Far better than 3 and 4 but not yet there

Rating: 8/10 (5 August 2015)

Mission Impossible was a beloved TV spy show that played like a scam and deceive tale; full of suspense and unexpected twists. None of the movies played that way; however the first two crafted by the legendary Brian de Palma and John Woo; had such brilliant moments that made you forget the movies were no more than very standard action flic.
It was well known; Cruise (producer and start) had a lot of discrepancies with both directors so he switched to lesser known, more manageable ones; crafting the forgettable MI-III (whose higher points were the addition of Simon Pegg and a decent turn of fresh Oscar winner; Philip Seymour Hoffman as the bad guy; but has the worse script ever created for an action movie absolutely predictable and far from original ) and the ultra spectacular but also forgettable MI-Ghost Protocol (Cruise hanging on the tallest building in Emirates is pretty much the only thing I recall about the movie).
MI-5 Rogue Nation was directed by Christopher McQuarrie; a not very experienced director (he is unable to produce any kind of suspense) but smart enough to compensate with lots of humor and prioritizing secondary characters. McQuarrier fails in the Vienna's Opera chapter. The sequence is well staged but lacks suspense so it's become too long. Luckily Simon Pegg keeps the moment funny. However; after that, the movie becomes more interesting. Rebeca Fergusson is a great surprise and her character gets lots of screen time and she makes the most of it.
Sadly; aside from her and Pegg; other characters has very little to do. Reener is fine in a really small part; Alec Baldwin is completely unused and even worse; the real veteran of the series Ving Rhames has almost nothing to do.
In any case; the after the first third; the movie become more fun and with good action scenes and a few predictable but acceptable twists.