Evidence the franchise still has stories left to tell

Rating: 9/10 (1 August 2015)

Like all Mission: Impossible movies, Rogue Nation is directed by a different director than the last one, this time around being Christopher McQuarrie and it has Tom Cruise come back as Ethan Hunt and we get to see many of the awesome characters of the franchise back and we also get newer cool characters, as well.
First of all and needless to say, Cruise owns the role of Ethan Hunt. Watching him perform all his stunts and just his magnetic personality on the big screen is simply a pleasure. I love the fact that this movie brought back the cool characters of past M:I installments, such as Luther Stickell, played by Ving Rhames, who is also great; Benji, played by the incredibly funny Simon Pegg, who is, by the way a huge bright stop in this film. He brings so much comedy and charisma to the screen, he is an amazing character and I'm glad they decided to give him a bigger role in this one. Jeremy Renner also comes back and we are introduced to new great characters in Alec Baldwin's character and in the beautiful Rebecca Ferguson. She kicks so much ass in this movie and she is a great addition to the franchise.
Rogue Nation combines the best elements of the franchise, being suspense and action and as a combination, this is the best job the franchise has done. I have no spoilers in this review, but there is an entire sequence in the movie involving an opera: that entire sequence is one of the BEST I HAVE SEEN in my life. The suspense was great and the build up was amazing. The use of music throughout the film is great, and it's a weird topic to bring up but the Mission: Impossible theme is used so well in this movie and better than in any other M:I film. The movie looks stunning, I love the way the movie was shot and there aren't like a million angles in every action sequence, so one can really actually sit back and enjoy the action.
That being said I do believe the movie is flawed, as some things may come off as a little cliché of spy-action movies and the pacing isn't always perfect. The movie is not a boring one, at all, that is not what I'm saying, but sometimes a huge action set takes place, and then the movie slows down for a while, and then it picks up back again, so it isn't constant.
Those are all the complaints I have about Rogue Nation, I have to say I really enjoyed it, I STILL stand by Ghost Protocol being the best in the franchise, but this definitely comes close. And this movie gets something very right that Ghost Protocol got very wrong: A compelling and interesting villain.