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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Steve Rose

Why Dead Reckoning is the most uncannily topical Mission: Impossible film yet

Hayley Atwell and Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning.
‘Everyone stay calm!’ … Hayley Atwell and Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. Photograph: FlixPix/Alamy

Tom Cruise’s new film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, sees the world’s most bankable film star take on his most topical villain yet: AI.

In the movie’s opening scene, a Russian nuclear submarine meets a grim fate – another incidence of uncanny timing, given the Titan submersible tragedy last month (meanwhile, the name of the vessel is Sebastopol).

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