Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Gimly

5/10

So after all that, I’m pretty convinced that the _Mission: Impossible_ series just isn’t 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_. There’s actually a lot of parallels between those two lines of movies. Pertaining specifically to _Mission: Impossible_ though, this one truly is t...

CinemaSerf

7/10

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. The...

While still a pretty good movie, this mission impossible doesn’t 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 p...