Midly entertaining but also irritating.

Rating: 5/10 (28 July 2018)

The best thing about the movie were the European locations. The movie is almost non-stop action and yet there was very little suspense. No doubt the direction was poor, but also the characters are invulnerable, there is never any doubt they will prevail.
Pegg was the comic relief but he always seems a bit forced to me. Like the bloke who played the Hobbit.
I never could buy the scientologist weirdo Cruise as an action guy, he's a pint pot mid-life crisis pretty boy. I was wondering how much this movie would be improved without him, he just seems to be on an ego trip.
Then there is the typical hollywood mythological woman who can kill assassins at will just by wrapping her legs around their necks. Yeah right. You might knock a gun out their hands, but they will have another gun, and you would be dead. And even if a knife fight - no chance.
Plus the plot holes and discontinuities are everywhere. The plans these guys have rely on million-to-one coincidences to work! The things these guys do really are impossible.
And of course, you're dealing with a world where there is zero security, the heroes can access and wonder around anywhere with impunity.
All this means that you're just watching set-pieces that you've seen before, only done better.
I was not expecting better, I just watch daft movies from time to time to see what modern block-buster making looks like.
And the fake positive reviews on this site - oh my!