Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – a modern spy film that knows the value of old tech

By Catherine Edwards, PhD Candidate, English and Related Literature, University of York

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One.

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One is a pulsatingly entertaining spy film that combines frenetic action, globetrotting visuals and spectacular set pieces.

The film is the latest in a near 30-year franchise (itself an adaptation of a popular 1960s TV spy series), Mission Impossible is characterised by state-of-the-art surveillance systems. Dead…

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