Micah Kitchens

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

A breath of fresh air. Now I’m still partial to Fallout but Dead Reckoning part 1 delivers an exciting, tightly written, action packed film with great pacing that doesn’t let up once it gets started. To think that a film franchise is only improving in its 7th outing is quite incredible and gives studios like Disney no excuse to fail in their own franchises. The delays were certainly worth the wait giving the developers extended time to more tightly hone its special effects which were excellently executed. I’m very excited to see what part 2 brings and even what future installments might have in store for audiences. Go see this in a theatre while you can, you won’t regeret it.

Not trash, but I don’t quite understanding the praise this movie is getting. With themes like the results of terrible abuse, the subjugation of women through cruelty by undignified men and ignorant law enforcement I can see why Rotten Tomatoes has given this movie such a high score but the execution really fell flat for me. The first third of the film had decent acting and had me curious to what was transpiring then lead into an interesting reveal of the tunnel but after that we get thrown a curveball second act that really changed the tone, not in a good way, and the finale really had me wanting to gouge my eyes out. None of the actors had good chemistry in my opinion and I certainly couldn’t relate with anyone that has that bad decision making skills. The themes were right on the nose to an almost comical point, I felt like I was watching “The Rugrats” when the officers weren’t listening to anything the lead character was saying. All in all, it was at least an original horror film so that gets a little credit in my book these days but for me there were just too many dumb decisions that lead to worst decisions and by the end of the film I feel like I was the one who had made the bad decision by watching it.

Big fan of Alex Garland but even his great ideas for devs couldn’t over power a bad script and very unwatchable lead character. Devs could’ve been an incredible experience given the shows premise and excellent performance by Nick Offerman but instead we get way too much screen time focusing on the wrong characters for uninteresting reasons. Interesting finale but also felt like a cop out with no real pay off. I would give this a pass, maybe watch a YouTube overview to learn more about what the devs are actually doing which is the only aspect of this show worth investing your time in.