Almost Became a Parody of Itself

Rating: 7/10 (13 January 2019)

4 August 2015. The disastrous opening almost verged into a poor, imitation, parody of Mission Impossible with dumbed down comic dialogue and less than interesting action set up that lacked the James Bond punch. The movie then settles somewhat uneasily into a comical version of itself and eventually focuses on the more serious action thriller that the franchise is known for. Nevertheless, Rogue Nation never quite achieves the sophisticated, consistent thrill plot outline that eerie, creepy Sherlock Holmes (2009) was able to create and enrapture and ensnare its audience with. Rogue Nation does hit some high notes in its vicarious chase scenes on motorcycles and uses nice psychological twists of betrayal. Alec Baldwin is severely underused as the CIA head as compared with The Bourne Identity franchise series. The plot seems choppy and the script is blatantly manipulative in is In some ways the television scripts of Leverage is able to be smartly portrayed in one hour episodes that that rival the fun cerebral elements that Rogue Nation attempted but was unable to accomplish.