Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

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Some over-stuffed blockbuster actioners boldly boast their explosive and invigorating productions with dynamic glee. Well, the Mission: Impossible film franchise echoes this same sentiment, with flashy fifty-something star Tom Cruise still carrying that boyish exuberance that never seems to miss a beat, and can breathe a sigh of relief because the latest chapter will not disappoint in its adventurous, adrenaline-rushing skin. Yes, Cruise is back as IMF super spy stud Ethan Hunt in writer-director Christopher McQuarries power-surging Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation. Notoriously slick, ambitious, wildly impish and vastly intriguing, Rogue Nation incorporates superb direction, writing and, of course, its no-nonsense dosage of non-stop shenani...

Everything you can expect from a "Mission: Impossible" movie. The script is not the brightest nor the freshest but works OK. Cruise, Pegg and Rhames keep the franchise afloat while Renner and Baldwin feel unneeded.

Great addition with Ferguson. She takes most of the attention in this movie.

Good work from the direction.

So after all that, Im pretty convinced that the Mission: Impossible series just isnt for me. That being said, how many film franchises can say that their fifth instalment was also their best? Probably just this one, and, maybe Fast & Furious. Theres actually a lot of parallels between those two lines of movies.

Pertaining specifically to Mission: Impossible though, this one truly is the best of the bunch in my opinion. It has its most complete female role to date, in fact, you could say that of any character. This is the first film that doesnt feel like it entirely hinges on Ethan Hunts input. The characters surrounding him are actual people with their own personalities and ideas. And maybe its just that Ive watched him do it five...

Perhaps if Uncle Sam had just taken the view that what it doesn't know wouldn't do it any harm, then "Hunley" (Alec Baldwin) wouldn't have managed to get them to shut down the IMF! They do, however, and that casts "Hunt" (Tom Cruise) and his team even more into the shadows. Their timing could hardly have been worse as just at this point, a sophisticated "Syndicate" is out for world domination. They are starting out by innocuously disposing of some key global figures - all looking like accidents, but despite his protestations to the sceptical CIA, "Hunt" remains on the outside and needs to rekindle the gang to thwart their intentions - intentions that have their roots deep within the establishment. Nope, it's not original. Not in the least. ...

While still a pretty good movie, this mission impossible doesnt add up to the previous iteration and ghost protocol. The cast is largely the same, which lends itself to more time on the job. But they dedicate this time to Moore one on one time between cruise and Ferguson, instead of giving us an easier to understand backstory and building out some of the actual dialogue and conflict.

The set pieces are good as always, but theres just not enough substance to it to make up for all the jumping around. This was the weakest one since MI 2, which is still to say its a good movie. It just fails to follow up a string of two good films in a row.