Kimberly Ely

Based on a seven season television show with the same name, the first Mission Impossible film was directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Tom Cruise from Top Gun, who also stars as the main character. Ethan Hunt played by Tom Cruise gets assigned an assignment with his impossible mission force (IMF) team to retrieve a classified document. Unfortunately everyone except Ethan supposedly gets killed. Since he is the only one believed to be still alive Ethan is suspected of being responsible for their death. To prove his innocents he works with Jim’s wife Claire played by Emmanuelle Beart and a friend named Luther Stickell played by Ving Rhanes. However Claire knows more than she is letting on. They have to retrieve a hard drive which has all the names of all the agents that were involved in the operation, so they can give it to an arms dealer named Max played by Vanessa Redgrave. With its complex storyline and all the betrayal, Mission Impossible is nearly impossible to follow especially if you only watch it once. Here’s hoping the sequels are more comprehensible.

In John Wick Chapter Four, Chad Stahelski directed all four John Wick films as well as producing this time. The film stars Keanu Reeves from the Matrix, Bill Skarsgard from the It franchise and Eternals as well as Ian McShane from Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides. John is Excommunicado which means the high table will pay a good amount of money to anyone who manages to kill him. John wants his freedom from the high table so his plan was to assassinate all 12 members so he could achieve that however he soon finds out the only way to earn his freedom is by challenging the Marquis’s played by Bill Skarsgard in single combat. The rule is that you have to go get a crest from your family but his family refuses to give it to him until he earns their loyalty again. He is tasked with assassinating someone who killed the Cadia’s son, John achieves this task with ease. He is to meet the Marquis at sunrise but the city doesn’t make it easy. People fight him in the streets, he gets run over by cars, falls off buildings and as he’s going to the set location he continually gets knocked down the 200 stairs. He acted more like superman without powers instead of a realistic man. Mister nobody played by Shamier Anderson and Kaine played by Donnie Yen helps John kill the people on the stairs. Donnie Yen did an excellent job as an assassin since he played a blind man. When it came to the final fight mister nobody looks on just like the spectators do in the Hunger Games. It comes down to John and his two friends Kaine and Winston played by Ian McShane. They all want their freedom for different reasons, in the end all of the men win in their own way. There is lots of action with John killing 140 people throughout the film. Between doing his own stunts and being the main character in two big action franchises, this is what made Reeves known as an action star. Only time will tell what he decides to star in next.