Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - High On Content But Low On Adrenaline.

Rating: 6/10 (17 August 2015)

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - High On Content But Low On Adrenaline. Film Review By Kalmanac What happens when Frankenstein creates his monster and monster turns against him! This is the bottom line of newly released sequel of highly popular espionage thriller "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation". William Brandt (Jeremy Renner) in-charge of Impossible Mission Force (IMF), a fictional wing of United States' intelligence community, faces wrath of congressional committee on accusations laid by CIA head Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin), when he describes repercussions of IMF's belligerent actions committed by IMF's wild horse Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise). While agent Hunt is trying to expose "Syndicate" about which even CIA has no knowledge, Committee disbands IMF and orders transfer of IMF team to CIA under Alan Hunley. With no IMF's command and control on his back, Ethan Hunt ventures into a self assigned mission along with his witty tech- expert aide Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) to prove the existence of the "Syndicate" which as per agent Hunt behind every major bad incident in the world. Expected storyline of Mission Impossible franchise always makes director's job as convenient as possible. With no eccentric derailing from expectations, Christopher McQuarrie directs latest installment of Mission Impossible. This is McQuarrie's second outing with Tom Cruise after "Jack Reacher". He slightly falters when he tries to invoke Brian De Palma-feeling with "Rogue Nation" but Simon Pegg's humor and few slick sequences save the day for this franchise. As a director he does "OK" job but he does not offer Never-Tasted-Before-Ingredient with "Rogue Nation". When you have been acclaimed critically and same time carrying a slogan of international superstar, maintaining consistency and grip on your fans' consciousness for longer period of time become an impossible mission itself. Tom Cruise has been confronting same dilemma lately. Though "MI: Rogue Nation" enjoys top position on US Box office at the moment but his firm commitment to new religion of "Scientology" and list of average films with meager box office results have made Cruise's persona pretty ignorable. In a time where Hollywood blockbusters are making billions of dollars around the world, no one is missing Tom Cruise except his die-hard fans. Due to his ever- readiness to perform his own stunts wins audience applaud but overall "Rogue Nation" could not able to generate frenzy desired by an average fan this franchise. "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation" is a film which has been positioned in the market to put brand of Tom Cruise on billboards again and seems successful in achieving its target conveniently. On the whole, latest sequel of Mission Impossible series is bearable action flick of the summer which is high on content but low on adrenaline.