The last thing we saw on the screen Tom CruiseIn the movie “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022), he was flying thousands of meters high in real planes during the incredible dogfights of that movie. How to overcome this The player must have wondered and the answer is obvious: flying without a plane, of course. at the scene “Mission Impossible: Deadly Judgment – Part One” Cruise, whose producers have been using it as their main promotional tool for over a year, goes up the mountain on a motorcycle and then plunges into a valley into the void to open your parachute right in the fall. The camera follows him to the edge of the cliff, then bends to watch him fall, and then appears to float right beside him; And, while flying, To wander exchange of dialogue. A brutality.
If you ask about the extreme physical exertion he undergoes in each of his films that premiere halfway around the world today, we’ll see him starring in reckless driving episodes, fighting in claustrophobic corridors and on the roof of an uncontrolled train. run like a runaway horse-, the player will always say what he said: Providing entertainment to the public is what he came to this world to do.
And while, to some extent, it may seem unmistakable that these muscle stunts were intended as a tribute to the stamina and superhuman qualities of the man who performed them, the challenges ‘alter ego’ Ethan Hunt faced in ‘Deadly Judgment – Episode’ They often function as obvious masquerades. The company that Cruise carries on his shoulders: save hollywood.
And in that sense, although the new movie is the seventh installment of the ‘Mission Impossible’ saga, it is also The spiritual sequel to Top Gun: Maverick; in both, the protagonist must resort to methods considered outdated to combat the advances of artificial intelligence, likewise Cruise uses practical effects and ‘old’ charisma to fully assert the value of a cinematographic spectacle. when it is Concept of ‘blockbuster’ threatened by outrageous digital effects and all that content seen on small screens.
At one point in the movie, Hunt referred to his dedication to protecting humanity and said, “Whatever it takes!” she exclaims, and it’s known that Cruise doesn’t have to imitate it. messianic anger during filming; After all, in a leaked audio file in December 2020, it was heard throwing it at members of the film crew for failing to comply with sanitary measures against COVID.
And exactly, this demonic abuse of power, erect pillars of heroic mythology that are built around the player and do not stop growing; a few months ago he Steven Spielberg publicly thanked him for “saving Hollywood’s ass.”, and just over a week ago, it used social networks to encourage people to watch other season premieres. “This summer is full of movies to watch in theaters,” he tweeted, accompanied by two photos he took with the director of the movie ‘Deadly Judgment – Part 1’. Christopher Quarrythey seem to hold tickets to see “Indiana Jones and the dial of fate”, “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie”.
What will the box office bring to Cruise with the new movie? The premiere comes after “blockbusters” such as “Fast X”, “Elemental”, “The Flash” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate” fail to meet set commercial expectations – even remotely in some cases. about them. On the other hand, it stands out among the few titles published in the United States in recent weeks that have attracted public attention. ‘Sneaky: the red door’, the fifth part of a horror saga ‘Voice of Freedom’, which has already given up its artistic best, and ‘Voice of Freedom’, a religion-inspired film about child trafficking with good conspiracy theories spread across the country by far-right and far-right extremists. It is grouped under the brand name QAnon.
Predictions are, after all, the omen of ‘Deadly Judgment – Part 1’. Spectacular landing on Billboard: $250 million collection worldwide in its first five days in theaters. And these numbers may not save Hollywood, but Cruise will certainly keep trying. A few days ago, he assured me that he would continue to make ‘Mission Impossible’ films. until I’m 80and there is no reason not to believe him. In fact, it’s easy to imagine after the apocalypse, when there are no cinemas and no audience, and even cockroaches rehearsing their new show like a possessed man turned upside down.