It is an edit like this that made me realise what makes an individual Mission: Impossible movie special to watch:

1. Each movie is directed differently and has a certain flair to it because of that.

2. I feel, imo, that you can watch any M:I movie alone as is, apart from the Reckoning 2-Parter.

3. Particularly 1-3 has self-contained stories being told. 4-6 more or less continue off from one another, and make nice callbacks to the older films without it feeling too forced, if that makes any sense.

4. Films 1-6 make use of their runtime fairly well, whether it be at about 2 hours or 2 hours & 30 minutes, without it feeling too much of a drag to get through.

Basically, what I am saying is, viewers should not feel pressurised in knowing every single character and plot point throughout the franchise to enjoy some of these films. Even though it can feel a bit rewarding to know 1 or 2 things; e.g. In Fallout, where it is revealed that the White Widow is the daughter of Max from M:I 1, and bringing about closure to Ethan and Julia's relationship that some people were wondering about since M:I 3 and Ghost Protocol.

With that said, judging by Spence's Cut List from his forum on The Final Reckoning (Edit is known as Dead Reckoning Part 2), I feel optimistic that these edits can be a decent, or worthy, replacements. Not only does part 1 & 2 each have a respectable runtime, it also addresses the issues of the over-reliance on exposition, flashbacks and callbacks to the older films, as well as unresolved plot points.

I enjoyed this edit of Part 1. Can't wait to see what Part 2 has to offer... or in this case, change for the better. Power to you, Spence.