After teaming up in one of last years best films Edge of Tomorrow, writer Christopher McQuarrie (Oscar winner for The Usual Suspects) and actor Tom Cruise are at it again in the fifth installment of the Mission: Impossible series. It doesn't disappoint and that's saying a lot for you know that in order for an action film franchise to stay successful - it has to be at least as par as the previous films before it. The last one Ghost Protocol has director Brad Bird's signature style of animated action paralleled by a gripping story. Rogue Nation stays on that course by delivering the usual scenes fans of the series expect of, plus since this is written and directed by the man who wrote The Usual Suspects, there's a lot of interpersonal connection between it's characters and McQuarrie triumphs on both counts.
Tom Cruise may have lost a little bit of that Hollywood pretty boy actor vibe and it shows in the film. Fortunately it helped because this Ethan Hunt looks tired chasing all the bad guys in the world only to find out that his group the IMF has been shut down by the CIA and the burden falls into himself. Ethan Hunt is just as human as us after all.
With the help of his trusted teammates from the previous films William Brandt (Jeremy Renner), Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) and Luther (Ving Rhames), they track down The Syndicate - a network of terrorist bent on taking down the world. Alec Baldwin joins the series as well and plays a CIA officer in his typical persona. British Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson however steals the show in a star making turn playing Ilsa Faust - a rogue British agent who may or not be part of The Syndicate.
Mission: Impossible is great Hollywood entertainment and so far it is the second best action film of 2015 after Mad Max: Fury Road.
No comments:
Post a Comment