Mission: Impossible - Fallout

This is the greatest action trilogy in cinema history. I can't even think of a close second. With "Ghost Protocol", they perfected the action sequence. With "Rogue Nation", they perfected the gleeful spy intrigue. And with "Fallout", they've perfected both in the same film. Around the 1 hour mark, when "Fallout" starts deconstructing itself and the spy-action genre as a whole, I had an out-of-body experience, levitating above myself, hearing Tom Cruise whisper in my apparition's ear, "Would you care for some more?" "Mission Impossible: Fallout" was always 10 steps ahead of me. Just when you think they've shown their whole hand, there are still about six more smile-inducing reversals in store for you. And I like how the character of Ethan Hunt is still the center of the series. He's not simply a rote vehicle to root for through each setpiece; he faces obstacles of character. This chapter does a phenomenal job of advancing Ethan Hunt. Even more remarkable is how "Fallout" is also a pitch-perfect, delicate, at times scathing indictment of the American government and military industrial complex in 2018 (which is insane, if you think about it). This ethical quandary, and the character of Hunt, are weaved together masterfully. Overall, there's just a big red button with everything I love about this series written on it, and "Fallout" presses it. Hard, and repeatedly, with a clenched fist and a, "Mission accompli-"