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Telling a surviving story that involves a group of people having survived from a plane crash, and finding themselves in a hostile place, is one of the most thrilling stories to tell. Especially to see how the main characters will use all kinds of tools and all of their strength, physically and psychologically, in order to find all kinds of solutions for survival and come back home. At the same time, the main characters have to defend themselves, after they soon realize they have been landing in a place, filled with all kinds of dangerous traps, both environmental as well as man made, they could ever imagine and see how many will come out alive. The filmmaker Jean-François Richet seems interested to tell such story, by elaborating it in a much realistic approach, especially in the action sequences as well as in the surviving moments, so the result will come out authentic instead of being obviously fake. Everything seems going well, until the movie has been postponed in 2023 as its original release was supposed to be in 2022, because of Covid-19 pandemic that affected around the world, and Lionsgate bought its rights for the distribution. In 2023 came out Plane by Jean-François Richet, with Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Tony Goldwyn and Evan Dane Taylor. The movie's plot: The pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a violent lighting strike, by making an emergency landing in a hostile territory, and soon he will realize to have been landing in a war zone. As Torrance's passengers have been then taken as hostages by dangerous rebels, he must ally with Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter), an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI, to save his passengers and come back safely home. Since the announcement of the movie, it has left some curiosity on how it will come out, especially to see how Gerard Butler will play the new action hero character differently from his previous movies. Indeed, the movie comes out to be an entertaining action movie, which uses realistic elements to create action sequences and surviving moments in a much more grounded way to be effective from the beginning to the end. The production designer Mailara Santana Pomales created the settings to have a grounded look, by showing how the main characters are getting through their surviving path, until it will change into in a much more dangerous way that looks like a road filled with unexpected deadly traps. The costume designer Erinn Knight has elaborated the costumes to have a specific look on how the main characters will get through their exhausting surviving path, and how they will come out from it, physically and psychologically to be then filled with sweat, dirt, debris and blood. The stunt team has created the action sequences to be realistically intense, especially in the most unexpected moments of the story where the main characters will face the dangerous path, without using any elements to be obvious. The director of photography Brendan Galvin has captured the survival, the suspense, the action sequences, and the intensity, in every camera movements and in every angle shots needed for the story to be shown, by making the movie thrilling with sudden surprises as well as specific atmospheres that elevate the tension of the audience and the critics until something unexpected gets shown. The editor David Rosenbloom has created the narration's rhythm of the movie, which tells the intensity of the story without letting the audience and the critics get distracted or even get bored, but letting them get intrigued by what is going to happen with the main characters when they face the most dangerous surviving path. The visual effects have been elaborated to add furthermore details needed to make the story more intense in every pixel needed to be seen in every frame captured by the camera, while still showing the grounded practical effects, which gives a good balance of visual realism without letting the audience and the critics being bored. The score by Marco Beltrami, Marcus Trumpp has been elaborated to be intensely thrilling to create specific musical notes, while maintaining dramatic notes by letting the audience and the critics feel the emotions of the main characters getting through the hostile place, while trying to figure out a way to get out of the danger. Gerard Butler did an excellent performance as Brodie Torrance, a former Royal Air Force pilot turned commercial pilot for Trailblazer Airlines, who saves his passengers from a violent storm by making an emergency landing; when Torrance then finds out his passengers have been taken as hostages, he will do anything to save all of them and come back home, which is a huge responsibility he cannot ignore. Mike Colter did an well done performance as Louis Gaspare, a former GCP French Foreign Legion passenger being extradited to Toronto, Canada on charges of homicide, who is seen in a negative way by everyone around when they find out the reason he has been put in the airplane with handcuffs; when things will get unexpectedly dangerous, Gaspare will help Brodie Torrance to save all of the passengers. Tony Goldwyn did a well done performance as Scarsdale, a former Special Forces officer who leads the rescue effort, since he finds out the airplane Trailblazer Airlines has been missing and will make sure there are all possible solutions to rescue everyone. Evan Dane Taylor did an excellent performance as Datu Junmar, a local warlord and terrorist leader on Jolo, who will make sure no one will ever disrupts his actions, even it might mean to kill everyone on his path. Plane is an entertaining action movie, which uses realistic elements to create action sequences and surviving moments in a much more grounded way to be effective from the beginning to the end.

Telling a spy story with action, humor, plot twists, and thrilling surprises, is still fascinating to see how the main characters will take their next step while making several plans, whenever they need to find out some unexpected mysteries or even whenever they find themselves in some of the most dangerous circumstances that seem to have no escape. The filmmaker Guy Ritchie immediately went to make an entertaining spy movie, with some of the cast who have already worked in his previous projects, including Jason Statham and Hugh Grant. As Guy Ritchie did not like how the script came out, he rewrote it to have even let the cast improvise until he is satisfied with the result. Everything seems going well, until the movie was postponed to a year, as its original release was supposed to be in 2022, for different several reasons. After a long time of work, in 2023 came out Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre by Guy Ritchie, with Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, Josh Hartnett, Bugzy Malone, and Peter Ferdinando. The movie's plot: Special agent Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) with a team of some of the world's best operatives, Sarah Fidel (Audrey Plaza), Nathan Jasmine (Cary Elwes), and J. J. Davies (Bugzy Malone), must track down and stop the sale of a stolen high-tech device wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds (Hugh Grant), to even recruit Hollywood's biggest movie star Danny Francesco (Josh Hartnett), before the deadly weapon gets to the highest bidder and disrupt the world order. Since the announcement of the movie, the audience and the critics have been curious to see how it will come out, even though they needed to wait after it has been postponed to the next year. The movie turned out to be an entertaining spy story, filled with plot twists, humor and explosive surprises, with an energetic rhythm that will keep the audience and the critics be thrilled from the beginning to the end. The production designer Martin John has created the settings to have a specific look on how the main characters will face any kinds of danger, as they always stay in guard to look around and making sure nothing unexpectedly might happen to them, until they are ready to react. The costume designer Tina Kalivas has elaborated the costumes to have a specific look to show how the main characters will dress up with clothes, which help them to stay hidden from the eyes of their opponents and let them be dynamic whenever they need to move fast as well as they need to fight. The stunt team has created the action sequences to be dynamically thrilling, whenever the main characters need to respond to any kind of danger they find themselves to face, and making sure they get as soon as possible to the safety. The director of photography Alan Stewart has captured the humor, the action sequences, and the plot twists, in every camera movements and in every angle shots needed for the story to be shown, by making the movie unforgettably thrilling with unexpected surprises through an energetic rhythm that elevates the tension of the audience and the critics until something unexpected gets shown. The editor James Herbert has created the narration's rhythm of the movie that tells the humor and the action of the story, through an energetic rhythm without letting the audience and the critics get confused, about what is going to happen in the next step of the story, especially when the main characters must fight whenever they take a definitive decision, as they realize they need to find a new plan to face their obstacles and telling some jokes at each other. The visual effects have been elaborated to add furthermore details needed to make the story more spectacular in every pixel needed to be seen in every frame captured by the camera, while still showing the grounded practical effects that give a perfect mix of the story for the energetic scope to be seen, without letting the audience and the critics being bored or even distracted. The score by Chris Benstead has been elaborated to create thrilling musical notes for the most energetic moments of the movie, while still having musical notes that maintain the humor of the story. Jason Statham did an excellent performance as Orson Fortune, the special agent who takes part of a team of some of the world's best operatives to face a very dangerous mission, while using a lot of humor and make fun of the team as well as the unexpected situations he will face with the team. Aubrey Plaza did an excellent performance as Sarah Fidel, one of the world's best operative who shows to be more skilled than what Orson Fortune has believed, to even make fun of him. Cary Elwes did a well done performance as Nathan Jasmine, the one who recruits the team to accomplish the mission after getting called by the British government, without having any positive expectations about Orson Fortune, even though he does not have any other choices to take. Hugh Grant did an excellent performance as Greg Simmonds, the billionaire arms broker who takes action for his own purpose to be humorous, to believe so strongly he commits a good intention through his decisions. Josh Hartnett did a well done performance as Danny Francesco, the Hollywood's biggest movie star who gets recruited in the world's best operatives team, he will initially be enormously intimidated until he is strong enough to face the danger. Bugzy Malone did an excellent performance as J. J. Davies, one of the world's best operative who will do anything to make sure the mission will be accomplished, even unexpected surprises might come at the team. Peter Ferdinando did a well done performance as Mike Hook, the rival of Nathan Jasmine who has been hired as well for the mission, and will do anything to make sure no one will ever dare to interfere him. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is an entertaining spy story, filled with plot twists, humor and explosive surprises, with an energetic rhythm that will keep the audience and the critics be thrilled from the beginning to the end.

The story of the actor Jan Jönson has caught the attention, on seeing him getting the job as teacher in a theater workshop at a penitentiary institute in the 80s, to have lately decided to stage the notorious play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett with five inmates out of the prison, and the result comes out a success as they kept doing it until an unexpected conclusion happens. Indeed Jönson's story has been told first in the Swedish movie Vägen Ut by Daniel Lind Lagerlöf, and then in the documentary Les Prisonniers de Beckett by Michka Saäl. Through the documentary by Michka Saäl, the filmmaker Emmanuel Courcoul has made the French movie Un triomphe, which has been a huge success for the audience and the critics. Then the filmmaker Riccardo Milani seems interested to direct the remake of the movie Un Triomphe, by maintaining the main basis of the story while changing some elements, including to turn it into an Italian film. The director even calls the actor Antonio Albanese, as they have worked with each other several times, to be the main character. In 2023 came out Grazie ragazzi by Riccardo Milani, with Antonio Albanese, Sonia Bergamasco, Vinicio Marchioni, Giacomo Ferrara, Giorgio Montanini, Andrea Lattanzi, and Fabrizio Bentivoglio. The movie's plot: Antonio (Antonio Albanese), a failed but passionate theatre actor, who works as voice actor in porno movies in order to maintain himself economically, gets offered by his old friend and colleague Michele (Fabrizio Bentivoglio), the job as a teacher in a theater workshop at a penitentiary institute. Antonio eventually accepts the job, even though he is skeptical about it, until he sees the opportunity to get five inmates and staging out of the prison the notorious play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. Since the announcement of the movie, the audience and the critics have been curious about how the story will come out differently from the movie Un Triomphe, while maintaining the main basis of the story. Indeed, the movie has become a surprising one that tells an extraordinary story, by balancing the humor and drama with a touch of realism without distorting its narration, especially in the most essential moments of the movie. The production designer Marta Maffucci created the settings to have a natural look, by showing the feelings of the main characters, whenever there are some of the funniest moments as well as the most emotional one to be unforgettably impactful. The costume designer Francesca Renda has elaborated the costumes to have a specific look by using the simplest elements, to be enough effective on how the main characters will be shown during the stage as well as out of it. The director of photography Saverio Guarna has captured the humor and the drama, in every camera movements and in every angle shots needed for the story to be shown, making some of the scenes as well as sequences of the story unforgettable. The editors Patrizia Ceresani and Francesco Renda have created the narration's rhythm of the movie that balances the humor and the drama without distorting the final result; in the same way, to see how the characters development evolves from the beginning to the end, by showing unexpected surprises. The score by Andrea Guerra has been elaborated to create specific musical notes, by letting the audience and the critics feel the humor and the drama from the beginning to the end of the story, without distorting melodically its rhythm, especially when the main characters are facing in some of the most specific moments of the story. Antonio Albanese did an extraordinary performance as Antonio, a failed but passionate theater actor who accepts to be the teacher in a theater workshop at a penitentiary institute, once he takes the opportunity to stage Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett with five inmates out of the prison, he will then see something that surprises him enough to make him even more passionate about it. Sonia Bergamasco did an excellent performance as Laura, the head of detention who initially does not really believe at the idea of Antonio to stage the play Waiting for Godot out of the prison, as she does not want to have any kind of dangerous risks with the prison inmates, but then she will see the unexpected surprises without letting her guard down. Vinicio Marchioni did a well done performance as Diego, one of main prison inmate who takes part of Waiting for Godot stage, even he is known for being particularly dangerous to have bad reputation, he will eventually show to be much more vulnerable than what he might want to show. Giacomo Ferrara did an excellent performance as Aziz, the prison inmate of Libyan origin who also takes part of Waiting for Godot stage, since then he and the rest of the prison inmates will show to have an enormous satisfaction to accomplish something special that is beyond than what they could have imagine. Giorgio Montanini did a well done performance as Mignolo, a prison inmate who is the funniest character among the inmates of Waiting for Godot stage to have even a goofy girlfriend that is impressed by his talent. Andrea Lattanzi did an excellent performance as Diamiano, a prison inmate who initially stutters when it comes to memorize one of the most difficult monologues of the stage, until he changes to recite the monologue perfectly and be even feel much more confident with himself. Fabrizio Bentivoglio did a well done performance as Michele, the old friend and colleague of Antonio who gives him the job of being a teacher of theater workshop at a penitentiary institute, he is initially skeptical when Antonio proposes the idea of staging out of the prison Waiting for Godot, until he sees how it comes out to be even more helpful and supportive to Antonio. Grazie ragazzi is an excellent movie, which balances the humor and drama with a touch of realism, to surprise the audience and the critics from the beginning to the end.

The British television series Luther is one of the most popular television series, which focuses on the obsessive complicated character called John Luther, a Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) who dedicates with all of his energy to solve several cases, even he does it in a dirty way. The television series has been recognized of being thrilling, complex and unexpected when surprises may come without being predictable, as it even brought to create the television series in different countries around the world, including South Korea, India and France. After the last season of the television season, there were not any questions about making a follow up story of the main character not even a prequel. Until it has been announced to make a movie of Luther as a follow up story, with the director Jamie Payne, who directed some episodes of the original television series, and the screenwriter Neil Cross, who created the original television series, to work on the movie. To have also Idris Elba and Dermont Crowley to play again the characters who have been essential in the television series, while having different cast to play new characters in the movie. In 2023 came out Luther: The Fallen Sun by Jamie Payne, with Idris Elba, Andy Serkis, Cynthia Erivio, and Dermont Crowley. The movie's plot: The Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) John Luther (Idris Elba) has been imprisoned, making him a disgraced character, until things will change when he breaks out of prison to hunt down a wealthy sadistic serial killer who is terrorizing London with a complex scheme. As there has been the announcement of the movie of Luther, the audience and the critics, especially the fans of the original television series, have been thrilled to see how the story will come out differently from the original work while maintaining the main elements of it. Indeed, the movie has come out to be a surprising story filled with plot twists, thrilling moments and dark atmospheres, which will keep the audience and the critics in the tension from the beginning to the end. The production designer Jon Gary Steele created the settings to maintain the dark atmospheres and intense look, making the environment, where the main characters might find, look like a mysteriously gigantic labyrinth. The costume designer Susan Lyall has elaborated the costumes to have a specific look on how the main characters will be presented, while maintaining the mysterious feelings, filled with intense moments, whenever something unexpectedly thrilling might happen. The stunt team has created the action sequences to be mysterious without making anything obvious of what is going to happen as the next step of the movie, especially in the most intense moments of the story where the main characters face the most unexpected dangers in the road. The make-up has been specifically elaborated to make realistic in every detail, whenever the main characters get through something fatally dangerous. The director of photography Larry Smith has captured the mystery, the intensity, the action scenes, and the plot twists, in every camera movements and in every angle shots needed for the story to be shown, by making the movie unforgettably thrilling with unexpected surprises as well as specific atmospheres that elevate the tension of the audience and the critics until something unexpected gets shown. The editor Justine Wright has created the narration's rhythm of the movie, which tells the mystery and darkness of the story in a elaborated way without letting the audience and the critics get distracted or even bored, but letting them get intrigued by what is going to happen with the main characters whenever a plot twist might unexpectedly come. The visual effects have been elaborated to add furthermore details needed to make the story more visceral, in every pixel needed to be seen in every frame captured by the camera, while still showing the darkness and mystery of the story to be seen. The score by Lorne Balfe has been elaborated to create atmospheric as well as thrilling musical notes, by letting the audience and the critics feel the tension from the beginning to the end of the story. Idris Elba did an excellent performance as John Luther, a disgraced as well as brilliantly dirty detective who will do anything to stop the wealthy serial killer who is terrorizing London, even he might get through the darkest road to put him in a great labyrinth. Andy Serkis did an extraordinary performance as David Robey, a wealthy sadistic serial killer, who will do anything to keep his complex killing scheme and making sure no one will interfere him, especially somebody like John Luther. Cynthia Erivio did a well done performance as Odette Raine, the current head of the Serious and Serial Crime Unit (SSCU), who will do anything to hunt down David Robey, as well as John Luther, after he breaks out of prison. Dermont Crowley did an excellent performance as Martin Schenk, the retired former head of the SSCU and Luther's former boss, who comes back in the thrilling scene since John Luther has been decisive to solve the case. Luther: The Fallen Sun is a thrilling story, filled with dark atmospheres and plot twists, to surprise the audience and the critics from the beginning to the end.

Stories about main characters paying each other precious debts, after having saved each other's life in the most intense situations of the war, are some of the most powerful and inspiring stories to be told; especially to see how the main characters prepare fighting together physically as well as psychologically, while facing the harshest reality of the battlefield without daring to surrender, no matter how brutal the environment might be. The filmmaker Guy Ritchie seems intrigued to tell such story, by using his viscerally dynamic style while changing some of his trademarks, in order to keep the tone thrillingly captivating without being predictably obvious. Initially the movie was supposed to be called The Interpreter, until it has been decided to call it Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, in order to not let the audience and the critics get confused with the other movie title The Covenant by Renny Harlin. In 2023 came out Guy Ritchie's The Covenant by Guy Ritchie, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim. The movie's plot: During the war in Afghanistan, US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his team, including the local interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim), have been assigned to destroy the Taliban's explosives, which is 120 km far from their base; they succeed their mission, with the consequence of getting ambushed by the Talibans making Sgt. Kinley and Ahmed the only survivors of the attack. Kinley gets then heavily wounded, and Ahmed carries him through a long road filled with traps and exhausting environment to cross; through this exhaustingly heroic act, Kinley will then pay Ahmed a precious debt, even there might be furthermore obstacles to face. As Guy Ritchie keeps being dynamically energetic to direct one movie to another, which are different from each other, by letting the audience and the critics to be curious on how the next story will be presented differently from his previous ones. Indeed, the movie has unexpectedly surprised the audience and the critics, for being a powerful war movie filled with thrilling action moments as well as dramatic moments to focus on the main characters' emotions both physically and psychological, while facing the harshest battlefield. The production designer Martin John created the settings to have an intense look, by showing how the main characters are getting through their path, which is filled with brutal traps, unexpected encounters and difficult roads, making the settings even more dangerous and exhausting for the main characters to face. The costume designer Loulou Bontemps has elaborated the costumes to have a specific look on how the main characters will be shown to get through their long path, and how they will come out from it, physically and psychologically to be then filled with dirt, debris and blood. The stunt team has created the action sequences to be expressively realistic through the body language, especially in the most intense moments of the story where the main characters face the most dangerous environment. The director of photography Ed Wild has captured the emotions, the suspense, the action sequences, and the intensity, in every camera movements and in every angle shots needed for the story to be shown, by making the movie unforgettably thrilling with unexpected surprises as well as specific atmospheres that elevate the tension of the audience and the critics until something unexpected gets shown. The editor James Herbert has created the narration's rhythm of the movie, which tells the intensity of the story without letting the audience and the critics get distracted or even bored, but letting them get intrigued by what is going to happen with the main characters when they face their greatest struggle. The visual effects have been elaborated to add furthermore details needed to make the story more intense in every pixel needed to be seen in every frame captured by the camera, while still showing the grounded practical effects, which gives a good balance of visual realism without letting the audience and the critics being bored. The score by Chris Benstead has been elaborated to be intensely dynamic to create specific musical notes, while maintaining dramatic notes by letting the audience and the critics feel the emotions of the main characters. Jake Gyllenhaal did an excellent performance as US Army Sergeant John Kinley, who has been in charged with the team to accomplish the deadly mission to destroy the Taliban's explosives, and after he gets saved by Ahmed from the ambush he will do anything to maintain the promise to pay him a precious debt. Dar Salim did an extraordinary performance as Ahmed, the local interpreter, who initially seems to be suspicious until he shows to be truthfully loyal to have gained the trust of Sgt. Kinley, and will do anything to accomplish the mission, even if it might consume him physically as well as psychologically. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant is a thrilling war movie, filled with dynamic moments as well as dramatic ones to be one of the best movies of 2023.

As Mission: Impossible - Fallout by Christopher McQuarrie has unexpectedly surprised the audience and the critics to have become one of the best movies of 2018 as well as one of the best movies ever made, there were no doubts about making the next chapter of Mission: Impossible film series. This time the cast and crew had to think on a much bigger scale to make the movie viscerally thrilling with new surprising plot twists. In order to completely explore the complexity of the next chapter of Mission: Impossible, they needed to make a two-part movie while shooting everything like one whole movie. Although during the shooting of the movie, the COVID-19 pandemic hit all around the world, it has been necessary to follow specific protocols to make sure everyone is as safe as possible. Even though there have been delays because of the pandemic, the budget of the movie increased until it resulted in being one of the most expensive movies ever made to have also pushed the release date, as it also happened with several other films. After a long time of work, in 2023 came out Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One by Christopher McQuarrie, with Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales and Pom Klementieff. The movie's plot: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team of Impossible Mission Force (IMF) face off against the Entity, a powerful rogue Artificial Intelligence (AI) that shows to be a great threat to all of humanity, as they must track it down before it is too late, they have to be careful to not fall in the trap of the Entity that might predict on what has to happen, which will affect the lives of those Ethan Hunt cares the most. As the audience and the critics have been so thrilled with the next chapter of Mission: Impossible, after waiting for a long time, to see how the story will develop differently from the previous chapters and which new exciting action sequences have been elaborated to be seen on the big screen. At the same time, the audience and the critics were so much thrilled about watching the movie, especially to get the possibility of watching it on the big screen, after everyone around the world had to follow restrictions in order to not get infected by COVID-19, which is also a possibility to be able enjoying the movie on the big screen and feel the energy of the story from the beginning to the end. The movie has extraordinarily surprised both the audience and the critics for being a thrilling spy story filled with complexity and plot twists, which specifically shows the vulnerability of the main characters facing the most dangerous obstacles, while needing to be extremely cautious of what the next action will be taken from them without getting caught the greatest threat of the humanity. The production designer Gary Freeman has created the settings to have a specific look in which there is no safety wherever the main characters have to go, even these specific spaces might be claustrophobically small or viscerally gigantic, after they realize how much their task will cost more than they could ever imagine. The costume designer Jill Taylor has elaborated the costumes to have a specific look connecting on how the desperation of the main characters will increase when they face their greatest obstacles, while dynamically getting through everything until they find what they have been looking for, as the first step of the gigantic movie. The stunt team has created the action sequences to be much more expressive through the main characters' body language, especially when their obstacles become a bigger labyrinth by creating a much more intense atmosphere. The director of photography Fraser Taggart has captured the emotions, the suspense, the action sequences, and the plot twists, in every camera movements and in every angle shots needed for the story to be shown, by making the movie unforgettably thrilling with unexpected surprises as well as with intense atmosphere which elevates the tension of the audience and the critics until something unexpected gets shown. The editor Eddie Hamilton has created the narration's rhythm of the movie that tells the intensity and the complexity of the story without letting the audience and the critics get confused, about what is going to happen in the next step, especially when the main characters struggle whenever they take a definitive decision, as they realize they need to be careful to face their obstacles, emotionally and physically, which make the action sequences intensely thrilling. The visual effects have been elaborated to add furthermore details needed to make the story more spectacular in every pixel needed to be seen in every frame captured by the camera, while still showing the grounded practical effects that give a perfect mix of the story for the gigantic scope to be seen, without letting the audience and the critics being bored. The score by Lorne Balfe has been elaborated to create new musical notes than what has been heard from Mission: Impossible - Fallout while maintaining the basis of it, by letting the audience and the critics feel the thrill and the unpredictability with a none-stop rhythm that gets spectacularly loud. Tom Cruise did an excellent performance as Ethan Hunt, the IMF agent who will do anything to accomplish the mission with his team, even though he starts to feel more afraid of what happens next to the people he cares the most, after realizing how dangerous the Entity is. Hayley Atwell did an excellent performance as Grace, a thief who will soon become Ethan Hunt's new ally, when things get more complicated than what has been thought. Ving Rhames did a well done performance as Luther Stickell, the IMF computer technician, who, as a friend of Ethan Hunt, wants to make sure nothing happens to him or anyone in the team, while using all of his best skills to get their goal they have been looking for. Simon Pegg did an excellent performance as Benjamin "Benji" Dunn, the IMF technical field agent, who also will do anything to make sure nothing happens to Ethan Hunt and the team while using his best skills to face the most dangerous obstacles, not only as an IMF agent but also as Hunt's friend. Rebecca Ferguson did a well done performance as Ilsa Faust, the disavowed MI6 Agent who comes back to help Ethan Hunt one more time, until something will fatally happen to her, which will push Hunt and the team to finish what they have started. Vanessa Kirby did an excellent performance as Alanna Mitsopolis, also known as the White Widow, an arms dealer who solely focuses on her scope, which will soon be an important trace needed for Ethan Hunt and the team. Esai Morales did an excellent performance as Gabriel, a powerful terrorist who appears to be working with the Entity, and he is also an adversary of Ethan Hunt to have had a fateful encounter with each other prior to Hunt becoming an IMF agent, he will do anything to accomplish what the Entity commands him without letting anyone or anything blocking him. Pom Klementieff did a well done performance as Paris, a French assassin who works for Gabriel and will do anything to accomplish what the Entity has asked for, until something will turn into a different direction, which has been predicted by the Entity itself. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is a complex spy story filled with thrilling action sequences, unexpected plot twists, and intense emotions of the main characters, which makes it one of the best Mission: Impossible movies as well as one of the best movies ever made and one of the best movies of 2023.

As Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation by Christopher McQuarrie has proved to have been a huge success, it has been greenlighted to make the next Mission: Impossible chapter, and this time having the Academy Award Winner filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie back to direct it, while expecting some of the cast and crew of the previous chapter coming back as well, even some of them could not come back for schedule conflict. This time the cast and crew have worked on the next chapter of Mission: Impossible, with as many practical effects as possible to make the story realistically spectacular by using real locations and making everything look gigantic needed for the movie to be shown. Everything seemed to be going well with the production of the movie until it had to be put a pause for some weeks, before moving forward with the schedule, after Tom Cruise has fractured his ankle while performing a dangerous stunt, as the footage of Tom Cruise's accident has been left in the movie without cutting it out. After a long time of work, in 2018 came out Mission: Impossible - Fallout by Christopher McQuarrie, with Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett and Vanessa Kirby. The movie's plot: Two years after the successful capture of the leader of the Syndicate, Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), the remnants of the Syndicate have reformed into another terrorist organization called the Apostles, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team Impossible Mission Force (IMF) must race against time to catch three plutonium cores before having catastrophic results, after they have failed to get them in Berlin when Hunt saved Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) and the Apostles escaped with the plutonium cores. As the audience and the critics have been so satisfied with Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, they seem to be confident about how the new chapter will come out without getting worried if it will be either a disappointment or not. At the same time, the audience and the critics were thrilled enough about how these dangerous stunts have been elaborated, as the social media paid so much attention to them and let everyone have so many discussions about these stunts. The movie has extraordinarily surprised both the audience and the critics for being a thrilling spy story, with emotional moments of the main characters handling difficult decisions fearing to lose someone they care the most, with incredible spectacular stunt performances, dynamic action sequences, new creative plot twists, and unexpected surprises that will let the viewer getting surprised without letting them feel bored from the beginning to the end, and especially without trying to be repetitive what has been seen in the previous chapters of the film series. The production designer Peter Wenham has created the settings to have a much more natural look, by letting the audience feel the realism needed for the story to be seen, while the main characters face their obstacles and get to the goal they have been seeking, no matter if the spaces might be small or big. The costume designer Jeffrey Kurland has elaborated the costumes to have a specific look needed for the story on how the main characters are taking action to get to their goal wherever they need to run through all the obstacles they have to face. The make-up has been elaborated to have a realistic look whenever the main characters get injured or when they feel exhausted in the most difficult situation. The stunt team has created the action sequences to be much more realistic, by using very less CGI, making these thrilling sequences grounded and letting the viewer feel the tension in these groundbreaking moments until there are unexpected surprises. The director of photography Rob Hardy has captured the emotions, the suspense, the action sequences, and the plot twists in every camera movements and in every angle shots needed for the story to be shown, by making the movie unforgettably thrilling with unexpected plot twists to let the audience and the critics be surprised from the beginning to the end. The editor Eddie Hamilton has created the narration's rhythm of the movie that tells the complexity of the story without letting the audience and the critics get confused about what is going to happen in the next step, as well as the struggle of the main characters that have to face the most dangerous obstacles, both emotionally and physically, making the action sequences intensely thrilling. The visual effects have been elaborated to add furthermore details needed to make the story more spectacular in every pixel needed to be seen in every frame captured by the camera, while still showing the grounded practical effects that give a perfect mix of the story for the gigantic scope to be seen. The score by Lorne Balfe has been elaborated to maintain the orchestral instruments needed to maintain what the film series is about, while using modern electronic instruments by adding some dynamic moments and making the musical notes thrilling as well as spectacularly loud, by letting the audience and the critics feel the core of the movie. Tom Cruise did an excellent performance as Ethan Hunt, the IMF agent who will do anything to accomplish the mission while facing several dangerous obstacles, and this time he even becomes much more vulnerable to worry all the people he cares the most, fearing he would lose them. Henry Cavill did an excellent performance as August Walker, an assassin working for Sloane in the Special Activities Division of the CIA who is sent to monitor Ethan Hunt and his team, he will do anything to get what he has been seeking to have an unexpected change in the game. Ving Rhames did a well done performance as Luther Stickell, the IMF Agent and computer hacker, who will do anything to accomplish the mission with Ethan Hunt and the rest of the team and especially making sure nothing happens to the team. Simon Pegg did an excellent performance as Benjamin "Benji" Dunn, the IMF technical field agent, who has become even more stronger in fighting skills and especially more confident to face the most dangerous obstacles he has to face with the team. Rebecca Ferguson did a well done performance as Ilsa Faust, the disavowed MI6 Agent who mysteriously appears for a specific purpose while being available whenever Ethan Hunt and his team need help. Sean Harris did an excellent performance as Solomon Lane, the anarchist mastermind of the Apostles who was the leader of the Syndicate, and differently from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, he will touch the most vulnerable points to hurt Ethan Hunt's feelings while committing his malicious actions. Angela Bassett did a well done performance as Erika Sloane, the new Director of the CIA who replaces Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin), who is now the IMF Secretary, and she is also August Walker's superior, as she wants to make sure the actions of Ethan Hunt and his team will not commit any further issues, without letting anyone being her biggest problems. Vanessa Kirby did an excellent performance as Alanna Mitsopolis, also known as the White Widow, who is an arms dealer and the daughter of deceased arms dealer Max, whom Ethan Hunt arrested during the events of the first Mission: Impossible. Mission: Impossible - Fallout is a complex spy story filled with spectacular dynamic action sequences and unexpectedly thrilling plot twists with emotional moments of the main characters, which makes it one of the best Mission: Impossible movies as well as one of the best movies ever made and one of the best movies of 2018.

Through the huge success of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol by Brad Bird, the audience and the critics have been wondering how the next chapter of the film series will move on differently from the fourth movie. Especially in the narrative point of view, in the development of the characters, and how to show the most spectacular but dangerous stunts that Tom Cruise commits to make these thrilling moments of the movies realistic, letting the audience and the critics feel the tension of the danger. The studio Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise, with the cast and crew, went into the production of the next Mission: Impossible, hoping the auteur filmmaker Brad Bird would come back to direct it. But as he was busy in the making of the movie Tomorrowland, it made him unable to come back to the Mission: Impossible film series, as well as the composer Michael Giacchino, who worked on the third chapter and the fourth one, was unable to compose the new chapter of Mission: Impossible. Until Tom Cruise asked, as a request to the producers, to have the filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie, Academy Winner for Best Original Screenplay for the movie The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer, directing the new Mission: Impossible movie. After a long time of work, in 2015 came out Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation by Christopher McQuarrie, with Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin. The movie's plot: With Impossible Mission Force (IMF) disbanded and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) getting pursued by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), he and his team must take their mission to eradicate an international rogue organization called the Syndicate that wants to destroy once and for all the IMF. After the announcement of the movie, the audience and the critics seemed to have been immensely curious about how the movie will come out for showing to be different from the previous chapters of the film series, leaving them thrilled with the new ways Tom Cruise performs his own stunts in the movie. The movie has extraordinarily surprised both the audience and the critics for being a thrilling spy story, which is filled with spectacular stunt performances, dynamic action sequences, new creative plot twists, and unexpected surprises that will let the audience and the critics to be surprised without letting them feel bored from the beginning to the end. The production designer Jim Bissell has created the settings to give the sense that the main characters are in a trap wherever they go and have to find an escape from these obstacles, at the same time creating small spaces to show moments where the main characters can dialogue for their next plan, to see how the main characters are close to each other and especially how they trust each other. The costume designer Joanna Johnston has elaborated the costumes to give the mysterious look needed for the main characters whenever they need to hide from the eyes of anyone looking for them, at the same time letting the main characters be dynamic whenever they need to get through some of the most dangerous obstacles. The make-up has been elaborated to have a much more natural look, to make it realistic in some of the most unexpectedly thrilling moments, by creating surprising plot twists needed for the movie to be shown. The stunt team has created the action sequences to be much more dynamic with natural fighting skill movements by letting the main characters express their emotions through their body language whenever they face some of the most dangerous obstacles; in the same way, there are some of the most dangerous stunt performances accomplished by Tom Cruise, which create enough suspense by letting the audience and the critics being in the tension in some of the most thrilling moments of the story. The director of photography Robert Elswit has captured the mystery, the danger, and especially the intriguing moments of the story in every angle shots and in every camera movements by capturing the action sequences in the most hypnotic way, having a much more dynamic look and let the plot twist arrive in the most unexpected ways to even get helped by specific lightings to create these moments of the story unforgettable. The editor Eddie Hamilton has created the narration's rhythm of the movie that is unexpected from the beginning to the end, letting the audience and the critics get hypnotized by the ways the main characters are facing their obstacles, which makes the story even more engaging to be seen. The visual effects have been elaborated to add furthermore details needed to make the story visceral and especially suspenseful in some of the most thrilling moments of the movie, to make everything look like a gigantic labyrinth that the main characters have to get through. The score by Joe Kraemer has been elaborated to maintain the basis that Michael Giacchino has created in the third chapter and fourth one of Mission: Impossible, at the same time expanding furthermore musical notes needed to make the movie much more thrilling and suspenseful. Tom Cruise did an excellent performance as Ethan Hunt, the IMF agent who is seeking, without stopping at anything, the truth about the Syndicate and seeing how these events have been created while trusting only his team, who are the only ones left on him to accomplish the mission. Jeremy Renner did an excellent performance as William Brandt, the IMF Agent and intelligence analyst, who then gets transferred to the CIA when the IMF is disbanded, and he will do anything to help Ethan Hunt accomplish the mission, even if it might mean facing some of the most dangerous obstacles. Simon Pegg did an excellent performance as Benjamin "Benji" Dunn, the IMF technical field agent, who gets transferred to the CIA's cyber operations division when the IMF is disbanded, and when he gets suddenly in contact with Ethan Hunt, he will do anything to help Ethan Hunt knowing there is no going back. Rebecca Ferguson did a well done performance as Ilsa Faust, the disavowed MI6 Agent who undercovers in the Syndicate, even though she might look to be initially against Ethan Hunt, she will reveal to be a much greater help for what Hunt and his team have been looking for. Ving Rhames did a well done performance as Luther Stickell, the IMF Agent and computer hacker, who is Ethan Hunt's closest friend, when the IMF is disbanded, he has retired since then, until he comes back in action when William Brandt calls him for help finding Hunt, making sure the mission will be accomplished. Sean Harris did an excellent performance as Solomon Lane, the former MI6 Agent turned into the leader of the Syndicate, who will do anything to kill anyone that becomes his greatest obstacle while accomplishing his terroristic actions. Alec Baldwin did a well done performance as Alan Hunley, the Director of the CIA who convinces the Senate committee to disband the IMF and will do anything to hunt down Ethan Hunt and his team until things will change when it gets to an unexpected conclusion. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation is a suspensefully thrilling movie filled with unexpected plot twists, spectacular action sequences, and unexpected mysterious moments that will let the audience and the critics be surprised from the beginning to the end, which makes it one of the best Mission: Impossible movies.

After making three movies of Mission: Impossible, the studio Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise seem to have the intention to continue the film series until they have the right story to be told on the big screen. As there was the intention to have J. J. Abrams to direct the fourth Mission: Impossible, after having directed the third movie. But because of being busy working on the film Super 8, J. J. Abrams could not come back to direct the fourth movie while remaining as producer of the movie. To replace J. J. Abrams, the auteur filmmaker Brad Bird has been called to direct the fourth Mission: Impossible, which marks his live-action debut after having directed animated movies, allowing him to rewrite several drafts left on him and giving some changes needed for the movie. Especially to turn the movie into a spy story like he did in his movie The Incredibles, which contains several elements of it and also gives a total change from what has been seen in the previous films. After a long time of work, in 2011 came out Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol by Brad Bird, with Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Samuli Edelmann and Léa Seydoux. The movie's plot: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) are racing against time to track down the dangerous terrorist Kurt Hendricks (Michael Nyqvist), who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes to plan to strike on the United States. After attempting to stop Hendricks, the IMF has been shut down, after being publicly implicated in a bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his team to go without resources or backup in a life-threatening effort to clear their names while facing several dangerous obstacles. After the announcement of the movie, there have been some expectations, from both the audience and critics, on how it will come out as it has been shown to be a different story than what has been accomplished in the previous films. The movie has unexpectedly surprised both the audience and the critics, for being a spy story filled with thrilling moments, surprising plot twists, new ways of development of the characters as well as the introduction of the new ones, establishing a new style needed for the story, and introduction of new creative gadgets. The production designer Jim Bissell has created the settings to have the feeling of being a complex labyrinth, which the main characters have to get through while seeking what they are looking for. The costume designer Michael Kaplan has elaborated the costumes to have a much more elegant look while allowing the dynamic movements needed for the main characters to be in some of the most dynamically thrilling moments of the movie, in every shape and colors of the costumes to connect with the main characters and the nature of the moments of the story to come. The make-up has been elaborated to have a much more natural look, to make it realistic in some of the most unexpectedly thrilling moments without using any unrealistic elements to make it look obvious, but to make it look mysteriously suspenseful when unexpected surprises are seen. The stunt team has created the action sequences to be much more dynamic with natural fighting skill movements, which create unexpected surprises when the characters face some of the most dangerous obstacles. The director of photography Robert Elswit has captured the mystery and especially the intriguing moments of the story in every angle shots and in every camera movements, while capturing the action sequences in the most hypnotic way to have a much more realistically dynamic look. The editor Paul Hirsch has created the narration's rhythm of the movie filled with mysteries to get in some of the most surprising plot twists without hurrying to distort the result of the movie and giving time to the development of the characters in some of the specific moments of the story. The visual effects have been elaborated to add furthermore details needed to make the story look bigger in scale than what has been seen in the previous chapters of the film series, and especially to let the audience see in a visceral way the most unexpected moments of the movie. The score by Michael Giacchino has been elaborated to have a much more mysterious feeling than what he has elaborated in the previous movie, creating musical notes to be close as a spy score with the classic orchestra instruments rather than using modern electronic instruments. Tom Cruise did an excellent performance as Ethan Hunt, the IMF agent who will do anything to get the truth after he has found out the IMF has been shut down, even it will bring him and his team in some of the most dangerous obstacles. Jeremy Renner did an excellent performance as William Brandt, the IMF Secretary's aide and an intelligence analyst who will be part of Ethan Hunt's team, and he will even show to be not exactly what the team has thought about him. Simon Pegg did an excellent performance as Benjamin "Benji" Dunn, a new IMF field agent and former IMF technician who will do anything to help Ethan Hunt to accomplish the mission to get their goal they are seeking. Paula Patton did an excellent performance as Jane Carter, an IMF agent who has been the handler of a murdered IMF agent, to take the mission seriously to let her emotions get out of control. Michael Nyqvist did a well done performance as Kurt Hendricks, the dangerous terrorist who is a Swedish-born Russian nuclear strategist with the codenamed "Cobalt" that will do anything to accomplish his own purpose, even if it might mean to kill anyone that wants to put a stop on him. Vladimir Mashkov did a well done performance as Anatoly Sidorov, a Russian SVR Agent who is after Ethan believing he is the one to be blamed for the bombing of the Kremlin, until it will get to an unexpected conclusion. Samuli Edelmann did an excellent performance as Marius Wistrom, Kurt Hendricks' henchman who will do anything to follow where he goes and make sure any form of obstacles come to him and Hendricks will be terminated. Léa Seydoux did an excellent performance as Sabine Moreau, a cold assassin who works for Kurt Hendricks without showing any remorse or any specific emotions in what she commits. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is a thrilling movie to be a much more spy story, filled with unexpected moments and surprising plot twists, which makes it one of the best Mission: Impossible movies.

After the great success of Mission: Impossible 2 by John Woo, it encourages to the studio Paramount Pictures to make a third chapter of the film series. As it leaves the question, who is going to be the next director to handle the third Mission: Impossible, without trying to be repetitive on what has been seen on the previous movies. One of the first attempts was involving the auteur filmmaker David Fincher, which did not end up making the movie after creative differences and subsequently leaving the project. The other attempt was calling the filmmaker Joe Carnahan, which seems going in a good direction until for the same creative differences issue got in, making him leave the project as well. Then the filmmaker J. J. Abrams, who created successful television series like Alias and Lost, got involved in making of the project after actor and producer Tom Cruise has been impressed with the television series Alias. After facing difficulties and a long time of work, in 2006 came out Mission: Impossible 3 by J. J. Abrams, with Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Maggie Q, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Simon Pegg. The movie's plot: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is retired from combat missions in IMF (Impossible Mission Force), while focusing on training young IMF agents who get into combat missions and especially staying with his fiancé Julia Meade (Michelle Monaghan) to get into a different life. Until one of the young IMF agent has been killed, while being sent to undercover a deadly mission, by the cold sadistic weapon dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who is looking for a toxic weapon called the Rabbit's Foot. Once Ethan Hunt and his team get involved in the mission, there will be more unexpected surprises coming to them. As the announcement of the third Mission: Impossible movie has captured the attention of the audience and the critics, to see how the result will come out differently from the previous movies. As the movie marks also the directional debut of J. J. Abrams, after having focused solely on writing scripts and working on television series, it has intrigued on seeing how a big budget movie has been handled. Like the previous chapters of the film series, the movie has become a success to have surprised the audience and the critics, making the movie much more realistic, romantic, intense and rougher than the previous movies. By making the movie unexpectedly thrilling without distorting the final result of the story, which has been worth of the waiting. The production designer Scott Chambliss has created the settings to connect the nature of the story to be more thrilling as well as emotional in some of the most romantic moments of the story, while maintaining the main basis established in the previous movies to be a story that mixes action and thriller. The costume designer Colleen Atwood has elaborated the costumes to look more natural in the shape and in their colors giving a realism in the story, by maintaining the details needed for the movie to be observed. The make-up has been elaborated to have a much more realistic look in every details, especially in the most intense moments of the movie to see how the characters will come out from some of the most dangerous situations. The stunt team has created the action sequences to be much more intensely dynamic, which make the movie look bigger and unexpectedly grounded creating thrilling action sequences. The director of photography Dan Mindel has captured the action sequences in every angle shots and in every camera movements, making the movie much more dynamic, thrilling and intense, while showing the emotions of the characters in some of the most intimate moments to see how close they are with each other. The editors Mary Jo Markey and Maryann Brandon have created the narration's rhythm of the movie to be clear and unexpected with the right timing, without distorting the final result of the story and letting the audience and the critics being engaged with the story and the development of the characters. The visual effects have been elaborated to add further more details needed to make the story much more dramatic in some of the most romantic moments of the movie, as well as much more gritty in some of the most thrilling moments of the story to make it look grounded. The score by Michael Giacchino has been elaborated to create different feeling of the musical notes than it has been listened in the previous movies, by using much more classic orchestra instruments rather than modern electronic sounds used on the previous movies, making the score engaging to connect the story in every moments to be followed. Tom Cruise did an excellent performance as Ethan Hunt, the retired IMF agent who focuses on training young IMF agents, who eventually get into combat missions, and especially to stay with his fiancé Julia; after one of the young IMF agents has been killed, he will do anything to uncover the truth while fearing something dangerous is going to happen to eventually affecting him emotionally. Philip Seymour Hoffman did an excellent performance as Owen Davian, a merciless sadistic weapon dealer who will do anything to get what he is looking, even it might hurting emotionally anyone that becomes his obstacles. Ving Rhames did an excellent performance as Luther Stickell, an IMF agent specialized in computer hacking who becomes a closer friend to Ethan Hunt, to even worry and care about him, even when things will go in a dangerous path. Billy Crudup did a well done performance as John Musgrave, the IMF assistant director who is supportive to Ethan Hunt and his team, until there will unexpected surprises, which will reveal his purpose. Michelle Monaghan did a well done performance as Julia Meade, Ethan Hunt's fiancé who immensely loves him and will do anything to give him enough support, without knowing what his real nature is. Maggie Q did an excellent performance as Zhen Lei, an IMF agent who takes part of Ethan Hunt's team and will do anything to help him in accomplishing the mission, without letting herself to be caught. Jonathan Rhys Meyers did an excellent performance as Declan Gormley, an IMF agent who is much more dynamic, when it comes to dangerous situations, and willing to finish the mission at all costs. Simon Pegg did an excellent performance as Benjamin "Benji" Dunn, an IMF agent and technician who initially takes information for few details until he will be called for an emergency, to be an enormous help for Ethan Hunt. Mission: Impossible 3 is an energetic action movie with emotional as well as intense moments with unexpected surprises.

After the huge success of Mission: Impossible by Brian De Palma, there will have been inevitably a demanding for a sequel of the movie. Usually, it will be expected to have the same director working on the sequel, in order to maintain the same style of the first film while expanding different themes and adding new characters, making the story interesting as well as thrilling. Instead, it has been decided to find a new director that will handle the new chapter of Mission: Impossible, using a different style and adding new elements while maintaining the basis established from the first movie. For that reason, the master of action movies John Woo has been called to be the director of the next chapter of Mission: Impossible, which will use his explosive style filled with unique slow motion moments and especially thrilling gun fights with a nonstop action rhythm, and a different approach of development of characters. After a long time of work with an amount of preparation through a unique cast and crew, in 2000 came out Mission: Impossible 2 by John Woo, with Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandiwe Newton, Richard Roxburgh and Ving Rhames. The movie's plot: The Impossible Mission Force (IMF) agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is sent to Sidney, in order to recover and destroy the deadly virus Chimera, while its antidote has been stolen by the disavowed IMF agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) who also killed the creator of the virus Chimera, with the help of the beautiful thief Nyah Hall (Thandiwe Newton). The announcement of the sequel of Mission: Impossible has captured the attention of the audience and the critics, to see how the result will come out differently from the first one. The movie, like the previous one, has been immediately a huge success to have also become the highest grossing film of the year 2000, by capturing the attention of the audience as well as the critics, from the beginning to the end, through nonstop action sequences and a unique style making the movie unforgettable in every moment of the story. The production designer Tom Sander has created the settings to be more dynamic, letting the audience feel engaged while being in tension for the most explosive moments as well as thrilling ones to look bigger than ever. The costume designer Lizzy Gardiner and Timothy Everest have elaborated the costumes in order to be bonded with the dynamic rhythm of the movie, in their shape and their colors to show the personality of the main characters. The special make-up artist Kevin Yagher has elaborated the make-up to be as detailed as possible, needed for the story to get unexpected surprised in the specifically essential moments of the movie. The stunt team has created the action sequences to be as dynamic as possible while letting everything around exploded and jumped around with a nonstop rhythm, without letting the audience getting bored nor distracted while following the movie. The director of photography Jeffrey L. Kimball has captured the dynamic moments in every angle shots and in every camera movements to be uniquely unforgettable, with also the help of the specific lightings as well as with the unique slow motion moments, needed also for the most romantic as well as dramatic moments of the story to be emotional. The editors Christian Wagner and Steven Kemper have created the narration's rhythm of the movie to mix the action and the drama, without distorting the result of the story to be compatible with the final result. The visual effects have been elaborated to add further more elements to make the movie more engaging and spectacular, needed for some of the most specific moments to be told in the story. The score by Hans Zimmer has been elaborated to create a different musical notes than the first movie, to look more dynamic and stylish by using unique instruments and vocals to make it also poetic. Tom Cruise did an excellent performance as Ethan Hunt, the IMF agent who is more confident and has much more humor than in the first movie, while caring everyone involved with his next mission, without letting anyone hurt his team, especially not to Nyah Hall that develops with her a romantic relationship. Dougray Scott did a well done performance as Sean Ambrose, a disavowed IMF agent, who steals the antidote of the Chimera virus after killing its creator, and will do anything to accomplish his purpose by killing anyone that will become his obstacle. Thandiwe Newton did an excellent performance as Nyah Hall, a thief who gets recruited by Ethan Hunt to also develop a romantic relationship with him, while being asked to play a game with Sean Ambrose, who had a relationship with him long time ago. Richard Roxburgh did an excellent performance as Hugh Stamp, Sean Ambrose's right-hand man, who will do anything to protect Ambrose even if he might need to use brutal methods. Ving Rhames did an excellent performance as Luther Stickell, an IMF agent specialized in computer hacking, who works and knows much more closely to Ethan Hunt to also has been loyal to him since the first movie. Mission: Impossible 2 is an action-packed movie with dynamic moments, explosive action sequences and unique slow motion shots to be unforgettable.

Developing a spy story is intriguingly fascinating, in which different thrilling elements can be mixed to create unique stories with unforgettable characters who have their own motives to accomplish their missions, letting the audience see how they would get an unexpected conclusion with sudden plot twists. As much as these stories become spectacular by seeing how the main characters accomplish their missions with unique technologies, which make their stealth mode thrilling to elevate tension to the audience while creating atmospheric sequences to be surprisingly unexpected. The studio Paramount Pictures has tried to develop a spy story by adapting the spy television series Mission: Impossible, while facing difficulties working on it; until actor and producer Tom Cruise has convinced them to work on the project Mission: Impossible, while being the leading actor and producer of it. As things are going well with the project Mission: Impossible, the movie has also found the director to handle it, or the master filmmaker Brian De Palma. After a long time of work with an amount of preparation through a unique cast and crew, in 1996 came out Mission: Impossible by Brian De Palma, with Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno and Ving Rhames. The movie's plot: After a mission went tragically wrong, the agent of Impossible Missions Force (IMF), Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), gets wrongly accused by the head of the agency, Kittridge (Henry Czerny), for being the prime suspect of the tragedy; through unorthodox methods, Ethan must uncover the truth of the tragedy and finding out who has been responsible to have set him up. The announcement of the movie has captured the attention of the audience and the critics, to see how the result will come out, especially to see if the movie has maintained the main basis of the original television series. The movie has been immediately a huge success to have conquered the audience and the critics, from the beginning to the end, through thrilling plot twists, making the story surprisingly unexpected as well as engaging. The production designer Norman Reynolds has created the settings with specific details and colors, needed to create thrilling moments for the story, especially when the main characters will face dangerous moments. The costume designer Penny Rose and Timothy Everest have elaborated the costumes with specific details needed to describe the personality of the characters through their shape and their colors, especially in the most thrilling moments of the stealth modes and in the moments to follow the psychological side of the characters. The special make-up artist Rob Bottin has elaborated the make-up with every specific details, making them unexpectedly realistic for the most surprising plot twists. The stunt team has created the action scenes spectacularly explosive by creating the most thrilling scenarios, while the main characters face some of the most dangerous moments, by letting the audience feel involved in those moments with a nonstop rhythm. The director of photography Stephen H. Burum has captured all these intriguing moments in every angle shots and in every camera movements, making these specific sequences uniquely unforgettable, by also getting helped by lightings in the most atmospheric moments of the story. The editor Paul Hirsch has created the narration's rhythm of the movie in a clear way, mixing all the essential elements needed to tell the story without distorting the characters development nor the most thrilling moments of the movie needed to be told. The visual effects have been elaborated to add further visceral elements, making the movie much more spectacular and uniquely thrilling, especially when the main characters have to face the deadliest obstacles, while moving forward with their mission and hacking the most complicated technologies with a high risk. The score by Danny Elfman has been elaborated to create unforgettable musical notes, adding further thrilling feelings in the most unexpected moments, while playing the main iconic theme of the original television series and maintaining its basis for further score tracks. Tom Cruise did an excellent performance as Ethan Hunt, member of the IMF team and survivor of the tragedy, who risks everything while taking the most difficult decisions until he uncovers the truth he is looking for; even if it will bring him in several unexpected dangerous obstacles. Jon Voight did a well done performance as Jim Phelps, the leader of IMF team and mentor to Ethan Hunt, who gets hit when the mission goes wrong that affects Ethan, until things will change to get into an unexpected conclusion. Emmanuelle Béart did a well done performance as Claire Phelps, the other survivor and member of the IMF team, and wife of Jim Phelps, who will do anything to help Ethan Hunt to accomplish the mission, in order to get a point with an unexpected plot twist. Henry Czerny did an excellent performance as Eugene Kittridge, the director of the IMF, who suspects Ethan Hunt as being responsible for the loss of IMF's team; at the same time, he is still willing to see the truth of the whole thing. Jean Reno did a well done performance as Franz Krieger, a disavowed IMF agent, who gets recruited by Ethan Hunt to accomplish the deadly mission, until an unexpected change will reveal his true nature. Ving Rhames did an excellent performance as Luther Stickell, a disavowed IMF agent specialized in hacking, who also gets recruited by Ethan Hunt to accomplish the deadly mission without trying to do anything suspiciously dangerous. Mission: Impossible is a thrilling movie with spectacular moments and filled with unexpected plot twist, to have established of being the first step of an uniquely unforgettable film series that still captures the attention of the audience and the critics.

Developing a prequel of a story, is one of the most interesting concepts to be made; especially to see how everything started, before the events of the main story have occurred, by even exploring in a much detailed way about some of the main characters from the main story and how their motives have pushed to arrive where they got. Even it can be intriguing to develop a prequel, it can be also a great risk to use the elements from the main story needed for the prequel, as the authors have to make sure to not use those elements in a disappointing way; especially by making sure to not distort the story arc, or even with the events to not connect with each other. But it can become also a great success, when the essential elements of the story will be used in a proper way, to have created a surprising story filled with unexpected plot twists to be workable. During the production of the movie Army of the Dead by Zack Snyder, there was also in development in a quick way the prequel of the movie. Usually it would take some time on developing a prequel of a movie, especially to see how the story is going to be different from the main one, by always maintaining the essential elements told from the main story. But it seems the filmmakers knew immediately what kind of story they wanted to tell, without having any issues of delay in the production. This time Zack Snyder remains as co-producer and co-writer of the story, by letting Matthias Schweighöfer to be the director besides the main character of the story, which also marks his directorial debut. In 2021 came out Army of Thieves by Matthias Schweighöfer with Matthias Schweighöfer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ruby O. Fee, Guz Khan, Stuart Martin, Jonathan Cohen and Noémi Nakai. The movie's plot: Years before the events of Army of the Dead, the German safecracker Ludwig Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer) is in his early days of safecracking; as he publishes unpopular YouTube videos about safecracking, while he works as a bank teller which makes him feel lonely. His life will change when the mysterious Gwendoline (Nathalie Emmanuel) gives him the opportunity, to take part of a group of thieves to commit top secret heist, while the zombie apocalypse starts to slowly outbreak. Since the announcement of the movie and how it will be different from Army of the Dead, it has been left the audience, the fans of the filmmaker Zack Snyder and the critics full of curiosity on how the result will come out. Especially by announcing the movie being more a heist story, while it maintains the zombie references which brings to the movie Army of the Dead. Indeed the movie entertains the audience, with thrilling moments filled with humor, action and adventure, by including romantic moments which are essential for the story. The production designer Christian Eisele has created settings which make clear the movie's atmospheres, which balance the humorous and the dynamism of the story; at the same time the settings change to show how the main character is evolving internally, since his involvement with the heist. The costume designer Stephanie Portnoy Porter has created the costumes which fit with the shape and the colors of the characters, which also connect with the emotions of the characters and how they will move on when they will face some of the most dangerous moments of the story. The editor Alexander Berner has elaborated the narration's rhythm which makes clear how the story will be told from the beginning to the end; by letting the humor work with the rhythm which will let the audience laugh, at the same time the editing has been elaborated with a rhythm which will elevate the tension to the audience, in some of the most thrilling moments of the story. The visual effects have been elaborated to let the audience see on the screen some of the specific details, when the main character proceeds with safecracking and to see how all the mechanics work to be opened. The score by Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro has been elaborated to maintain the humor of the story, at the same time some tracks of the score change to be much dramatic, to see the way the main character changes; by even creating some tracks of the score, which will become thrilling filled with rhythmic instruments and electronic sounds, to let the audience feel the dynamism of the story, in some of the most thrilling moments of the story. Matthias Schweighöfer did an excellent performance as Ludwig Dieter, the safecracker who has been dreaming a long time to accomplish something big in his life; since he has been involved with the secret heist with the thieves group, it will become a big change of his life. Nathalie Emmanuel did an excellent performance as Gwendoline, the mysterious thief who will give Ludwig Dieter the opportunity to take part of the thieves group; since he takes part of the thieves group, the relationship between Ludwig and Gwendoline will become later on very special. Ruby O. Fee did a well done performance as Korina Dominguez, the hacker of the thieves group who will do anything to whatever is necessary to accomplish the heist; as later on she will be very supportive to Ludwig, especially when something unexpected will happen. Guz Khan did a well done performance as Rolph, a getaway driver of the thieves group who is ready to run with the group as fast as possible whenever they have accomplished a heist; since Ludwig has been take part of the thieves group, Rolph starts to have empathy on him. Stuart Martin did a well done performance as Brad Cage, the gunman of the thieves group who wants to show to be a great character, like some of his favorite action heroes; until something will unexpectedly change him. Jonathan Cohen did a well done as Delacroix, a Interpol agent who will do anything to capture the thieves group, especially for a specific reason which some of the members of the group have done to him. Noémi Nakai did a well done performance as Beatrix, an Interpol agent who will follow wherever Delacroix goes, even she will expect how the group will find a way to runaway from the sight of the Interpol agents. Army of Thieves is an entertaining prequel of Army of the Dead, filled with humor, action and adventure, which also include some romantic moments needed for the story.

Developing a heist story with the zombies around is one of the most thrilling concepts, to see how the main characters will try to get out from the territory filled with living dead, while they are proceeding with the robbery; some of these stories will end with the dead of the whole robbery group after they tried to get the money robbed, while others will end with the few surviving robbery group who will later on try to have a normal life without get in the trouble anymore. The visionary filmmaker Zack Snyder has written the story with this idea, after his first feature movie Dawn of the Dead came out, but for different reasons this idea was not going to be made; until he went in the production with Netflix, which gave him the opportunity to make the movie. After a long time of work, in 2021 came out Army of the Dead by Zack Snyder with Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notari, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Garret Dillahunt and Richard Centrone. The movie's plot: A group of mercenaries have been given the opportunity to get a lot of money, by entering in Las Vegas which is now a quarantine zone filled with an army of the living dead, to commit their greatest heist in a casino. When the movie has been announced, several fans of the filmmaker Zack Snyder as well as the critics have been intrigued to see which direction his next feature movie will go; especially to see how the movie will be different than the previous ones directed by Zack Snyder, like how the settings of the story will be represented, how the development of the main characters will be processed and especially how the zombies will be represented, on the way they will act when they capture the victims in their path and how they will take actions. Indeed, the movie has been shown to be an entertaining movie filled with humor, dynamic rhythm and unexpected foolishness to be shown, especially to see there are different kinds of zombies in the story, like there are besides the classic living dead, there are also alpha zombies, who are the smartest and fastest zombie species and there are also zombie machines which can be recognized, once some them will get killed in some of the most thrilling moments of the story. At the same time the movie gives moments, on how the main characters will cooperate with each other, while they are proceeding with their heist, and how much they will interact with each other. As Zack Snyder is the director, co-producer, co-screenwriter and the director of photography of the movie, he has put so much energy for this passionate project, which make clear how the story will be told from the beginning to the end in every single camera movements and in every single angle shots; to see how some of the most essential aspects of the story will be shown in every single frames of story, as well as how the tone of the story will change from being dynamically thrilling, to become a story which shows some humor to be entertaining and finally to become even a story which has intimate moments between some characters. The production designer Julie Berghof has created settings which bonds with the movie's atmospheres as well as the movie's dynamism, filled with specific details of raw environment and destroyed materials which will let the audience feel the situation that the main characters are getting through; especially when they have been put in a dangerous environment, which is surrounded by death, to find something precious that lies in a casino. The costume designer Stephanie Porter has created costumes which fit with the shape and the colors of the main characters, especially to see how strong they are, both physically and psychologically, to face some of the most deadliest paths they are walking through, while they are searching to what they are looking for. The makeup department has created the prosthetic makeup of the zombies in a detailed way, on how their skin look and on how they express their emotions facially when they are interacting with each other, by letting the cast of the zombies to easily move physically to be expressive in their body language. The editor Dody Dorn has elaborated the narration's rhythm in a clear way of how the movie will be told from the beginning to the end, by balancing the story's atmospheres filled with thrilling moments, humorous moments and dramatic moments, without distorting the elements needed to be shown in the movie. The visual effects have been specifically elaborated to add furthermore details, needed to create the environment, where the main characters are getting through, in a much hostile way as well as dirtier way to let the audience feel the tension of some of the most thrilling moments, filled with a nonstop dynamic rhythm. The score by Tom Holkenborg has been elaborated, with musical notes which balance the movie's atmospheres, especially when some tracks of the score starts from being thrilling with dynamic rhythm, to change with much dramatic score tracks to let the audience feel the emotions of the main characters. Dave Bautista did an excellent performance as Scott Ward, a mercenary who has a dramatic dark past and once he will get asked to get the opportunity, to earn a lot of money by committing the biggest heist, he will do whatever is necessary to do the right job. Ella Purnell did a well done performance as Kate Ward, the daughter of Scott Ward who will join with the mercenary group to see where her friend Geeta is, once she is in the quarantine zone with the group she will be much closer to her father. Omari Hardwick did a well done performance as Vanderohe, a mercenary who is one of the former Scott Ward's teammates and he will do anything to make sure the job will be done as quickly as possible, to make it look professionally. Ana de la Reguera did an excellent performance as Maria Cruz, a mercenary who was also one of the former Scott Ward's teammates, she will do whatever it takes to accomplish the heist, even she takes part of the group to accomplish the robbery, she also came for a very specific reason to be personal. Theo Rossi did a well done performance as Burt Cummings, an abusive camp security guard who participates in the group, until something horrifying happens to him, as things will change to him in an unexpected way, while the rest of the group moved forward with the robbery. Matthias Schweighöfer did an excellent performance as Ludwig Dieter, a safecracker who initially does not know how to fight against the zombies, until the more he will move forward with the group, the more he knows how to defend himself. Nora Arnezeder did an excellent performance as Lilly, a smuggler who will help the group to enter the quarantine zone, as she will do anything to make sure no one is going to be put in danger, even when some consequences will inevitably happen. Hiroyuki Sanada did a well done performance as Bly Tanaka, the owner of the casino who will be the one to offer on Scott Ward's team to commit their biggest heist, even later on the team will understand which is the reason he brought them to the danger. Tig Notari did an excellent performance as Marianne Peters, the helicopter pilot who will do anything to what is right with the plan and once the heist has been accomplish, she will make sure to bring the team back home. Raúl Castillo did an excellent performance as Mikey Guzman, an energetic sharpshooter who will be ready to intervene, no matter how the situation might get more or less dangerous. Huma Qureshi did an excellent performance as Geeta, the friend of Kate Ward and a mother, who will do anything to make sure her children are going to get a better future. Garret Dillahunt did a well done performance as Martin, the one who will help to get access to the casino, even later on it will become clear the reason he has been put in the team. Richard Centrone did an excellent performance as Zeus, the alpha leader of the intelligent zombies who will be ready to attack anyone that dares to interfere in the quarantine zone, especially when something happens to the female Alpha known as the Queen. Army of the Dead is one of the most energetically entertaining movies ever made, which is filled with thrilling moments, humorous moments and dramatic moments, with a nonstop dynamic rhythm.

Exploring a science fiction story, where the main characters express their psychological emotions in their journey are some of the most complex as well as some of the most interesting stories, to explore in the novels, graphic novels, poets, movies, television series and video games; especially to see at which direction their actions will take, when they choose some paths in their roads. Some stories would end with their death, to see how they finish with they had to deal with, while other stories would end with them still alive and moving forward with they are looking for. The auteur filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky seems interested so explore this complex topic, as later on he went to the production to work his third feature movie, which is an adaption of the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem, which has fascinated him a lot. After a long time of work, in 1972 came out Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky with Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Jüri Järvet and Vladislav Dvorzhetsky. The movie's plot: The psychologist Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) travels to the space station which orbits the planet Solaris, to see which is the reason there have been only few crew members left alive in the space station; once Kris Kelvin arrives in the space station to meet the the last crew members, he will try to understand which has been the reason of them to have emotional crisis, until he will soon have similar emotional issues like the crew members. The movie seems to have captured attention of the audience and the critics, especially to see at which direction Andrei Tarkovsky will go with his third feature movie; as usually when a filmmaker makes a new feature movie, it can be risky to see if the filmmaker has accomplished either a surprisingly worthy movie, or to be instead a movie which did not work at all with the themes and the topics, that the story wanted to explore about. The third feature movie by Andrei Tarkovsky has instead surprised a lot the audience and the critics, for being a unique story which explores complex themes in the psychological way, to see how the main character and the supporting ones will take actions to confront with what they are facing to; by making the movie more unique, it uses poetic scenes which make the emotions of the story visually captivating, with profound reflections of the way the characters are trying to see their emotions and ask themselves important questions to answer their conflicts. The production designer Mikhail Romadin elaborated the settings which make clear, the direction of the story and the way the characters express their emotions through specific details of the space station as well as the specific objects which surround them and the Solaris planet's ocean. The costume designer Nelli Fomina has created costumes which fit with the shape and the colors of the characters, to see how their emotions will change from the beginning to the end and far their dramatic choices will take. The cinematographer Vadim Yusov has captured some of the most essential shots, in every single camera movements as well as in every single angle shots, to create poetic frames on the screen; especially when those scenes are helped by the lightnings and by the the shadows which create much captivating images to be unforgettably poetic. The editor Lyudmila Feiginova has elaborated the narration's rhythm, to be clear how the story will be told from the beginning to the end, without rushing it to ruin the story, but to instead give enough time to let audience feel the poetic images of the movie and the emotions of the characters to be expressed. The score by Eduard Artemev has been particularly elaborated to create emotions of the story by focusing on the expressions of the characters, which uses different times the choral prelude of "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639" by Johann Sebastian Bach. Donatas Banionis did an extraordinary performance as Kris Kelvin, the psychologist who has been sent to the Space Station to see which is the reason that only few crew members have been left alive and which is the reason of their emotional crisis; until he will soon have the same emotional crisis, to get memories which affects him psychologically. Natalya Bondarchuk did an excellent performance as Hari Kelvin, the wife of Kris Kelvin who died years ago and she will appear after his arrival of the space station, in a specific way; as the more time she will spend with him, the more the situation will become complicated. Jüri Järvet did an excellent performance as Doctor Snaut, one of the last survivors of the space station who explains Kris Kelvin what happened, at the same time he expresses his emotions mixed with paranoia as well as disillusion and the way he tries to have the feeling to be in Earth again. Anatoliy Solonitsyn did an excellent performance as Doctor Sartorius, another last survivor of the space station who is much harder than Doctor Snaut, as he also expresses his emotions of paranoia and disillusion to have lost sensibility. Vladislav Dvorzhetsky did an extraordinary performance as Anri Burton, a retired pilot who has been in once in the Space Station and as he tried to explain how much the emotional crisis has effected him during the mission, unfortunately no one believed him to have been accused to have had hallucinations. Nikolai Grinko did a well done performance as Nik Kelvin, the father of Kris Kelvin who lives in a normal life where he sees things in a simple way; before Kris Kelvin goes to the space station, Nik tries to convince his son to not cause problems to his friend Anri Burton, as Kris does not initially believe in what Burton saw. Olga Barnet did an excellent performance as Kris' Mother, who will be seen in the flashbacks in some of the most essential moments of the story, to see how the emotions of Kris Kelvin have been affected during his time in the space station. Solaris is one of the greatest masterpieces ever made, one of the best masterpieces by Andrei Tarkovsky and one of the best movies of 1972.

After the release of The Bourne Legacy, there have been discussions how the Bourne film series should move forward; if either using the character Aaron Cross from The Bourne Legacy, or to go back with the character Jason Bourne or even to use both of them in one story. Later on, it has been taken the decision to go back with the character Jason Bourne, with Matt Damon back as the titular character and with Paul Greengrass back to direct the next chapter of the film series; without being based by any further Bourne books, but as instead a new original story which includes all of the events happened on the previous chapters of the film series. After a long time of work, in 2016 came out Jason Bourne by Paul Greengrass with Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones and Vincent Cassel. The movie's plot: Years later the CIA operation program Blackbriar has been exposed, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has disappeared to live in his own life, by isolating himself by any kind of danger without having anymore any issues of amnesia, like he had in the previous chapters of the film series; until he has to uncover more truths about his past which is connected with his father, the CIA director and the leader of the Iron Hand program Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones) orders the head of CIA Cyber Ops Division Heather Lee (Alicia Vikander) to hunt him down. By even let the Blackbriar assassin Asset (Vincent Cassel), who works for the Iron Hand program, to be involved on chasing Jason Bourne, for a specific reason which Jason Bourne has committed. The movie has captured a lot of attention, especially after the announcement to bring Matt Damon as the titular character back in the action, to see how the new thrilling mission of the main character will bring him to the new discoveries, which he needs to search. Indeed, the movie has surprised the audience, the critics, the fans of the Bourne film series and the fans of the original books by Robert Ludlum, for being a story which thrills the audience, with a dynamic rhythm, from the beginning to the end; to even use unexpected plot twists, which get more deep with the main character and how he will move forward with his actions. The production designer Paul Kirby has elaborated the settings, which maintain the thrilling atmospheres in every spaces and specific elements of the setting, to let the audience see how the main character will get through some of the most dangerous places and see how he will come out, while he is surrounded by rivals and other kind of traps. The costume designer Mark Bridges has created costumes, which fit with the shape and the colors of the characters, especially to see how the main character will try to hide without being noticed by anyone; in the same way, the costumes function to let him move as quickly as possible in some of the most thrilling moments of the story, without letting the costumes being broken nor blocking the main character's movements. The cinematographer Barry Ackroyd has captured some of the most essential shots, in every single camera movements as well as in every single angle shots, by getting helped by the lightnings and the shadows to create thrilling scenes, in some of the most thrilling moments of the story; as the camera captures these shots, to see what is the next move of every single characters and how the result will come out. The editor Christopher Rouse has elaborated the narration's rhythm in a clear way, of how the movie will be told from the beginning to the end; especially in some of the critical moments of the story, to elevate the tension of the audience and let them see how the result will come out, without being predictable. The score by John Powell and David Buckley has been elaborated with musical notes, which maintain the dynamism and thrilling atmospheres to let the audience feel the suspense, as well as how the plot twists will come out. Matt Damon did an excellent performance as Jason Bourne, a former CIA assassin who has been living for years in an isolated life, without having anymore any kind of amnesiac issues; until he has to find out the truth about his past, which has to do specifically with his father. Alicia Vikander did a well done performance as Heather Lee, the head of CIA Cyber Ops Division who will follow the orders she has been given; until she helps Jason Bourne, as she disagrees with the way the CIA director and the leader of the Iron Hand program Robert Dewey takes actions. Tommy Lee Jones did an excellent performance as Robert Dewey, the CIA director and the leader of the Iron Hand program who will do anything to track down Jason Bourne, especially after Jason Bourne has exposed the CIA operation program Blackbriar. Vincent Cassel did a well done performance as Asset, the Blackbriar assassin who works for the Iron Hand program, and once he has been tasked to be involved to track down Jason Bourne, he will do anything to kill Jason Bourne, especially for a specific reason to make him a merciless assassin. Jason Bourne is a thrilling chapter of the Bourne film series, which will not stop to surprise the audience from the beginning to the end.

After the success of The Bourne Ultimatum, there have been some discussions on moving forward with the next chapter of the Bourne film series. But instead to move forward with a sequel of the Bourne film, the filmmakers will move forward with a story which will expand with the Bourne universe; as the filmmaker Tony Gilroy, who has written the three Bourne films, chooses to write an original story by using the elements which are essential in the Bourne book series. As the next Bourne project takes place simultaneously on the events of The Bourne Ultimatum, without trying to alternate in what has been seen on the previous Bourne movies. In 2012 came out The Bourne Legacy by Tony Gilroy with Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton. The movie's plot: At the same time, the events of The Bourne Ultimatum are happening, the retired Air Force colonel Eric Byer (Edward Norton) is tasked to eliminate everything which is connected with the Department of Defense black ops program Outcome, in order to not let the connection between of the two CIA programs Treadstone and Blackbriar being exposed in public; one of the agents of the Outcome program Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) has to runaway from being eliminated and the research Scientist Dr. Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz) has to runaway with him. Expanding the Bourne universe can be risky, to be usually difficult to create a unique original story like it has been seen on the previous movies of the Bourne film series; on the other side it can be interesting, especially to see if there are other characters who present similar issues and similar fighting skills like Jason Bourne, to be always ready to confront some of the greatest dangers they will ever face. Even the movie might not be at the same level of the previous Bourne film series, it presents some originality to be definitely a worthy chapter to be seen; as the movie maintains the essential elements of the previous Bourne movies, to be a thrilling story with a dynamic rhythm, which will not stop to surprise the audience from the beginning to the end. The production designer Kevin Thompson has created the settings, with specific details of the spaces and essential elements of the settings, to create thrilling atmospheres needed to elevate the tension of the audience on some of the most unexpected moments of the story; in the same way the settings are needed, to show who the other characters are, that exist in the same universe of the Bourne film series. The costume designer Shay Cunliffe has created costumes which fit with the shape and the colors of the characters, especially when the main characters have to run through some of the most dangerous places in some of the most dynamic moments of the story, so the costumes will follow every single movements of the characters in the fight sequences without being immediately breakable. The cinematographer Robert Elswit has captured some of the most essential shots of the story, in every single camera movements as well as in every single angle shots; as the camera has been used to capture some of the most thrilling moments of the story to elevate the dynamism of the story, in the same way it has been used to get the main characters psychologically, when they have to take some of the most difficult decisions. The editor John Gilroy has created the narration's rhythm in a clear way of how the movie will be told from the beginning to the end, especially to see how the main characters will approach with each other, while they get through some of the most dangerous moments of the story. The score by James Newton Howard has been elaborated with musical notes which change from the dynamism of the scenes, especially in some of the most thrilling moments of the story, to the dramatic ones to get more close with the main characters. Jeremy Renner did an excellent performance as Aaron Cross, the agent of the Outcome program who has to escape from the danger, which will be done anything to eliminate him. Rachel Weisz did an excellent performance as Dr. Marta Shearing, the biochemist who is the sole survivor of a sudden attack of the bio genetics company which she used to work, once she will meet Aaron Cross she realizes she has been also targeted, as she has to escape with him. Edward Norton did a well done performance as Col Eric Byer, the retired Air Force colonel who once has been tasked to make sure there should not be any kind of exposures of the connection between of the two CIA programs Treadstone and Blackbriar, he will do anything that is necessary to block any kind of exposures. The Bourne Legacy is a surprising expanded story of the Bourne film series, which has a dynamic rhythm filled with unexpected surprising moments of the story.

After the success of The Bourne Supremacy, inevitably another sequel of the movie will get made, like in the way the book trilogy by Robert Ludlum has been told in order. Even the next movie will maintain with the way which has been established in The Bourne Supremacy, it will add some other interesting elements to discover something more about the main character; especially some aspects, which could have not been seen in the previous movies of the film series. The screenwriter Tony Gilroy, who has written the screenplay of The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy, and the director Paul Greengrass went to the production of the next Bourne film, to make sure the next story will be as workable as possible and then see what kind of result will come out. In 2007 came out The Bourne Ultimatum by Paul Greengrass with Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn and Joan Allen. The movie's plot: Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is still looking answers about his past, specifically on how he became part of the CIA operation program Treadstone; but during his research, Jason Bourne will be soon targeted of the new CIA operation program. The premise of the movie has captured the attention of the audience, the critics, the fans of Robert Ludlum's original and the fans of the previous movies of the film series; especially to see on how such a thrilling idea, might reveal the mysteries which the main character has to solve. Indeed, the movie has surprised a lot the audience, the critics, the fans of Robert Ludlum's original and the fans of the previous movies of the film series, on how the main character has to solve one mystery to another with unexpected plot twists which make the movie surprisingly thrilling. Especially on they way some of the most dynamic moments of the story, will elevate the tension of the audience, where the main character has to face several obstacles and where he has to also find quickly new solutions to get through them, until he will arrive to where has to go. The production designer Peter Wenham has created the settings of the story, with specific details to fill the atmospheres of the story; as the spaces and the elements of the settings create atmospheres, which start from being thrilling with suspenseful moments to elevate the tension of the audience, to then get into some of the most surprising moments with unexpected plot twists, that will reveal the mysteries of the main character. The costume designer Shay Cunliffe has elaborated costumes to fit with the shape and the colors of the characters, specifically to see how the main character will try to get through some of the most dangerous obstacles; especially when some of the places are surrounded by the rivals of the main character who will do anything to block his way, as these are the moments where he has to immediately find new solutions to not get caught and get to find the answers he is looking for. The cinematographer Oliver Wood has captured some of the essential moments of the story to let the audience feel the tension getting elevated, during the search of the mysteries which the main character is looking for; especially on the how the camera captures those moments in every single camera movements as well as in every single angle shots, to be even helped by the lightnings and the shadows to make these moments much atmospheric. The editor Christopher Rouse has created the narration's rhythm in a clear way of the direction of the story, without distorting on the way the movie will be told from the beginning to the end; the editing has been elaborated in a precise way on how some of the most dynamic moments will be shown, to let audience feel the thrill of the story and how some of the revelations of the story will surprisingly come out. The score by John Powell has been elaborated to create musical notes which blends with the mystery of the story, by creating atmospheres to fuse with the moments of the movie; by changing into some of the most psychological moments, where the main character processes with the truth he will reveal. Matt Damon did an extraordinary performance as Jason Bourne, a former CIA assassin who is searching the truth of his past; he will do anything to not be stopped with what he is looking for, even he knows there will be new kind of obstacles which he has to face and find new ways to get through them. Julia Stiles did an excellent performance as Nicky Parsons, the former contact of Jason Bourne in Treadstone program and she will be the one to help Jason Bourne in what he is looking for. David Strathairn did a well done performance as Noah Vosen, the CIA deputy director who will do anything to track down Jason Bourne and stop his search. Joan Allen did an excellent performance as Pamela Landy, the CIA deputy director and task force chief who has been sent to help Vosen to search Jason Bourne, but during the operation she will find out some unexpected secrets about Vosen which makes it clear the reason of his urgent necessity to block Jason Bourne. The Bourne Ultimatum is one of the most surprising chapters of the film series, as well as one of the best action movies ever made and one of the best movies of 2007.

After the success of The Bourne Identity, inevitably there will have been the request to develop a sequel of the movie; by adapting the second book of the The Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum, or The Bourne Supremacy. But this time, the director Paul Greengrass has been called to direct the next Bourne movie, rather than Doug Liman who directed The Bourne Identity; as with the involvement of the director Paul Greengrass, the direction of the sequel will be different than what it has been seen with the previous one. After a long time of work, in 2004 came out The Bourne Supremacy by Paul Greengrass with Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Franka Potente and Julia Stiles. The movie's plot: Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) and Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente) are living in their own lives, even he is still tormented by some unspecific flashbacks of his past, until a CIA operation gone wrong comprises his life tragically; as Jason Bourne is forced be again a specialized assassin, like he used to be in once, to get more in deep with his past and find out the truth about the CIA operation gone wrong. There were some expectations about how the sequel of the movie will come out, as usually making a sequel of a successful movie, can often times disappoint the audience to be repetitive; while other sequels might work perfectly to be not repetitive, by using new elements of the story to even discover some other surprises about the main characters. Indeed, the movie unexpectedly surprises the audience, the critics and the fans of Ludlum's original work, to have maintained some of the essential elements which have been established from the previous movie; at the same time, the movie has added some different elements from the previous movie, which has much realism to let the audience feel the dynamism of the story through unexpected grittiness moments. The production designer Dominic Watkins has elaborated settings, to maintain the realism of the story with specific spaces, colors and elements needed for the movie to have important meanings to be shown; especially at the moments where Jason Bourne has to solve some of the most complicated mysteries connected with his past, while he is facing several dangers which compromises his search of the questions that have to be answered. The costume designer Dinah Collin has specifically created costumes to fit with the shape and the colors of the characters, especially when Jason Bourne has to face several dangers, where the costumes allow him to move and run in some of the most dynamic moments as well as thrilling ones of the movie. The cinematographer Oliver Wood has captured some of the most essential moments of the movie, in every single camera movements and in every single angle shots, to be unforgettable as well as powerful; at the same time, the camera shots some of the most thrilling moments of the movie in a gritty way, to let the audience feel the dynamism as well as the realism of the story, especially in the fight sequences. The editors Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse have created the narration's rhythm in a precise way of how the story will be told from the beginning to the end, as they have used the essential footage needed to tell the story; in the same way the editing of the fight sequences has been elaborated to be much dynamic filled with several jump cuts, which let the audience feel the punches as well as the kicks between Jason Bourne and his rivals. The score by John Powell has been elaborated with musical notes which balance between some of the most thrillingly dynamic moments of the story, by changing into some of the most emotional moments of the story; as the musical notes fuses with the story, without distorting the moments of the movie to be shown. Matt Damon did an extraordinary performance as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac former assassin who once has lost something very precious, he will do anything to find out the truth about the CIA operation which made him lose his most precious thing; at the same time he has to explore more about his past, to see more about himself and what he has committed further more in once. Joan Allen did an excellent performance as Pamela Landy, the deputy director of the CIA and task force chief who follows the activity of Jason Bourne, after the CIA operation went wrong. Brian Cox did an excellent performance as Ward Abbott, the CIA section Chief who wants in all the way to stop Jason Bourne, especially for the secrets which will make Pamela Landy suspicious about him. Franka Potente did a well done performance as Marie Kreutz, the girlfriend of Jason Bourne who stayed with him and tries to help him with the issues he has; until the CIA operation gone wrong has put a tragedy on Jason Bourne, which pushed him to search in what he is looking for. Julia Stiles did an excellent performance as Nicky Parsons, a former agent who has been assigned to assist in the search of Jason Bourne; she will be the one to give some answers of what Jason Bourne is looking for. The Bourne Supremacy is one of the best sequels ever made, which is filled with surprising thrilling moments to be unexpected, at the same time the movie has some of the strongest moments to be unexpectedly emotional.

Exploring the stories where the main characters try to regain their lost memories, after something have happened to them, are some of the most thrilling stories to be told; especially in the literature, comic books, plays, movies, television series and video games, where the main characters express their point of views their feeling of being lost, to be desperate to search in what they are looking for. Some of these stories will end with their death, after they have found the answers they have been looking for; while others will end with the main characters who are still alive, as they move forward with their choices without trying to commit any mistakes. The filmmaker Doug Liman seems thrilled to explore this theme, by adapting the book The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum; as Doug Liman has been a big fan of the book by Robert Ludlum, to express his wish to direct a movie based on the book. After a long time of development, in 2002 came out The Bourne Identity by Doug Liman with Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper and Brian Cox. The movie's plot: After the mysterious man called Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is picked up by a fishing boat, he tries to regain his memory about his past and who he is; while he is searching questions to be answered, he realizes a group of assassins are after him. To find the truth of himself, Jason Bourne is getting helped by Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente), who will have a relationship with him. For the way the movie mixes the drama and the mystery, it surprises the audience in some of the most unexpected moments of the story, filled with unexpectedly surprising plot twists. The production designer Dan Weil has created the settings to connect the mystery, which have been elaborated with specific elements needed for the story to let the audience feel the emotions of the characters internally and externally; especially when the spaces of the settings, can be enormous and other settings can be small, to see how the main characters will get through the labyrinth they are facing. The costume designer Pierre-Yves Gayraud has created the costumes, to be specifically fitted for the main characters in the shape and the colors; especially for the way the main characters try to be not spotted everywhere they go, at the same time they are facing some of the greatest dangers in the road. The cinematographer Oliver Wood has used the camera in the dynamic way, to maintain the thrill as well as the mystery of the story; by capturing some of the most essential shots in every single camera movements and in every angle shots, helped by the specific lightings and shadows, which make the sequences thrilling and mysterious. The editor Saar Klein has created the narration's rhythm filled with nonstop surprising moments, to see how the main characters will move forward; especially when things will get complicated, to compromise the steps the main characters are taking. The score by John Powell has been elaborated with musical notes, which fuses the thrill and the mystery of the story, to become unexpectedly dynamic; by then changing the notes of the score with dramatic tracks, to see how the main characters are getting close with each other. Matt Damon did an excellent performance as Jason Bourne, a mysterious man who lost his memory and he is looking for answers; Jason Bourne will face several dangerous moments, where he finds new solutions to be prepared for, even when things will get complicated. Franka Potente did a well done performance as Marie Kreutz, a woman full of will who will do anything to help Jason Bourne to find answers; while she faces several dangers with him, they will lately have a relationship with each other. Chris Cooper did an excellent performance as Alexander Conklin, the head of CIA black ops program called Treadstone, who will try in all the way to stop Jason Bourne. Brian Cox did an excellent performance as Ward Abbott, the deputy director of CIA, who is actually the one to ask Alexander Conklin to stop Jason Bourne, after a failed mission has been accomplished. The Bourne Identity is one of the most thrilling movies ever made, filled with unexpected plot twists.

The stories which follow warriors who have to confront a hard past, filled with pain and remorse, are intriguing to see how the main characters are getting self confident on both physically and psychologically. As the main characters through their body language they express on the way they are feeling emotionally, especially during the fight sequences, which initially their body language might be insecure to immediately lose their fight; but after the main characters have learnt in what they are looking for, their body language becomes more self confident and especially stronger, to even be ready to face their final battles to be often much intense than the first ones. The filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton seems interested to explore this theme, by developing a new movie for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this time about the character Shang-Chi. After a long time of work, in 2021 came out Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings by Destin Daniel Cretton, with Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Meng'er Zhang, Tony Leung, Fala Chen and Michelle Yeoh. The movie's plot: The martial artist Shaun/Shang-Chi (Simu Liu), who in once has been trained to be an assassin, has left his past on the back to live in his own life in San Francisco; until his father Xu Wenwu (Tony Leung), who is in the command of the Ten Rings organization, has reunited him and his sister Xialing (Meng'er Zhang) to search something essential in the village Ta Lo, where Ying Li (Fala Chen) the mother of Shang-Chi and Xialing guarded in once. The movie has captured a lot of attention, by surprising the audience, the critics and the fans of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, as the story went in a different direction than what the previous movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have gone, even the movie has maintained some of the established superhero elements in the cinematic universe. Especially for the way the movie explores the Asian culture, by using the Chinese mythological creatures, to let the audience feel emerged in another culture, through the settings and the colors to be expressive on the emotions of the story and on the feeling of the characters. The story gets much expressive in the emotions of the characters, through the choreography in the fight sequences, where their movements and their steps represent the way of how they will confront their greatest battles, both internally and externally. The production designer Sue Chan has elaborated the settings with specific details, to be expressive through the mythological look to the let the eyes of the audience be emerged in the story; at the same time, some of the most specific settings are filled with colors, which make them much powerful of the emotions and of the meanings on some of the most crucial moments of the story. The costume designer Kum Barrett has created costumes which fit with the shape and the colors of the characters, as most of them have been specifically elaborated to fit in their movements during the fight sequences; especially when the costumes fit with the body language of the characters, which can be felt without distorting their movements. The cinematographer William Pope has captured in every single camera movements as well as in every single angle shots, with the help of the lightnings, the shadows and the colors, some of the most essential shots of the scenes, which make some of the most essential moments of the story unforgettably poetic and mythological. The editors Elísabet Ronaldsdóttis, Nat Sanders and Harry Yoon have created the narration's rhythm in a clear way on how the story will be told from the beginning to the end, without distorting the narration of the story and by using essential footage which create the movie. The visual effects have been specifically elaborated to create some of the most spectacular scenarios of the story, in every single details of pixels to let the eyes of the audience be emerged in the story; especially through the settings, colors, lightnings and shadows, which make them mythologically spectacular. The score by Joel P. West has been elaborated to be more close to the Asian culture, in every single musical notes to balance the emotions of the characters; as well as some of the most essential moments of the story, to blend with the scenes without distorting the narration's rhythm nor in some of the most epic moments of the movie. Simu Liu did an excellent performance as Shaun/Shang-Chi, a martial artist who was in once trained as an assassin, to later on get away from the dramatic past to live in his own life; until his father Xu Wenwu has reunited him and his sister, where Shang-Chi has to confront his past to slowly become much confident with himself. Awkwafina did an excellent performance as Katy, the best friend of Shang-Chi who has no idea about his past, until she will come with him and learns more about him; initially she shows herself to be insecure and goofy, but since she has been involved with the mission of Shang-Chi she will become stronger internally as well as physically. Meng'er Zhang did an excellent performance as Xialing, the sister of Shang-Chi and the daughter of Xu Wenwu, who shows herself to be a strong person on the outside, but on the inside she is much vulnerable, especially because of the past which has tormented her; until she will become much confident, to be even closer to Shang-Chi and she will be the one who will later on change something important, in a crucial moment of the story. Tony Leung did an extraordinary performance as Xu Wenwu, the leader of the Ten Rings organization and the father of Shang-Chi and Xialing, who tries to be a good father for how much the love he has on them both; but since something tragic has happened, he has returned of what he used to be in once, especially to search in what he is looking for. Fala Chen did an extraordinary performance as Ying Li, the wife of Xu Wenwu and mother of Shang-Chi and Xialing, who will be seen often times in the flashbacks for an important reason; she has been the reason to have a family with Xu Wenwu, as in the flashbacks Ying Li has taught some of the most essential lessons to Shang-Chi. Michelle Yeoh did an excellent performance as Ying Nan, the guardian of Ta Lo and the aunt of Shang-Chi and Xialing, who will be the one to explain what is Xu Wenwu looking for and she will be also the one to teach Shang-Chi, Xialing and Katy, with the help of the rest of the village, how to become much confident with themselves. Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings is an unexpectedly surprising movie, which uses some different elements from the previous Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, it is one of the best movies of the cinematic universe as well as one of the best movies of 2021.

The novel Dune by Frank Herbert is still considered to this day, one of the greatest masterpieces ever written in the science fiction literature. Especially, for being a story which explores themes that are still relevant to nowadays, both politically and ecologically, to have actually predicted in how some events might have gone in certain direction, to have become in a way prophetic. The novel is captivating for how much it gets in the details of the characters, psychologically and emotionally, to understand their point of views and their motives to have taken decisions to be often times difficult. The auteur filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has been a long time fan of the novel, to have wished to direct one day a movie adaptation of the novel Dune by Frank Herbert. It has been later on, announced the making of the movie adaptation of Dune; as the movie will be divided in two parts, where first one of the movie adaptation will cover the first half of the book. After a long time of work, in 2021 came out Dune: Part One by Denis Villeneuve, with Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem. The movie's plot: In a far future, the son of the noble family Atreides, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), faces an unexpected journey, after the House Atreides has accepted to entrust the protection of the most valuable asset of the galaxy, in the planet Arrakis or also known as Dune. Meanwhile Paul has to learn the meaning of becoming a leader, as he is also the ducal heir of House Atreides, he starts to have visions in his dreams to be likely a prediction of what might going to happen to him. There have been several discussions on how the movie would come out, either to be a worth movie to be made or not; as to work on a complicated adaptation of a unique book, it requires a lot of details of the novel needed to be present in the movie. The movie has actually surprised a lot the audience, the critics and especially the fans of the original novel Dune; as the movie follows very faithfully the original novel, which makes the movie unique to let the audience feel the vastness of the material. The production designer Patrice Vermette has created a unique way to construct the settings with specific details, to make the environments look mythological fused with some futuristic elements and make the spaces express the emotions of the characters. The costume designers Robert Morgan and Jacquelin West have created the costumes with specific details of the shape and the colors, which fit the way the main characters and the supporting ones are represented both psychologically and physically. The cinematographer Greig Fraser has captured the shots of the scenes, in every camera movements and in every angle shots, which make most of the scenes unforgettable and unique; by creating the scenes more atmospheric and powerful, the lightings and the shadows have been elaborated in a specific way to get the scenes spectacular, especially in some of the most unexpected and thrilling moments. The editor Joe Walker has elaborated the narration's rhythm to make clear how the movie would be told from the beginning to the end, without distorting the result of the story and especially by using essential footage needed for the movie. The visual effects have been specifically elaborated to make the vision of the story mythologically immense, to let the audience feel vastness of the story's vision, by using specific details which would unexpectedly surprise the audience in some of the most spectacular scenarios of the story. The score by Hans Zimmer has been created in the most creative and unique way to let the audience feel the environment of the story's set, as well as the emotions and the majestic sounds of the story; especially for how the musical notes have been elaborated to use different instruments, different sounds and different voices, which have been mixed together, to get an unexpectedly surprising musical result. Timothée Chalamet did an extraordinary performance as Paul Atreides, the son of the Bene Gesserit Lady Jessica and the Duke Leto Atreides, who is the ducal heir of the noble family Atreides and he is the one who will learn the meaning of becoming a future leader; especially when Paul faces unexpectedly some of the moments of danger, as well as when he sees in his dreams several visions of what might going to happen to him in the future. Rebecca Ferguson did an excellent performance as Lady Jessica, a Bene Gesserit who is the mother of Paul Atreides and wife of Duke Leto Atreides, through the long journey of her son Paul she will be the one to be with him most of the time; as she will do anything to help Paul, but especially she will do anything to protect him with her life. Oscar Isaac did an extraordinary performance as Duke Leto Atreides, the father of Paul Atreides, husband of the Bene Gesserit Lady Jessica and the duke of the noble family Atreides, who will do anything to take the right decisions for the entrust which he has been asked to protect the most valuable asset of the Galaxy in the planet Arrakis; Duke Leto will also do anything to ensure the future of his son Paul, as he brings Paul with him in some of the most important moments of the story. Josh Brolin did an excellent performance as Gurney Halleck, the weapons master of the House Atreides and one of the mentors of Paul, who will do anything to protect the Atreides family no matter what kind of danger might come to them. Stellan Skarsgård did an extraordinary performance as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, the baron of the house Harkonnen who is the enemy of the House Atreides and once he has heard about the news of the House Atreides that has been asked for the entrust, he will do anything to kill anyone of the House Atreides. Dave Bautista did a well done performance as Glossu Rabban, the nephew of Baron Harkonnen, who will do anything for his uncle Baron Harkonnen; even it would require great violence, to commit in what he is asked for. Stephen McKinley Henderson did a well done performance as Thufir Hawat, a Mentat of the House Atreides who serves the noble family, he will do whatever he is asked for his purpose. Zendaya did an extraordinary performance as Chani, a young Fremen woman who is often present in Paul's dream, as she means something very important to Paul; until something unexpected happens, where Paul will meet Chani in person and the dreams will slowly become real. Chang Chen did a well done performance as Dr. Wellington Yueh, a Suk doctor who is in charge to help the House Atreides; until something unexpected happen where it can be seen he is taking difficult choices for a specific reason. Sharon Duncan-Brewster did an excellent performance as Dr. Lite-Kynes, the imperial planetologist of the planet Arrakis, who will be the one to give the guidance to Paul Atreides and Lady Jessica on where they have to go to seek what they are looking for. Charlotte Rampling did a well done performance as Gaius Helen Mohiam, a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother, who will be the one to understand the meaning of the visions of Paul's dreams, as they are not just simple dreams. Jason Momoa did an extraordinary performance as Duncan Idaho, the swordmaster of the House Atreides and one of the mentors of Paul, who besides to be in charge to protect the House Atreides he will be the one to live for a bit with the Fremen and try to help by making the Fremen ally of the House Atreides. Javier Bardem did an excellent performance as Stilgar, the leader of the Fremen tribe at the Sietch Tabr, who will do anything to defend the Fremen and he initially does not trust the House Atreides; until Paul will give a change in what it has to be done. Dune is one of the greatest movies of all time, as well as one of the best movies of 2021, based on a unique classic science fiction literature masterpiece.

Exploring stories about gangster families, are some of the most interesting ones to be told in the complex way in the literature, movies, television series and video games; to see how these families have started, by moving forward with their activities and then got finished. By even get into some of the bloodiest details, on how some of the members of the family have been pushed to take decisions, when they have to face some conflicts; as most of these decisions can bring inevitable consequences, where the streets would be filled with blood. The auteur filmmaker Anurag Kashyap seems intrigued to tell a story about gangster family, by then exploring how their activities have started, to move forward in different generations and where it would end. After a long time of research and well elaboration on some of the most complicated details, in 2012 came out Gangs of Wasseypur by Anurag Kashyap with Manoj Bajpayee, Piyush Mishra, Jameel Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Richa Chadha, Reemma Sen, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhullia, Huma Quireshi, Raj Kumar Yaddav, Pankaj Tripathi, Vineet Kumar Singh and Vipin Sharma. The movie's plot: From the 1940s until in 2000s, a bloody conflict between two family gangsters, would get even more aggressive; as each of their decisions would bring bloody consequences, until it would arrive to an inevitable ending. Usually, to tell such complicated topic would be not easy; especially, to assemble all of the specific details which the story needs to be told in the longest way. From the beginning to the end, the movie would not stop to surprise the audience, for how the corruption of the two family gangsters would be operated in all the way to get powerful; as the story gets more thrilling, when one of the gangster families commits a mistake or even takes a difficult decision, to get some of the most unexpectedly bloody situations. The production designer Wasiq Khan has elaborated the settings with specific details, which would show how the main characters live initially in the poorest places; until they would live in the most ordinary places filled with colors and big space, which there is still dirt inside of them. The costume designer Subodh Srivastava has created costumes, which the shape and the colors have been elaborated, to connect with where the story changes in time through the generations. The cinematographer Rajeev Ravi has captured some of the most essential shots, in every camera movements as well as in every single angle shots; especially by using a dynamic style, to maintain the realism in the story to focus on the dirt which the main characters would face through. The editor Shweta Venkat has created the narration's rhythm, in the most precise to see who the main characters and the supporting ones are; by focusing for which reason they are important, as well as what is going to happen to each of them, when something bloody might happen. The score by Sneha Khanwalkar has been elaborated with musical notes, which balances the exotic style and the electronic one; the score connects with how the main characters would move forward, as well as how the main characters and the supporting ones are described in the specific way. Manoj Bajpayee did an extraordinary performance as Sardar Khan, a ruthless gangster who would form the Khan clan; since he started with his family, he and other members of it would do anything to stay as powerful as possible. Piyush Mishra did an excellent performance as Nasir Ahmed, the cousin of Shadid Khan who narrates the story and he would be always with the Khan clan; he would give specific details, on what direction of the story might take from the beginning to the end. Jameel Khan did a well done performance as Asgar Khan, the cousin of Sardar Khan who would do anything of what is right for the Khan clan. Jaideep Ahlawat did an excellent performance as Shahid Khan, the father of Sardar Khan who tried in all of the way to create an easy life for his family; as he struggles with the job to then face a consequence, which would cause his son to start the criminality. Richa Chadha did an extraordinary performance as Nagma Khatoon, the wife Sardar Khan and mother of four sons; she would be always close to her sons, even her manner can be ruthless in some of the most difficult moments to face. Reemma Sen did an excellent performance as Durga, the second wife of Sardar Khan who initially is a shy character to be innocent; until something would change her, to let an unexpected death happening. Nawazuddin Siddiqui did an extraordinary performance as Faizal Khan, one of Sardar Khan's sons who would initially look to be shy and not as ruthless as just father; until something unexpected happens to Faizal Khan, to be a different person and he would move forward with the criminal activity of his father. Tigmanshu Dhullia did an excellent performance as Ramadhir Singh, a cold politician who commands Wasseypur territory, to be allied with the Qureshi clan; but things would get complicated since the Khan clan started with their activities. Huma Quireshi did a well done as Mohsina, the love interest of Faizal Khan who is supportive of him; even when he is going to take some bloody decisions. Raj Kumar Yadav did an excellent as Shamshad Alam, a young man who has initially his own transport business, to then move forward with iron trading; but when things get complicated, he would face an unexpected conclusion. Pankaj Tripathi did an extraordinary performance as Sultan Qureshi, a member of Qureshi clan and ally of Ramadhir Singh; he would do anything to whatever is necessary, to stop the Khan clan. Vineet Kumar Singh did a well done performance as Danish Khan, one of the sons of Sardar Khan who would marry Shama Parveen; but once Shama Parveen got married with him, she would cause a great rage to her brother Sultan Qureshi. Vipin Sharma did an extraordinary performance as Ehsaan Qureshi, the leader of Qureshi clan who is bonded with Ramadhir Singh; he would do anything, to what is necessary for his purpose. Gangs of Wasseypur is one of the greatest as well as one of the most unique movies of all time, which is filled with realism to be unexpectedly bloody and thrilling.

Telling stories where a group of superheroes who can together accomplish wonders for the humanity, after each of them have faced in the past some of their biggest missions in their own ways; once each of them find out they are not alone, they would meet each other. Later on, it would be seen how the team of superheroes get along with each other, by having sometimes disagreements to be conflictual; but once the conflict has been solved, they move forward with their missions together and see how far they would go, to arrive to an end. After it has been seen in the DCEU some superhero solo movies, inevitably the heroes of DC will meet each other and face together some of the greatest missions they have ever seen. After the visionary filmmaker Zack Snyder has released the movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, he immediately went to work on Justice League. During the postproduction of Justice League, Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder stepped down to face a family tragedy, which the filmmaker Joss Whedon was lately called to finish the movie. But when the movie Justice League came out in 2017, several fans and critics have been not satisfied with the result of the story; several fans in social media have demanded the director's cut of Justice League, by writing the hashtag "Release the Snyder Cut". After years of waiting, Zack Snyder came back in production to finish his director's cut of Justice League, by adding few new scenes to make the movie complete. After a long time of work, in 2021 came out Zack Snyder's Justice League by Zack Snyder with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher and Ciarán Hinds. The movie's plot: After the death of Superman (Henry Cavill), Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) are recruiting a team of metahumans, to protect the Earth from an ancient threat, which can cause an apocalypse if it is not prevented. As there have been some expectations, for how the movie would come out, because of the unseen footage which have been not used in the theatrical version; once the unseen footage have been assembled together, step by step, the movie would not stop to surprise the audience, from the beginning to the end. By balancing the atmospheres of the movie, which is filled with emotional moments as well as thrilling ones to be unforgettably epic. The production designer Patrick Tatopoulos has created the settings of the story, with specific mythological look which make the settings huge; especially for the way the main characters and the supporting ones would step in, by expressing their emotions among the spaces of the settings. The costume designer Michael Wilkinson has elaborated the costumes with particular details, which connect with the way the emotions of the characters are expressed and the way they take actions; especially in some of the most important moments they are facing, to be often times difficult. The cinematographer Fabian Wagner has captured some of the most essential shots, in every single camera movements as well as in every single angle shots; by even getting helped with the lightings and the shadows, which make the scenes more atmospheric as well as more uniquely powerful. The editor David Brenner has elaborated the narration's rhythm, which makes clear how the story would be told, with unexpected moments to be surprising; without being repetitive, as the editing has used some of the most essential footage to show, which is usually difficult to choose the right ones, when a movie is specifically very long. The visual effects have been elaborated to create some of the most spectacular scenarios, in the most detailed way; especially in some of the most complicated visual moments, to have a mythological look which works to be unique for the eyes of the audience. The score by Tom Holkenborg a.k.a. Junkie XL, has been elaborated for some of the most surprising moments of the movie; as the musical notes would come out epic, emotional and thrilling to be unforgettable. Ben Affleck did an extraordinary performance as Bruce Wayne/Batman, a wealthy socialite that dresses up as a dark vigilante, who would do anything to move forward with what Superman has tried to bring to the humanity; once there is an ancient threat in Earth, Batman with the rest of metahumans would do anything to protect home. Henry Cavill did an excellent performance as Clark Kent/Superman, a Kryptonian who after has sacrificed for the humanity, the team of metahumans would try to bring him back to life; by hoping he would help the team, to finish what he has started. Jason Momoa did a marvelous performance as Arthur Curry/Aquaman, a half Atlantean and half human who would initially not believe, he can do something important for the humanity; until he would change his mind, to use all of his strength to save home. Gal Gadot did an excellent performance as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, an immortal Amazonian warrior who once realizes an ancient threat comes to destroy Earth, she would help Bruce Wayne to find the metahumans; even there would be initially difficulties, to convince some of the metahumans to take part of the team. Ezra Miller did an extraordinary performance as Barry Allen/The Flash, a young student who has the ability to run with the highest speed of the world, by even have the ability to go back in time; as Barry hopes to help his father who has been incarcerated, he would do anything to do the right thing, including for the team, even he would realize it is a difficult task to face the great danger. Ray Fisher did a marvelous performance as Victor Stone/Cyborg, a cyborg who after has been through some of the most dramatic events, he would help to commit with all of his strength anything that is necessary for good. Ciarán Hinds did an excellent performance as Steppenwolf, a New God who follows his purpose to bring apocalypse in the Planet Earth, which he has to conquer it; as he take actions, with the help of the army of Parademons, to be merciless with all of the brutal decisions he takes. Zack Snyder's Justice League is one of the greatest movies of all time, which is filled with epic moments to be thrilling as well as moving to be unforgettable.

The stories set in an isolated island, where there is not so many things left, are usually told in the psychological way to see how the main characters would move forward with their job; by even facing, in the most unexpected ways, some nightmare scenarios which would affect the main characters psychologically and bring them into madness. Some stories would end with the main characters, who have imagined everything to be an illusion; other stories would end with the main characters, who face some of the most horrifying consequences. The filmmaker Robert Eggers seems intrigued to tell a story, which is set in an isolated island; to be specifically concentrated most of the time in the lighthouse, but set in the 1890s rather than in nowadays. After a long time work, in 2019 came out The Lighthouse by Robert Eggers with Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. The movie's plot: In the 1890s, two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson), who arrived in a remote island of New England to work; while they move forward with their job, they slowly start to lose sanity by having horrifying images, which make them lose their reality. From the beginning to the end, the movie captures the audience attention; especially by telling the story in the darkest way, with atmospheric moments to scare the audience as well as to elevate the tension. The dialogues and the monologues have been elaborated, to be expressed in the old English of 1890s; by making the story much expressive of the time set in 1890s, which show the way the main characters would talk with each other. The production designer Craig Lathrop has created the settings, which have all of the specific details to make them look periodic in every spaces walked and touched by the main characters. The costume designer Linda Muir has elaborated the costumes, to be accurate with the period and the way the main character would dress. The cinematographer Jarin Blaschke has captured some of the essential frames, needed to create dark atmospheres to connect with the themes of the movie. By creating the atmospheres much darker, it has been used the lighting in the precise way, to let the darkness surround the settings and light in the specific angles, by creating visually the darkness of the images to be unforgettable. The movie uses the aspect ratio of 1.19:1, instead of a wide aspect ratio, which is the same aspect ratio used by the classic movies of 1900s; as the square aspect ratio describes, how both of the main characters are the only ones to be in the remote island. In the same way, by maintaining the dark atmospheres and elevate the tension of the audience, the story is told in black & white instead of being told in colors; as the black & white images, connects with the dark settings of the story as well as with the themes of the movie. The editor Louise Ford has elaborated the narration's rhythm, with unexpected moments which would surprise the audience; especially by using different scenes to combine with each other, to create some scary sequences which the suspense works from getting a slow rhythm until it accelerates to elevate the audience tension. The score by Mark Korven has been elaborated to connect with the dark atmospheres, as well as with the madness of the main characters, which is slowly increasingly to get worse. Willem Dafoe was extraordinary as Thomas Wake, the older lighthouse keeper who would give most of the time orders to Ephraim Winslow, while he controls most of the things to be put in order; since the madness starts to take, he starts to tell absurd stories as well as to shout and insult Ephraim. Robert Pattinson was excellent as Ephraim Winslow, the younger lighthouse keeper who would obey all of the orders and do the heaviest jobs; since the madness starts to take, he starts to have hallucinations, to be mostly images of horror. The Lighthouse is one of the best movies of 2019, as well as one of the scariest movies filled with unforgettable dark images.