42: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

This week, Christopher McQuarrie returns to M:I with the biggest, splashiest, most ankle-breaking adventure so far. Is this who Ethan Hunt has been all along? Has Paris ever looked better? How do Henry Cavill’s arms even work?

Unanswered Questions:

  • In what way is Ethan Hunt is a scalpel?
  • Does the disillusioned spy still have power as an archetype within this series?
  • Why was the remote-control car introduced?

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