Disavowed

Rating: 10/10 (12 November 2015)

What surprises me is that every couple of years a new MI comes out, and the well-weathered Tom Cruise never seems to change. But here he is again, and doing his own stunts it would seem.
The Odor of the IMF was not quite pleasant even after Ghost Protocol. We mainly have the same team from that film with a few slight changes. That is, if the IMF will even exist at the end of this tale. It seems that Hunt's team pulls off their latest mission by luck alone. And then Hunt is tricked and trapped by a weak-chinned terrorist (Sean Harris as "Solomon Lane") and tortured and then helped by a shadowy woman ("Ilsa Faust" Rebecca Fergusen).
Meanwhile, the IMF has been disbanded while Brant (Jeremy Renner) and Dunn (Simon Pegg) have been swallowed by the CIA, who are interested in Hunt's movements for the last 6 months. Because dozens of Agents from "friendly" agencies around the world are turning up dead or vanished. We don't really know if Brandt and Dunn are covering for Hunt - Until Dunn appears to have won Opera Tickets for a Viennese Opera.
That's how this all starts, in the Opera House. Hunt is there looking for Mr. Weak Chin, but the Chancellor of Austria shows up unexpectedly. And a lot of bad things start to happen.
Actually, Hunt had been following a trail of bad things happening all around the world, and there are always two things in proximity of these events, the Shadow Woman played by Ms Fergusen and Mr Weak-Chin. Who are these people, what do they want, and why is the woman helping Hunt sometimes? This is classic Cold War spy stuff, without the damned Cold War to interfere with what is a well constructed story, well acted by the whole cast. Instead of "Russia" we have what is called a "Rogue Nation", which makes it a lot more interesting, because you can't place it on a map. And of course, there are all of the little plot twists and reversals like in the other MI films. Except here, it's more like a long episode of the original TV series. With a lot of action, but compared to the first 4 MI offerings not too over the top.