Mission Impossible 8 – The Final Reckoning
Bila Tom Cruise pilih umur persaraan 65.
Macam biasa, bila Tom Cruise keluar filem Mission: Impossible yang baru, saya tahu satu benda — dia akan buat aksi yang orang biasa tak sanggup buat walaupun dengan insurans nyawa setebal novel Stephen King.
The Final Reckoning, katanya filem terakhir dalam francais ni (ye ke?), membawa Ethan Hunt ke satu lagi misi menyelamatkan dunia. Tapi kali ni lawannya bukan penjahat biasa. Bukan pengganas, bukan bekas agen CIA — tapi satu entiti AI yang boleh hijack sistem dunia. Kiranya ni Skynet versi espionage.
Dan macam biasa, Ethan Hunt akan berlari. Naik super carrier. Lompat kapal terbang. Terselam dalam ais. Dan semua tu dibuat live action, bukan guna CGI. Tom Cruise memang bukan manusia biasa — dia mungkin satu-satunya aktor yang masih percaya "kalau tak patah tulang, belum cukup real."
Apa Yang Saya Suka:
Aksi dia bukan main-main. Ada satu babak tergantung kapal terbang biplane sayap kembar tu — saya pun tergantung dengan popcorn kat tangan.
Lokasi dia cantik gila. Dari Eropah sampai ke Afrika, kamera pun bekerja keras.
Pasukan IMF masih best. Ving Rhames & Simon Pegg kasi vibe klasik terutama Ving Rhames.
"No one is safe from the Phineas Phreak" termasuk lah emosi kita..sob sob sob...
the return of William Donloeππͺ. balik rumah saya terus tonton balik Mission: Impossible (1996).
Benjy Dunn diangkat jadi ketua pasukan kali ni.
ah satu lagi pada saya filem ini umpama penutup full circle dan redemption untuk legacy Jim Phelps.
saya berharap jika ada reboot akan memulakan legacy Jim Phelps Jr dan bawa stail series 60an dan 80an.
Apa Yang Kurang Kena:
Cerita dia panjang. Hampir 3 jam. Kalau tengok malam, pastikan kopi standby.
Penjahat dia — AI — kurang "jiwa". Tak ada muka, tak ada ekspresi. Sekadar suara dan kod. Jadi susah nak benci. for me the best is Solomon Lane.
Kesimpulan:
Mission Impossible 8 ni bukan sekadar filem aksi — dia macam farewell tour untuk Tom Cruise sebagai Ethan Hunt. Dan kalau betul ini yang terakhir, dia tamatkan dengan gaya yang solid. Aksi mantap, emosi cukup, dan ada sedikit sentuhan nostalgia.
Saya bagi: ★★★★☆ — sebab dia buat saya rasa macam budak 17 tahun balik tengok wira tua panjat kereta api dlm filem mission impossible 1.
"We live and die in the shadows, for those we hold close and for those we never meet." - (Phinneas Freak 2025)
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Mission Impossible 8 – The Final Reckoning
When Tom Cruise decides 65 is just a number, not a retirement plan.
As usual, when a new Mission: Impossible drops, I know one thing for sure — Tom Cruise will pull off something that regular folks wouldn’t dare do, even if their life insurance policy is thicker than a Stephen King novel.
The Final Reckoning — supposedly the last chapter in this spy saga (yeah, right) — puts Ethan Hunt up against a new kind of enemy. Not terrorists. Not rogue CIA agents. But an AI. Yes, a digital ghost that can hijack the entire world’s systems. Think Skynet, but with better lighting and spy gadgets.
And yes, Ethan Hunt will run. He’ll hop on a supercarrier, jump off planes, dive under frozen lakes — all of it done in real life, no CGI shortcuts. Tom Cruise isn’t a regular human; he might be the last man in Hollywood who thinks, “If there’s no broken bone, it ain’t cinema.”
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What I Liked:
The action? Unreal. There’s one scene where he’s hanging off a vintage biplane — and I was hanging onto my popcorn just as tight.
The locations? Gorgeous. From sleek Europe to raw African landscapes, the camera crew deserves a raise.
The IMF crew is still golden. Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg bring that old-school vibe. Especially Ving —
“No one is safe from the Phineas Phreak,” and yeah, that includes our emotions. Sob sob...
William Donloe is back. ππͺ
Went straight home and rewatched Mission: Impossible (1996). Pure nostalgia fuel.
Benji Dunn steps up as team leader this time. Feels earned.
And for me, this film wraps things up in a full circle. Almost a redemption arc for the legacy of Jim Phelps.
If there’s ever a reboot, I really hope they give us Jim Phelps Jr., and bring back that 60s/80s style — cold war, masks, and jazz intro vibes.
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What Didn’t Work:
It’s long. Nearly 3 hours. If you’re watching at night, keep a coffee drip nearby.
The villain — the AI — is too... soulless. No face, no emotion, just code and a creepy voice. Hard to hate.
Solomon Lane is still the GOAT, honestly.
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Verdict:
Mission Impossible 8 isn’t just an action film — it’s like Tom Cruise’s farewell tour as Ethan Hunt. If this really is the end, he’s going out on a high. Slick action, enough emotion, and just the right amount of nostalgia.
I’m giving it: ★★★★☆
Because for two and a half hours, I felt like a 17-year-old again watching an old hero climb on a speeding train.
> "We live and die in the shadows, for those we hold close and for those we never meet." – Phinneas Freak, 2025
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