Mission Impossible: Fallout - 18 WTF Moments

The Cruise Missile does it again.

By Jack Pooley /

Paramount

Mission: Impossible - Fallout is out now in cinemas worldwide, and in case you hadn't noticed, it's scoring by far the strongest reviews of the series to date, with some even considering it one of the greatest action films of all time.

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A big part of the reason for the rapturous response from fans and pundits alike is the sheer, unfettered insanity of the movie's delirious, literally jaw-dropping action sequences.

If you thought the likes of Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation had stunningly suspenseful set-pieces to spare, Fallout takes the series - and indeed, the spy genre - to a whole new level.

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There are so many moments in this movie that are scarcely believable as feats of practical stunt-work, especially those carried out by Tom Cruise. And though CGI certainly came to the rescue occasionally, a virtually unprecedented amount of the action was indeed performed in-camera.

With this movie, Cruise cements himself as an unparalleled action star, prepared to put himself on the line and train hard for mind-bogglingly demanding stunts most other movies would cobble together digitally.

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And that's not to forget the film's array of loony plot twists and reveals which also made this list...