Mission: Impossible – Fallout review: Fall into Cruise’s best in years

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Remember when Tom Cruise could do no wrong—on top of the media world, as opposed to the top of Oprah Winfrey’s couch? At his ’80s best, a single Cruise wink-and-smile could melt the hearts of just about any watcher of shameless, crowd-pleasing films like Cocktail and Top Gun.

Mission: Impossible – Fallout has the distilled feeling of a classic Cruise wink, stretched out over a feature-length film. It’s been a while since a PG-13 movie has delivered so much something-for-everyone magic—and it’s right up there with 2008’s Iron Man.

Brief relief before the insanity