A Pop Culture Detective Case File Extra!
The takeaways:
This is the entry where they find the Template they’ll apply to the entire franchise going forward
The filmmaking technology catches up to Tom Cruise so filmmakers can keep up with him as he runs full speed
The first of the big scale, dangerous stunts is used in this entry (and to do it Tom Cruise took a cut in pay)
The late Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a slimy, malevolent villain, easily taking the movie away from Tom Cruise when they share the screen
One correction: through the recording I called Seymour’s character Owen Damian. Looking up my notes I found the character’s name is actually Owen Davian. Watching the movie it sounded like the former to me.
I forgot to mention: this is the film where Benji (Simon Pegg) is introduced in the series as Ethan’s team’s go-to tech guy.
