I really enjoyed this piece, Zach, thank you! I especially appreciated your close attention to the technical details of the film. Your ranking of the MI films is the right one, I think. I would add that of all the car chases I’ve seen in movies throughout the course of my life, the Rome car chase sequence in Dead Reckoning Part 1 might well be the best, not only for its surprise and suspense but for its comedy! Putting Tom Cruise and Hailey Atwell in a Fiat 500 was a master stroke.
I really enjoyed this piece, Zach, thank you! I especially appreciated your close attention to the technical details of the film. Your ranking of the MI films is the right one, I think. I would add that of all the car chases I’ve seen in movies throughout the course of my life, the Rome car chase sequence in Dead Reckoning Part 1 might well be the best, not only for its surprise and suspense but for its comedy! Putting Tom Cruise and Hailey Atwell in a Fiat 500 was a master stroke.
Thanks so much, Dan! I would second your thoughts on the Rome chase. Cruise's facial expressions in the Fiat might be his best comedic work ever.