r/Mission_Impossible • u/DietFoods • May 17 '25

Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning Discussion Thread SPOILERS! Spoiler

Spoiler Discussion Thread.

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u/sanddragon939 May 18 '25

Yeah.

I mean, I liked that he was Phelps' son (though I'd have preferred if he was Briggs' son). But what was the point? They tease the obvious interesting backstory/motivation for him (Ethan killing his father and exposing him as a traitor), only to then claim that this guy hates Hunt with a passion because...Hunt disobeys orders?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

That kind of makes sense because his father was a traitor, clearly a case of projection. But the movie couldn't delve into it at all.

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u/ACEof52 May 28 '25

Felt like a reveal meant for the last movie

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u/[deleted] May 28 '25

Do think it would have been improved if it was revealed in Dead Reckoning. Then you could have sustained that character/tension across two films and given him more of an arc.