# Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1

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**Created:** [July 17, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-1/987160 "2023-07-17T14:48:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-1/987160/22 "2023-08-09T11:17:21Z")

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I posted the following in the “[Movies you’ve seen recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently/699906/7198)” thread, whereas it really belongs here:

> [@Movies you've seen recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently/699906/7198):
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> I just got out of seeing the latest _Mission: Impossible_ movie (_Dead Reckoning, Part One_) a few minutes ago. I went to see it because I enjoyed the earlier installments (from what I can recall since none are all that memorable), generally like Tom Cruise movies, but mostly because it has a stellar _ **96%** _ on Rotten Tomatoes.
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> I was sorely disappointed. I thought it was a hot mess. It was boring and long and a retread of earlier movies in the series. I found myself repeatedly looking at my watch. I had no idea who the antagonists were, nor did I particularly care. I’m sad I wasted my money and three hours of my life.
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> I’m surprised that Rotten Tomatoes steered me so wrong.

To expand on my thoughts above, I thought the movie was little more than a series of stunts connected by a thin yet incomprehensible plot. In the latter sense, it was reminiscent of when I watched the TV series when I was six years old. I was always driving the adults crazy with questions about what was happening. I didn’t do that in the theater though. 😉

I really thought I would like the movie more than I did. Oh well. Maybe it’s me.

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