The Series Back to it's best

Rating: 8/10 (20 March 2016)

Mission: Impossible seemed to have lost it's way somewhat. The first one was great, number 2 was a bit of a train wreck. The third was much better and I wasn't sure about Ghost Protocol - but many liked it.
Rogue Nation is definitely MI back to it's best. The whole film is a total roller-coaster ride from start to finish with no real slumps and all I kept thinking was: why isn't Bond this good? The action jumps from one great location to another and each one is used to good effect and I never felt that they traveled to a locale for improbable reasons. There is a definite lack of tech in this movie and I felt that was for the good. Tom Cruise is back to form and if he - as per usual - doing a lot of his own stunts then I hope his insurance company wasn't watching.There are quite a few stand out scenes from the movie but for me the car chase in the middle is one of the best shot chase scenes in ages with only minimal CGI.
There are few gripes with the film - the cast is good and it was good to see Simon Pegg shedding his comic sidekick role and becoming more an integral part of the team.
Overall: a huge amount of fun and a proper action film like we haven't had in a while.