Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Name: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: July 31, 2015
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 31, 2015 | PG-13

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames

Summary: With the IMF disbanded, and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team now faces off against a network of highly skilled special agents, the Syndicate. These highly trained operatives are hellbent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with disavowed BritishWith the IMF disbanded, and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team now faces off against a network of highly skilled special agents, the Syndicate. These highly trained operatives are hellbent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with disavowed British agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), who may or may not be a member of this rogue nation, as the group takes on their most impossible mission yet. [Paramount Pictures]… Expand

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 131 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Jul 30, 2015

McQuarrie understands that these films are essentially tall tales with a sense of humor, skating on the edge of parody at all times while maintaining a poker face. Read full review

Calvin Wilson

Jul 30, 2015

Cruise is as watchable as ever, bringing to Hunt a blend of steeliness and vulnerability. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Jul 31, 2015

Most impressively, "Rogue Nation" keeps the body count minimal. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Jul 24, 2015

Rogue Nation plays out like a sufficient rejigging of the same variables tossed around many times before, which is just enough to both celebrate the material and demonstrate its limitations. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jul 30, 2015

McQuarrie devises a film that’s a succession of riveting sequences, filmed in a way that’s active and yet elegant. The camera keeps moving within shots, but not in a subjective, jittery way, but rather like a third person narrator calmly emphasizing the essential points. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Jul 30, 2015

It’s amazing, and genuinely touching. At the age of 53 Mr. Cruise continues to give his all to these films, and his all in this latest episode is more than enough. Read full review

Joe Walsh

Jul 28, 2015

By the third act all the stone-stepping plot points that get us from set-piece A to set-piece B start to wear thin. Read full review

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wadisplace

Jul 31, 2015

Just saw it at the local theater. The theater has a Thursday Night Preview. What an Outstanding Movie. It tells a good story along with all the Action and Special Effects. (I hate movies that are a bad story with only Special Effects to support it.) It's a really good Screen Play. TheJust saw it at the local theater. The theater has a Thursday Night Preview. What an Outstanding Movie. It tells a good story along with all the Action and Special Effects. (I hate movies that are a bad story with only Special Effects to support it.) It's a really good Screen Play. The writers keep you wondering what side the girl is on, and what International Agencies are corrupted. Good story. Great entertainment.… Expand

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nahtan1244

Jan 24, 2016

A fantastic movies that shows this franchise ain't slowing down anytime soon. Everyone delivered in this tense and exciting action packed chapter of the mission impossible movies. The villain Solomon lane was good Tom cruise was fantastic as agent Ethan hunt and New comer Rebecca fergusonA fantastic movies that shows this franchise ain't slowing down anytime soon. Everyone delivered in this tense and exciting action packed chapter of the mission impossible movies. The villain Solomon lane was good Tom cruise was fantastic as agent Ethan hunt and New comer Rebecca ferguson kept me on my toes wanting to know who's side was she really on. Words cannot describe how well crafted this movie is. Hats of to you Mr. christopher mcquarrie… Expand

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The__Showman

Jul 31, 2015

When Ethan Hunt comes into action, there are no words. Just his background score strikes into my ears and there is something big going to happen on the screen. This is enough for a cine-goer to understand what the movie and the performances of the actors are up to. ‘Mission Impossible: RogueWhen Ethan Hunt comes into action, there are no words. Just his background score strikes into my ears and there is something big going to happen on the screen. This is enough for a cine-goer to understand what the movie and the performances of the actors are up to. ‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ as usual a spy action thriller just like his previous Mission Impossible Series. But the Screenplay treatment of this movie is very good which makes us to get locked onto the seat for 2hr 11min. As usual there is brilliance portrayal of Ethan Hunt by Tom Cruise and also from his team. One can easily guess the movie in half way but lead character’s acting domination is soul for this Rogue Nation. Here you can see the confrontation of American Intelligence and British Intelligence to stop a Rogue Nation called ‘Syndicate’ is what the entire movie is about. Though story can be guessed easily Christopher McQuarrie Screenplay and Direction impresses us a lot. Joe Kraemer’s score is life to the movie. Rest of the Technical Department is as usually good. Whether you are an ardent fan of MI Quadrilogy or not this one never disappoints you. Experiencing this in IMAX is really a visual feast for your eyes. So why late guys??… Expand

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ClariseSamuels

Aug 19, 2015

Tom Cruise really does risk his life in the opening scene of this movie. It is not an optical illusion or a stunt man. It is Cruise himself hanging on for dear life to the side of an airplane that has taken off and become airborne. However, he has been harnessed so that if he had slipped inTom Cruise really does risk his life in the opening scene of this movie. It is not an optical illusion or a stunt man. It is Cruise himself hanging on for dear life to the side of an airplane that has taken off and become airborne. However, he has been harnessed so that if he had slipped in the filming, he would have presumably survived, falling only a few feet before being secured. But how many actors could perform that stunt even with a harness? One gets the impression that Daniel Craig takes an island vacation when it's time to film the stunts—he relies on a professional double to do the risky stuff.

This film may at times be a little overwhelmed by the many chase scenes, but the plot keeps the audience guessing about which double agent is betraying whom. Cruise's character, the indefatigable Ethan Hunt, is a man who has a guardian angel sitting on his shoulder so that no real harm can ever befall him. He is a strict purist, a defender of the peace, a human superhero, and as the CIA head (Alec Baldwin) puts it, “the living manifestation of destiny.” (A few critics commented on the guffaws provoked by this line—nobody laughed at my showing in Montreal, but oddly enough, at the end of the film there was a round of applause.) In short, Hunt is to spies as the Dalai Lama is to Buddhist monks.

The IMF (Impossible Mission Force) is trying to stop the latest incarnation of evil, Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), from assassinating all the heads of state as part of a master plan conducted by the Syndicate, an international crime network. Lane is an insanely criminal mastermind, and in no time at all, he has Hunt captured and hanging by his wrists in a torture chamber. Even Hunt cannot escape from this dilemma until a beautiful double agent, Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) enters the room and miraculously releases him. Like Hunt, she is unflappable, invincible, and incorrigible. She is neither Bond girl, nor Bourne girl, nor any kind of girl. Ilsa Faust defies categorization. She is unique.

Thus begins a bizarre relationship between the two spies based on mutual respect, mutual desire for self-preservation, and mutual attraction, although consummate professionals that they are, they keep their distance from each other. Romance is clearly for mere mortals, a weakness that disciplined ninja-like warriors cannot afford to indulge. For them being impassioned means that you would do anything to save the world, whereas more carnal inclinations are to be derided as juvenile distractions.

In the end we have what has been termed the American answer to James Bond, and though Ethan Hunt is somewhat lacking in that droll British elegance, our roll-up-your-sleeves kind of folksy spy is actually more appealing. In a world where everyone has been speculating for years about who is going to replace Daniel Craig as the next 007, no one ever asks who is going to replace Tom Cruise. There's a reason for that—he is incontestably irreplaceable. Fortunately, Liam Neeson has set a new precedent with the Taken series, where aging spies who just want to retire are forced back into action because they are simply too good to hang out their gone fishin' sign. Neeson still inspires admiration at 63. Cruise is only 53, and like the character of Ethan Hunt, he can only get better with age.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

JLuis_001

Sep 7, 2017

Huge, exciting and incredibly entertaining, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation is more than what it's promised and completely surpasses its own expectations, a concise story, a good cast and spectacular action sequences is what you would receive when watching this movie.

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NerdConsultant

Sep 13, 2015

Mission Impossible Rouge nation is pretty damn good action movie giving us some of the best cast members in the franchise and some cool action scenes if a bit ludicrous as is the standard. it however doesn't quite live up to Ghost Protocol and for the Rouge Nation being built up in theMission Impossible Rouge nation is pretty damn good action movie giving us some of the best cast members in the franchise and some cool action scenes if a bit ludicrous as is the standard. it however doesn't quite live up to Ghost Protocol and for the Rouge Nation being built up in the trailer big time they really play little part in the overall movie. would still recommend but i think this should be in the last film… Expand

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hearmemeow

Dec 27, 2015

Writing this feels like a waste. I mean, who reads MI reviews before watching? If you are reading and you have an extra couple of hours to kill in your life, spin the wheel at netflix and watch something at random. Unless you hit Barney the Dinosaur, you'll come out ahead.

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