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. This familiar formula with its action, stunts, and espionage, which makes some parts feel a bit too predictable.
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 also delivered a wonderful performance, making this movie a must-watch. But while Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg put in solid performances, the Alec Baldwin's CIA director character doesn’t get much development, and the pacing slows down when the focus shifts to subplots.
The heavy emphasis on spectacle sometimes takes away from the tension, making it harder to stay fully engaged, regardless see this movie the moment you get the time—or better still, make time for it.
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