Tom Cruise delivers! This film is a must see summer blockbuster!

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2015)

From what I gathered from the trailers, I went into the theater expecting a great film...and I couldn't have been happier with the end result! This film was awesome from start to finish and had what I thought was one of the best villains in the series to date. Sean Harris (who played villain Solomon Lane) did an excellent job in his role, keeping Cruise and his team on their toes throughout the film. Cruise himself also did an excellent job here, too, instantly proving that he still has what it takes to continue on with this role many years into the future.
The central focus of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation revolves around a mystery group called the "Syndicate" who basically work like an anti-IMF, with a sole focus of spreading terrorist attacks around the world, while working to establish a sense of new world order and overseeing the dismantling of the real IMF. Besides this group standing in their way, Ethan and his crew must also deal with Director Alan Hunley (played brilliantly by Alec Baldwin) who is bound and determined to think that Ethan is crazy and that the Syndicate is just in his imagination. Because of his doubts with Ethan, Hunley brings up his concerns to the oversight committee and it is decided that after the events of Ghost Protocol, which saw landmarks like the Russian Kremlin destroyed, that the IMF be dissolved effective immediately. Not long after, Hunley and his crew end up putting Ethan on a most wanted list and try to track him down to no avail, using what appears to be Agent Brandt (Jeremy Renner) as his mole, even though Brandt is working with Ethan. We later find out that Brandt was on Ethan's side all along, and simply tricked Hunley into thinking that he was really helping them, when in reality, he wasn't. The conclusion of the film reveals that the Prime Minister of England, whom Ethan and the team practically kidnapped in order to satisfy a "request" from Lane, actually had inside knowledge of the Syndicate after Ethan is revealed to be the Prime Minster's associate, Atlee, in disguise, to the instant disbelief of Hunley. Once the real Atlee arrives, Hunt subdues him and gets him to admit a cover-up with the Syndicate ever since Lane hijacked the project and went rogue.
Not long after the fact, Hunley and Brandt return to the oversight committee, where Hunley requests to re-instate all members of the IMF, claiming the reasoning behind its initial phaseout was due to allowing Hunt to go undercover. Although doubtful, the committee approves Hunley's request and the movie closes out with Brandt addressing Hunley as "Mr. Secretary." So in summary, whether you have been a fan of this series since its inception or just started following it after the third or fourth installment, trust me, you will love this one! It's worth every penny!