It looks like the Mission Impossible people finally decided to do a straight up Bond homage, complete with white suited villain and lady assassin who only accepts payment in diamonds, which are forever, I’m given to understand.
Merits: tall building!; the Kremlin blowing up, for once; action scenes that make spatial sense and are safe for epileptics; the Simon Pegg - Jeremy Renner comedy team; Lea Seydoux in the Emanuelle Beart role of “French actress who wants a vacation home”; Tom Cruise as “body in motion”.
Demerits: Tom Cruise as No Fun James Bond, 00Zzz; Paula Poundstone or whoever as Agent Cleavage Delivery Device; scenes with talking.
Overall, the best one since the first one, while still not being great. I’d like to see Tom Cruise and Brad Bird remake of Ratatouille in live action.
