Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning: No surprise seeing how they were pretty much shot back to back, but I was about as disappointed with this entry as I was with Dead Reckoning. Poorly handled pacing and exposition, weird shot choices and dialogue, even the stunts despite their technical prowess just didn't do as much for me as previous entries. What FR did even worse than DR was take itself too seriously and sap a bunch of the fun and humor out of one of the funnest popcorn franchises around. I also really missed the franchise's penchant for elaborate heists and relatively clever twists and turns, again mostly absent here. Fallout was a way better example of how to tell a more serious MI story without forgetting how to have fun and to me is the proper cap to the series. I'm not sure how McQuarrie misfired this badly after two great entries already on his resume. Tom taking too much control, maybe? FR still isn't bad, but it's definitely one of my least favorite entries. My list:
A Tier: 4, 5, 6
B Tier: 1, 3
C Tier: 2, 7, 8
Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation, and Fallout made for a near perfect trilogy of blockbuster action adventure films. I hope someone can reach those heights again in the future. Maybe the next Bond...
