The Mission Impossible Series:Part 5-Rogue Nation.

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2016)

Walking past a local DVD shop,I was shocked to find that they were selling the limited edition 2 disc Blu-Ray of the latest Mission Impossible title at a cheaper price than everyone else is selling the one disc edition for.Since having greatly enjoyed the 4th film in the series,I felt that it was the perfect time to accept the latest mission.
The plot:
Learning about an international criminal consortium called the Syndicate,IMF agent Ethan Hunt goes to stop the group from selling nerve gas to terrorists.Destroying the nerve gas,Hunt gets caught by surprise,and knocked out.Waking up,Hunt finds himself being tortured by members of the Syndicate,which includes a rogue British agent called Ilsa Faust.Working undercover,Faust knocks out her fellow gang members and helps Hunt to escape.
6 Months later:
With there being no sign of Hunt for months,CIA head Alan Hunley gets the IMF shut down over the "destructive" methods which it has solved cases with.Remaining undercover,Hunt gets fellow (former) agent Benjamín "Benji" Dunn to attend an opera which the Austrian Chancellor. Arriving at the opera,Hunt and Dunn begin to fear that they are about to see a symphony composed by the Syndicate.
View on the film:
Reuniting with Cruise after Jack Reacher,co-writer/(along with Drew Pearce) director Christopher McQuarrie & cinematographer Robert Elswit give the globe-trotting locations a stylish elegance,as an assassination attempt at an opera house is lit in icy blue,and a breakneck motorbike chase grinds dusty yellows into the screen.Keeping up with the gripping stunts being (largely) performed by the cast, McQuarrie releases crisp tracking shots,which along with giving the title an urgent atmosphere,also allows the viewer to clearly see every punch and dive delivered.
Standing out from the other films in the series,the screenplay by McQuarrie & Pearce make this the first Mission movie to have a strong connection to the previous films,with the writers transferring The Syndicate group from the TV series (where they were the main baddies) to the film universe.Whilst the action gets off to a flying start with a dazzling sequence filmed on the outside of a plane, (which was filmed in real time!)the writers keep the action entwined with the plot,with the Syndicate's activities pushing Hunt and his fellow spies to take drastic measures.
Dipping into the espionage origins of Mission Impossible,the writers surprisingly allow the Syndicate to strike some heavy blows,as Hunt (played by a terrific Tom Cruise) meets his match in the icy,femme fatale Ilsa Faust, (played by the alluringly whip-smart Rebecca Ferguson) who gives Hunt his own mission impossible.