Mission Impossible: Fallout

A solid run. With Fallout, MI has now bested Bond as a more consistent action spy franchise and is clearly outrunning Matt Damon's self-destructing Bourne series. I'm no Tom Cruise fan, but this is his perfect gig. In a cgi-mad world, it's especially riveting to know that the over-the-top stunts involved the 56-year old Cruise, who famously never uses a stunt man. The jaw-dropping scenes, and there are many, are better on screen for it.
 

The supporting cast is strong. Ving Rhames and (an under-used) Simon Pegg return. Angela Basset joins. As does a mustached Henry Cavil (Man of Steel). Although Cavill fights often with convincing dialogue and sentences strung together, his fight scenes hit high marks. The bathroom brawl was one of the best action scenes in the series. Or maybe it was the chase through the streets of Paris. Or maybe one of a dozen others in this non-stop flick.
 
All this plus co-stars Belfast, Berlin, Paris, London and Kashmir. This series is going to run a long time.
 
In a nutshell: Accept this mission.

Award potential: Expect some technical nominations.

The ten buck review: Worth ten bucks.