Some have compared "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" to "Mad Max: Fury Road." Both were a relentless barrage of practical effects that barely had any exposition and backstory. Their goals were to grab your attention and not let go of it. Whereas the previous installment of the Mission Impossible franchise, "M:I - Rogue Nation," was a more elegant, and refined spy movie that had the best action sequences of the series, "Fallout" went for broke with some of the most astonishing action sequences of the decade.
Read moreChristopher McQuarrie Is working on the script for "Top Gun: Maverick"
Christopher McQuarrie seems to have become the go-to script doctor for Tom Cruise. The 49-year-old writer-director was called on to write or re-write "Ghost Protocol," "Edge of Tomorrow" "Valkyrie" and "The Mummy" — not to mention having written and directed Cruise in the last two 'Mission: Impossible' flicks and "Jack Reacher."
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