If you though MI7 was bad well MI8 doubles down. Twice the DEI casting and twice the ridiculous story line. Hereโs a quick breakdown of the travesty that is Tom Cruises Final Reckoning (pun intended).
DEI Casting- Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett) the Cia director from MI6 is suddenly the President. (looks like the Cruise team was expecting Kamal Toe Harris to win as president).Grace (Hayley Atwell) has no business in on the Team. Sheโs a thief not a agent. Paris (Pom Klementief) the 105 Pound Blonde Ninja bringing in the Asian casting. Her incredible ability to throw and knock out 250-pound men is amazing. Itโs like a swirling rice Bowl of death when you put her in fight scene. Amazingly, she still hasnโt learned English and they have her speaking French the entire movie. My Favorite Brian (Katy M. O'Brian) the LGBT wanna be Navy Seal man. Her speaking lines are so ridiculous and not within the scene. For purposes of time, I wont get into the others but do a scene pause at any point in the movie and count the DEI reps. Its like studios are so lazy or racist to write new so they cram minorities into roles/ movies that they donโt fit in. Its like you have a movies about a textile plant in the middle of China and the opening scene pans in on the floor of the plant where you see a ripped Gerard Butler speaking with his Scottish accent and sewing a pair of denim pants. It just doesnโt fit!!
The Storyline is still the chase of the terrible AI machine. Theres no worse villain then a machine with no personality/feelings/backstory etc. How could they get this crucial part so wrong. Every great action movie has to have a great villain and Gabrial (Esai Morales) is not that. Like MI7 he has very few appearances and doesnโt carry the part.
The Grand Finale Action scene is laughable. It consists of Tom Cruise crawling on a plan of 15 minutes. The villain has to pretend he cannot see Tom even though heโs directly in front of him. Itโs absurd considering Tom Cruises previous concepts that were so Amazing, The burj khalifa, Helicopter chase, Water Tunnel etc.
In conclusion, the Movie is a disrespectful way to end the franchise. They should really Oceans 13 this franchise and finish it on a good note.