Spoilers Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (2025) - Review and Discussion Thread

[Set Harth]

Like the White Widow being the daughter of Max, that's something they never say out loud on-screen, but they talked about it in the audio commentary of Fallout, and there were hints at it on-screen in Dead Reckoning.

Uh, what? It's absolutely said out loud on screen in Fallout.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Cruise and McQuarrie talk about it in the audio commentary, but the movie itself doesn't even hint at it aside from the White Widow's role being similar to Max's.

 

[Set Harth]

The. Movie. Comes. Right. Out. And. Says. It.

 

[Christopher]

Cruise and McQuarrie talk about it in the audio commentary, but the movie itself doesn't even hint at it aside from the White Widow's role being similar to Max's.

On the contrary, the Widow states it outright in her speech: "This charity was started in honor of my mother. Those of you who knew her understood her strength. Her tenacity. Her resourcefulness. But there was another side to her. The side most people never saw. It's that part of her spirit that has brought us all together tonight. Max was something of a paradox. She had a fascination for paradoxes. A fascination she passed onto me. Max had no illusions about the world we live in today. But she had dreams of a very different future. One in which her unique talents were no longer required."

But IIRC the speech is going on in the background while other stuff is happening, so you have to be paying attention.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Huh. I never caught that. My bad.

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[thribs]

I never knew MI 2 was so disliked. It’s easily my favourite one. Has the best soundtrack as well