As discussed previously as well, being topical is one of the strengths of the Mission Impossible franchise, and returning director Christopher McQuarrie understands that pretty well. In the age of post-truth, where information, artificial intelligence, and global surveillance turn out to be playing the role of kingmakers, human efficiency is reduced to null. Therefore, for Ethan Hunt, gone are the days of chasing evil terrorists hell-bent on launching a global pandemic, ruthless arms dealers, or genius criminal masterminds, as in his thirty-year espionage career, the most overpowered enemy he faces in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning is a sentient AI named ‘Entity.’ This new enemy of Ethan is omnipresent, near-omniscient, and almost intangible, yet it has the potential to send the earth back to the Stone Age. We will discuss more about the Entity, its connection with the key that initiates Ethan’s latest mission, and how it might impact...