Mission: Impossible - Rouge Nation (2015)

Mission: Impossible - Rouge Nation (2015)

8/10

Starring

Tom Cruise

Jeremy Renner

Simon Pegg

Rebecca Ferguson

Ving Rhames

Sean Harris

Alec Baldwin

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie

Mission: Impossible 5: Gadgets Galore, better known as Rogue Nation, is the fifth (and not the final) installment in the Mission: Impossible series. It can arguably stand its ground as one of the best in the franchise.

You’ll accept this fact about 60 minutes into the movie. Get ready to be amazed as Tom Cruise, playing Ethan Hunt, delivers one of his best performances yet. He has officially stamped himself as an action hero, delivering impressive stunts and great acting as usual to cement the point.

J.J. Abrams is producing this film again, and Christopher McQuarrie is in the director’s seat. This is McQuarrie’s second movie with Cruise as the lead action hero, the first being Jack Reacher in 2012.

Cruise hasn’t delivered an exceptional movie or box office hit in a while. His performances in Jack Reacher (2012) and Oblivion (2013) have become questionable. While Jack Reacher (2012) did well at the box office, both it and Oblivion (2013) didn’t have the strongest scripts. Edge of Tomorrow (2014), on the other hand, was a wonderful movie, but it wasn’t a box office hit. This made me eager to see Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. The movie is exceptional and is guaranteed to be a box office sensation in the months to come.

The movie doesn’t stray far from the usual Mission: Impossible formula: a lot of running and shooting, some over-the-top stunts, espionage, and excellent cinematography.

Ethan Hunt is after the Syndicate, but this time, the bad guys get the jump on our IMF agent. Instead of killing him (which would’ve been the most reasonable thing to do), they decide to keep him for questioning.

Put two and two together, and he breaks free. But by the time Ethan escapes, the IMF has been dissolved by CIA Director Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin), who has marked Ethan as most wanted and deployed his tactical team to hunt him down. Now, Ethan is on the run from the U.S. government, with help from his former teammate, IMF agent William Brandt (Jeremy Renner).
Brandt does everything he can, even recruiting former agent Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) to help find Ethan and keep Hunley off his tail.

Ethan recruits Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) to help chase down the Syndicate leader, and the whole team (Ethan, Benji, Luther, and Brandt) reunites to kick off the mission.

For me, aside from Cruise, Simon Pegg delivered a wonderful performance, making this movie a must-watch the moment you get the time—or better still, make time for it.