Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Review & Discussion

The Weekly Stuff Podcast #473

It’s time for another episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, a weekly audio show that explores the worlds of film, television, and video games. You can subscribe for free in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Today’s podcast, should you choose to listen to it, is all about one of the finest films of the summer, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Jonathan reviewed the film in non-spoilery details at the new JonathanLack.Com last week, but on today’s show, he and Sean dive deep with the story, characters, action sequences, and much more, and while there are a few disagreements, overall we’re very much fans of what Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie continue to achieve with this series. Before the big review, though, we also talk a little more Final Fantasy XVI and discuss SAG-AFTRA joining the WGA in striking Hollywood’s abhorrent treatment of its workers, in a segment that becomes a larger conversation about what a raging dumpster fire the non-Mission: Impossible parts of this industry have become.  

Enjoy!

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:08:13

Final Fantasy XVI: 0:08:13 – 0:23:37

SAG-AFTRA Strike: 0:23:37 – 0:49:21

Godzilla News: 0:49:21 – 0:56:23

Mission Impossible Review: 0:56:23 – 2:44:41

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