Johnson wrote on Twitter that the action in Mission: Impossible-Fallout isn’t just spectacle or cool stunts (though, I’m sure there’s plenty of the latter courtesy of Tom Cruise), but it’s great filmmaking.
According to Johnson, McQuarrie’s action is filled with tension and clarity, urging everyone to bow down before him.
Rian Johnson proved that he knows a thing or two about filming action in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which has one of the best action scenes in the whole franchise, but even Johnson admits that Christopher McQuarrie is leagues above everyone else.