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“Mission: Impossible 7” First reactions: Tom Cruise convinces critics with “impeccably made”, “exciting” action film

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“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” was finally unveiled at a glamorous world premiere in Rome on Monday night, followed by a packed gala screening at the Auditorium della Conciliazione, just a stone’s throw from the Vatican.

The stylish event ran alongside the independently run Alice in the City section of the Rome Film Festival, dedicated to films for young audiences. The film’s local distributor is Eagle Pictures, which has a local distribution partnership with Paramount. Much of the highly anticipated action film was filmed in the Italian capital.

Dead Reckoning Part One follows the events of Fallout, where Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his crew of undercover agents saved the world from a nuclear apocalypse amidst a series of look-alikes. The 2018 release was the highest-grossing film in the franchise to date, grossing nearly $800 million worldwide.

Cruise will again star in the new film, alongside returning franchise players Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Czerny and Vanessa Kirby. Newcomers to the series include Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Cary Elwes, Rob Delaney, Indira Varma, Shea Whigham, Mark Gatiss, Esai Morales and Charles Parnell.

As expected, the film caused quite a stir when it premiered due to its impressive stunts. One of the most prominent death-defying acts promoted in marketing shows Cruise actually falling off a cliff’s edge on a motorcycle.

Simon Pegg, who returns for Dead Reckoning after starring in the previous five episodes, told Variety that the core of the film is Cruise’s relationship with director Christopher McQuarrie, which began with 2011’s Ghost Protocol which McQuarrie served as uncredited author.

“It’s kind of an ever-evolving relationship where they’ve encouraged and challenged each other to push the story forward; increase the scale; increase ambition,” Pegg emphasized.

The seventh “Mission: Impossible” entry will be released by Paramount on July 12th. Reactions to the film are below.

Collider’s Perri Nemiroff said it was “another winner for the franchise” with “superior production values” and “well-defined and exciting set pieces.”

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Uproxx author Mike Ryan said, “‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ is Christopher McQuarrie’s ambitious inquiry/meditation on AI and the dangerous path we may be on.”

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Screenrant’s Joe Deckelmeier said, “Hayley Atwell STANDS every scene she’s in.”

Gizmodo and io9 contributor Germain Lussier called it “amazing,” with a final standard piece that placed in the top two-three in the franchise, though it was “a little tight at times.”

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Kate Erbland, Editor-in-Chief of Indiewire, said: “Of the last part 1 of 2, it’s the best work yet, making it feel like a movie of your own while preparing for the next half.”

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Fandango’s Erik Davis called it “an impeccably made action film that never fails to entertain.”

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