The fifth and latest installment in the Mission Impossible series Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation came out on July 31st. The movie has done very well so far, leading the North American box office for two weeks (before being displaced by Straight Outta Compton), has the third best IMAX July numbers in history (behind The Dark Knight Rises and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2), and had a score of 93% on the website Rotten Tomatoes. Needless to say, the film has met and exceeded the expectations set by its wildly successful prequel, Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol. But just how good was this movie? Let's take a closer look in this review.
The plot revolved around Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), acting without the IMF's help, trying to bring down The Syndicate, an organization that others don't really believe exist. Tying into this plot is Syndicate agent Ilsa Faust, who appears to be more mysterious than one might initially think. We also have the side story of Alec Baldwin's character, the director of the CIA, trying to take down the IMF. On top of that, he is trying to catch Hunt, the lone IMF agent unaccounted for. This storyline provides some great moments in the movie and pays off in the end. The plot is nothing too special, something that you would expect from a Mission Impossible movie. The Ilsa Faust storyline can be a little much at times, but it proves to be an interesting part of the movie.
Cruise became the ideal action movie star a number of years ago, and he shows off exactly why in this movie. Even his biggest detractors cannot take away from the fact that he is a great action star. The best acting performance in this movie however, goes to Simon Pegg for his role as Benji. He gets a bigger role than he does in the last movie, and he does a great job as the comedic sidekick. Everything is completely on point, from his dialogue delivery to his facial expressions. Even when he is not the main character in the shot, he always stays in character. Every other actor gives a good performance, including Baldwin and Jeremy Renner. The return of Ving Rhames as a supporting characters was a good move, as he and Renner not only worked well together, but helped accentuate the other's character. The only character that really fell flat was the main antagonist, Solomon Lane. It looks like director Christopher McQuarrie was going for the quiet, evil genius type of villain, but it just didn't work. Actor Sean Harris can't be blamed for the character falling flat, any actor would have had a difficult time making that character work.
The biggest attractions of the M:I series are the crazy stunts and incredible action sequences. This movie was no different, and while there was nothing as good as Cruise running down the Burj Al Arab, its still pretty good. On another note, Cruise looks spectacular for his age and looks like he could churn out action movies for at least another decade.
Not long after this movie came out, a sequel was announced. A hardly surprising announcement, seeing as how successful this movie was. If you haven't seen it yet, you need to watch it. Is it a must-see film? No, but it's still extremely entertaining and worthy of your time.
Thanks for reading everyone.
The plot revolved around Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), acting without the IMF's help, trying to bring down The Syndicate, an organization that others don't really believe exist. Tying into this plot is Syndicate agent Ilsa Faust, who appears to be more mysterious than one might initially think. We also have the side story of Alec Baldwin's character, the director of the CIA, trying to take down the IMF. On top of that, he is trying to catch Hunt, the lone IMF agent unaccounted for. This storyline provides some great moments in the movie and pays off in the end. The plot is nothing too special, something that you would expect from a Mission Impossible movie. The Ilsa Faust storyline can be a little much at times, but it proves to be an interesting part of the movie.
Cruise became the ideal action movie star a number of years ago, and he shows off exactly why in this movie. Even his biggest detractors cannot take away from the fact that he is a great action star. The best acting performance in this movie however, goes to Simon Pegg for his role as Benji. He gets a bigger role than he does in the last movie, and he does a great job as the comedic sidekick. Everything is completely on point, from his dialogue delivery to his facial expressions. Even when he is not the main character in the shot, he always stays in character. Every other actor gives a good performance, including Baldwin and Jeremy Renner. The return of Ving Rhames as a supporting characters was a good move, as he and Renner not only worked well together, but helped accentuate the other's character. The only character that really fell flat was the main antagonist, Solomon Lane. It looks like director Christopher McQuarrie was going for the quiet, evil genius type of villain, but it just didn't work. Actor Sean Harris can't be blamed for the character falling flat, any actor would have had a difficult time making that character work.
The biggest attractions of the M:I series are the crazy stunts and incredible action sequences. This movie was no different, and while there was nothing as good as Cruise running down the Burj Al Arab, its still pretty good. On another note, Cruise looks spectacular for his age and looks like he could churn out action movies for at least another decade.
Not long after this movie came out, a sequel was announced. A hardly surprising announcement, seeing as how successful this movie was. If you haven't seen it yet, you need to watch it. Is it a must-see film? No, but it's still extremely entertaining and worthy of your time.
Thanks for reading everyone.
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