To be fair, Fallout isn't a bad film. It simply isn't as good as it's being made out to be. Plainly put, it's very boring, dull as dishwater, highly predictable and unoriginal.

It's a rehash of several of the previous films in the franchise and especially Ghost protocol in terms of plot. It's nothing a fan of the series hasn't seen before. Angela Bassett plays a CIA director who is eerily similar to her predecessor in Rogue Nation,. The action sequences give off a strong whiff of deja vu. I've seen similar if not identical ones in the James Bond franchise (Moonraker, Casino Royale, the Timothy Dalton and even Pierce Brosnan films among others), The Bourne trilogy and Godzilla (2014) even. When you get sick of action sequences and pinpoint the exact film you've seen it it, that's a problem. This movie, MI: Fallout, is a pastiche of other movies. It borrows heavily from other films and just pastes the parts together. I spent the bulk of the movie saying, "seen that in this movie and seen that in another." I was bored throughout the film.

The plot was very run-of-the-mill, one that we've seen in countless films i.e they team up to save the world from radical terrorists and miraculously succeed even though everything's so obvious and treads well-worn ground.

There are no interesting twists, you can see them from a mile away. Henry Cavill plays his character from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. except slightly and obviously different and even more boring. There wasn't any nuance to his performance. He reminds me of Sean Bean from Goldeneye except really snooze-worthy. Vanessa Kirby is wasted in this film!

The reason I love Rogue Nation is that it's incredibly fast-paced, fun and features a brilliant Rebecca Ferguson. She's great in this film but has practically nothing to do and even her character motivations are a rehash from the previous film. Benji and Luther who are always a delight are wasted in this film and I severely missed Jeremy Renner. There were problems with character development.

The plot aims at political relevance and emotional heft but that is it's downfall. We've seen this story before and the themes are so poorly and minimally handled. Every villain is so ridiculously cookie-cutter and cliche. It all reminded me of the Robert Langdon films based on the works of Dan Brown. I didn't see the point of bringing back Michelle Monaghan except for emotional manipulation which didn't even materialize. It was obvious she was brought back to close her chapter with Ethan so he can focus on Ilsa in the next installment. The sentimentality felt forced and cheesy.

In addition the film lags for a huge part of it's runtime,. It's too long and on overall I was extremely underwhelmed.