The traditional action movie persists thank goodness, but only because the Cruisester is now prepared to go to any lengths at all to show his competitors up. Ethan Hunt will do what it takes and so does Tom, breaking his ankle, doing a real halo jump and flying his own helicopter - the spectacle he gives us, as the world is saved from nuclear destabilisation, is remarkable. The script agreeably doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel, has well delivered humour and McQuarrie delivers a film that just doesn’t stop. Romps like this don’t happen much outside of the MCU anymore and their success at these must really demoralise Eon Productions. If there’s a complaint it’s that every new instalment, for all their accomplishments, never really tries to do anything different. On the one hand Cruise is hamstrung by Marvel determining the action movie taste for this era (also fun, also for a fixed demographic), on the other there’s clearly a market for him continuing leading man schtick thirty years on. That’s amazing, the stakes are cool but neither the property is being stretched nor the genre  (and with all his ability nor is he right now). I liked watching it on TV but the likelihood I pay full cinema price for MI8 is slim.