8.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Overview
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Viewer Rating
8.2
Overview
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
While the film's core conflict involving a rogue AI is largely apolitical, its narrative champions individual action and expresses skepticism towards all governmental and institutional attempts to control, rather than destroy, ultimate power, aligning with right-leaning themes of individual responsibility and distrust of centralized authority.
The movie features a visibly diverse cast with various ethnicities and genders in key roles, though this diversity is integrated without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white characters. The narrative maintains a neutral to positive portrayal of traditional identities, focusing on a global threat rather than critiquing specific social identities.
Secondary
The film features Paris, a highly skilled assassin, who, despite being severely wounded, engages in and wins close-quarters physical combat against multiple male opponents on a train.
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is entirely focused on its action-packed plot and established character dynamics, without any representation of queer identities or experiences.
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The film's plot and character arcs do not engage with transgender identity in any capacity, leading to a rating of N/A for depiction.
The film introduces new characters like Grace, who are original to this installment and not gender-swapped versions of previously established characters. Returning legacy characters maintain their canonical gender.
All returning characters in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One are portrayed by actors of the same race as their established portrayals in previous installments. New characters introduced in this film do not qualify as race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.6
7.5
Critic Ratings
9.6
8.1
Who Made This
Actors
| Name | Role | Gender | Race | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Cruise | Ethan Hunt | Male | White |  United States |
Hayley Atwell | Grace | Female | White |  Unknown |
Ving Rhames | Luther Stickell | Male | Black | United States |
Simon Pegg | Benji Dunn | Male | White | Unknown |
Rebecca Ferguson | Ilsa Faust | Female | White |  Sweden |
Vanessa Kirby | The White Widow | Female | White | Unknown |
Esai Morales | Gabriel | Male | Latino | United States |
Pom Klementieff | Paris | Female | White, East Asian, White |  France |
Henry Czerny | Kittridge | Male | White |  Canada |
Shea Whigham | Briggs | Male | White | United States |
Greg Tarzan Davis | Degas | Male | Black | United States |
Frederick Schmidt | Zola | Male | White | Unknown |
Mariela Garriga | Marie | Female | Latino, White |  Cuba |
Cary Elwes | Denlinger | Male | White | Unknown |
Charles Parnell | NRO | Male | Black | United States |
Christopher McQuarrie | Passenger on train (uncredited) | Male | White | United States |
Actor Breakdown
Gender
Male
Female
69%
31%
Race
White
69%
Black
19%
Latino
13%
White
13%
East Asian
6%
Nationalities
United States
44%
Unknown
31%
Sweden
6%
France
6%
Canada
6%
Cuba
6%
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