I hadn't liked the first 2 MI movies and gave up on the series until, because I like Brad Bird, I watched Ghost Protocol. Which was genuinely entertaining and made me think that perhaps the series overall was better than my first impression. So I looked to see what was considered the best in the series, which is Fallout, which is, like the first two, crappy.

The movie begins with Ethan Hunt making a stupid mistake. No, not a decision to save someone, a stupid, avoidable mistake. And then, after a cute little moment, we get an irksome, predictable fly in the ointment in the guise of Henry Cavill, one of several characters who have you wondering, idiot or traitor?

In between the stupidity are twists, some better than others, and mainly drab action scenes, excepting a fun multi-level chase and a final crazy bit in the mountains.

There are also a few moments of bathos that had me violently rolling my eyes.

The best thing in the movie was Vanessa Kirby as a cool Bond-ish villainess. But it's a small role.

Unless another director I really like such as Bird makes one of these, this is the last time I get suckered into an MI movie.

Not recommended.