Directed by : Christopher McQuarrie
Written by : Christopher McQuarrie, Drew Pearce
Starring : Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames
Release Date : July 27, 2015
"Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" can be summed up with these few descriptions. Great visuals and set locations. Fun action and stunt set pieces. Spy vs Spy entertainment. Simon Pegg is awesome. Rebecca Ferguson is amazing. Those are what makes this movie worth seeing, and I did enjoy watching it. It's simply a solid movie.
One thing that probably surprised me the most though, is that I didn't care too much about Tom Cruise as Ethan Hawke. He may have been good at acting intense, serious, and charming on his missions. He may still be pretty impressive for continuing to do a lot of his own stunt work. However, as a character, he was just... there, to be that likeable stereotypical action hero. It seemed like there was more effort to make the supporting cast more rounded as characters, than the lead itself.
The story for these movies are also starting to feel rather uninspired. I still enjoyed watching the plot play out though, and at least the action and stunt sequences were wonderfully distracting me from noticing any faults the movie has. Some stand out set pieces has to be the opera house in Vienna, and the chase scenes in Morocco. I had so much fun watching those sequences.
"Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" didn't exactly break new ground for the franchise, nor did it set a new high bar to surpass. However, I still can't deny that I'm still entertained by it. Good flick!
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