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movie review - Mission: Impossible Fallout

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Kokubunji, 2023.07.01

This movie is honestly an excellent action film. It's better than the recent Bond movies, it's certainly better than a lot of recent with say Ryan Reynolds or perhaps Dwayne Johnson or even Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne Johnson. I can honestly say that this movie consistently surprised me with a great balance of high pace, smart plot-lines and engaging characters. Everyone in this thing showed up ready to put in a solid effort, and the central plot - of irradiating the drinking supply of several nations by dirty-bombing the world's largest glacial field - was very clever. I enjoyed it so much, I watched it again a couple of weeks later with my daughter.

Strongly recommended.

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On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong