A good addition to the series

Rating: 8/10 (23 May 2017)

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and team take on another seemingly impossible mission, tracking down the Syndicate - a highly skilled international rogue organisation, committed to destroying the IMF. This is the fifth entry in a franchise that began almost twenty years ago and all the MI films have offered memorable action and 'Rogue Nation' doesn't disappoint, from its opening plane stunt, a fight scene played out in the Vienna Opera House, a frantic car/bike chase within the narrow streets of Morocco (which are all brilliantly tense and exciting), however the one scene that failed to impress as much was the underwater vault scene. But it feels like we've been here before.... face masks, double agents, a weak villain and the 'disavowed' team proving their worth. I seriously thought this film was going to beat Ghost Protocol, judging by all the reviews, but it didn't. Ghost Protocol still remains as the best Mission Impossible film in the series in my opinion. The Bottom Line..action-packed, adventurous and entertaining, if slightly longer than it needed to be. 'Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation' is a good addition to the series.