Christopher McQuarrie has been successful in delivering a complex, engaging, larger-than-life, and rollercoaster plot compelling enough to make you sit down. However, specific details have been taken care of concerning making the storyline realistic. A perfect harmony is achieved between the action and storyline so that audiences do not feel it is too intense to be watched. However, it is not all about action. Fallout Mission Impossible is an emotionally intense movie exploring all the depths of emotions ranging from loyalty, sacrifice, trust, betrayal, and more. The depth of the characters is what sets it apart from a monotonous action thriller, while each action scene nudges the story forward.
The story begins with Ethan, Benji, and Luther meeting in a gloomy alleyway in the middle of the night. The IMF agent Ethan Hunt is on a mission to save the world from a catastrophe plotted by a group called the Apostles. The group has been conspiring with an IMF insider to acquire weapons-grade plutonium to create three deadly bombs to bomb the Vatican, Jerusalem, and Mecca. In his quest, he is chased by Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), the imposter who is back from the previous sequel and was left alive by Ethan.
Hunt is sent on a mission to Paris to chase the plutonium by his boss, Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin). For his aid, Alan’s superior, Erica Sloan (Angela Bassett), CIA chief, makes Ethen be accompanied by brutish August Walker (Henry Cavill). The obvious reason being that she is skeptical of Ethan and wants him to be allied with her men.
Ethan is ever-determined to retrieve the plutonium and, in the chase, embarks on a dangerous journey from Paris, London, and other locations. Overcoming all the obstacles, Ethan not only overcomes a physically challenging time but an emotional one as well.
As they step closer to their journey, they realize that the end is infinite and the mission is more challenging than they thought. More so ever when they discover a traitor amidst themselves, and surely it was a race against time.
Of all the uproars, the director doesn’t forget to give an absorbing and sensitive touch. The thematic question that eventually arises is “justification of the degree of sacrifice to be made”. The protagonist as well as the audience are perplexed by the question of whether the general good is justified or not. “Fallout” is about the degree of sacrifice an individual should make given the general good. ” Hunt is pictured as in the dilemma of saving his loved ones, while Walker cares for no one but the mission. The movie oscillates in fascinating ways as to which course of action should be taken by a super-spy. The implication is that Hunt is too protective of those he loves, while Walker loves no one, and the movie vacillates in fascinating ways as to which course of action is better for a super-spy.