Ethan Hunt is back, and thankfully, so is the running. In episode 38, we tackle Mission: Impossible – Fallout, a film featuring rooftop sprints, helicopters bumper cars, bathroom-based violence and enough exposition to make even the most patient IMF agent whisper: “Guys, you’re overthinking this”
Is Tom Cruise playing Ethan Hunt, or is Ethan Hunt playing Tom Cruise? Has Andy secretly completed a HALO jump, making him the real Ethan Hunt? And why does Ethan Hawke keep getting mentioned when he isn’t even in the film?
We discuss the genuinely next-level bathroom fight, the questionable need for both Paris and London chase sequences, Bond’s apparent inability to speak another language, and whether Fallout represents the modern adventure film: spectacular, slightly silly and best enjoyed if you don’t think about it too much
Also featuring: Henry Cavill’s reloaded arms, Simon Pegg becoming an action star, Tom Cruise’s broken ankle, the world’s most unnecessarily complicated bomb-disposal instructions and the eternal question: where does the actor end and the character begin?
Just don’t overthink it