Best of the franchise so far

Rating: 8/10 (6 June 2014)

Agent Hanaway (Josh Holloway) is killed and the file he's carrying is lost in Jane Carter (Paula Patton)'s op killed by Sabine Moreau (Léa Seydoux). It's the Russian nuclear launch codes. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) joins Jane and Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) and goes to the Kremlin to uncover the real identity of Cobalt who is assumed to have hired Sabine. However they are set up as the patsy with disgruntled Russian Kurt Hendricks (Michael Nyqvist) codename Cobalt stealing the nuke codes and setting off massive explosions to cover his tracks. The President is forced to invoke Ghost Protocol and disavow IMF. Ethan is attacked and escapes with analyst William Brandt (Jeremy Renner). Ethan and team pursue Hendricks to Dubai.
This one is a lot more fun and the best of the franchise. It is a new high point which is rare for 4 movies in. The more prominent use of Simon Pegg allow to inject more humor to break up the action. The story is like a well written Bond movie. This is Bond with a team and I like this team. I like the seriousness of the sexy Paula Patton. Pegg is great. Jeremy Renner is playing a little against type. This is just a well made thriller highlighted by some amazing set up pieces.