fallout.

I don't know how you get any better than this. And once we finish it, we got to watch the behind the scenes. Oh, for sure. I would love to. Right? Like, you guys should leave some comments. Tell us if we think, like, is there like a behind the scenes movie about all this stuff? Oh, please.

Like, what if they tied it all together? Can we ask the editors to put every behind the scenes from every mission impossible, tie it all together, we'll watch the whole thing. The super cut. Yeah, yeah, super cut. Let's freaking go. Okay, Tommy Possible. We love you.

I love Tom Cruise so much. I love these movies. Thank you for joining us and make sure you leave a like. Leave a comment. Obviously, shared this video. We're happy you guys are here with us. We only got one more and then we got the new new one. Yeah.

So we'll see. Apparently they get better. I don't know how. Love you guys and we'll see you on the next one. Duceus. Ethan Chadwick, Ethan, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to take the corpse of Tom Cruz, wear his face and run like the wind. Run like the wind with a chainsaw in your hand. Yeah, and an AI pass key around your neck.

Oh boy. I think, I think, I mean, Ethan Chadwick just sounds. That is honestly, like, if I were to hear that name, I would think athlete douchebag. I think you are absolutely correct. The kind of guy would shove you in a locker and, you know, poop in your lunchbox or something like that. The kind who could, like, kick my ass basically is what I'm getting out. So I would resort to name calling because I'm inferior. Ethan Chadwick makes me think of if you did a what-if episode where Black Panther was just Ethan Hunt.

I love the sound of that. And, you know, he's like, you know, he's like the last samurai where it's like he's obviously a white guy in amongst a culture that is not his culture. But he, like, really steeps himself in it and learns to become a fighter for Wakonda. And, you know, then joins the Avengers and gets all the credit for all the Wacondondans hard work. Hey, man. And he really passes it off at his own.

And, you know. Save some stuff for next one. I, yeah. All right. You're cut off now. Ethan, you're cut off. You don't want to overfeed right now. Anyway, happy, happy, happy, happy, uh, me.