Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Rating: 8/10 (16 August 2015)

Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation stars Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Jeremy Renner and Alec Baldwin; a spy action film directed by Christopher McQuairre and it's the fifth film in the Mission Impossible Franchise. One of the best movie franchises out there which is getting stronger and stronger without failing to impress the viewers.
This film is about Ethan Hunt and his team trying to prove the existence of the Syndicate, an unknown terrorist organization which is behind many disasters around the world, and is also trying to bring down the IMF(Impossible Mission Force). The action sequences are amazing in this movie, the plane sequence which you see in the trailers, a beautiful underwater sequence, a really good bike chase scene; if you haven't seen Christopher McQuairre's previous film 'Jack Reacher', it has this beautiful car chase sequence which reminds us of those classic chase scenes from movies like Bullitt or Ronin; pure adrenaline filled car chase scene, with no background music, none of those interrupting cheesy dialog in between, all you can hear is the engine grunt, those amazing exhaust sounds, police sirens and just tires screeching; that's exactly what we audience wanted a car chase in a movie to be and he delivered it in Jack Reacher. Now he does the same thing in MI5 but this time with bikes and it works so well. I don't think I have ever saw such an amazing bike chase scene in a movie.
As far the actors goes, Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, he still has it, in fact he kills it, he still has that young personality in him, and he does a far better job than most of the young actors out there; doing most of his stunt work by himself; especially in that plane sequence, that's just amazing, he has amazing driving skills, he shows dedication to what he does and we have to respect that, he deserves every single praise he gets for this.
Rebecca Ferguson, she, OMG she is amazing, she was the highlight of the whole movie, bold and wickedness in one single body, or package; whatever you want to call it; I liked her way more than Maggie Q from MI3, or even Paula Patton from Ghost Protocol for that matter; She was like a mother of Ethan Hunt, she protects him like three time in the entire movie, when she is on screen it doesn't feel like you're watching a Mission Impossible movie, it feels more serious, it feels more like a dark James Bond movie; she would be a perfect bond girl.
Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell is in this movie and he has much more screen time than in the last film; thank you so much for that. In Ghost Protocol they just gave him like a two minute screen time, that was just so unfair, a very bad move; I am sure many MI fans were disappointed at that.
Simon Pegg as Benji, such a talented actor, even though Ving Rhames is in this movie; the chemistry between Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg was far more superior than in the last film; they looked after each other all the time, they were like brothers; he brings so much to this movie, his performance, his great timely sense of humour, works like a charm.
Jeremy Renner, even though he is a great actor he doesn't have much to do in this movie like in the last film, he doesn't have much of a field work in this movie; all he does is trying to track down Tom Cruise where ever he goes, alongside Alec Baldwin who is a Chief Director of CIA. They have just put him there so that people won't be disappointed for not adding him.
As far as the villain goes, he is fine, he is good actually, he is the one who is running the Syndicate. I'm not gonna say who it is because they don't really show who it is in the trailer, so I'm gonna leave that part out, but when he first appears on screen I had chills because, he looked so perfect, like what a perfect villain should look. He had the same MI3 villain Philip Seymour Hoffman I- am-going-to-destroy-your-life look, but the problem is he doesn't really speak when he first appears, but when he does after a while, and the ultimate baddie impression just vanishes just like that. He looks really good as a villain; take Benedict Cumberbatch from the movie Star Trek Into Darkness with black large overcoat and stuff, give him a pair of black half framed glasses, there it is, that's exactly what he looked like; but it just isn't there when he speaks; I mean he is a great actor, he is really powerful and does a great job at messing up with Ethan's head and destroying his team and all but, I'm not convinced being him as a proper MI villain. Best villain in this franchise so far has been Dougray Scott from MI2 and Philip Seymour Hoffman from MI3, they both tried to destroy what Ethan Hunt loved and it worked. So yea, that's why I consider them as the best villains of the franchise.
So in the end Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation is an amazing film and is worth watching, its action sequences might not be as enjoyable or thrilling as in its prequel Ghost Protocol but, man the plot is good enough to keep you entertained on the edge of your seat throughout the movie. So I am gonna give Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation an 8 out of 10.
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