Mission Accomplished!

Rating: 8/10 (14 August 2015)

The year 2015 is again all about sequels (Age of Ultron, Furious 7, Jurassic World), every studio is trying to prove who has the most successful franchise not only financially but how well it was received by the audience. Just take a look at Terminator Genysis, it did double its production budget and yet to open in China but it was panned by a lot of critics. Well luckily the Rogue Nation is nothing like that; it is a solid entry to the Mission Impossible franchise. We see the return of Tom Cruise as the titular Ethan Hunt, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn and Jeremy Renner as William Brandt.
Spoilers ahead
The film started off where the Ghost Protocol left off and Ethan Hunt is wanted for questions as if we haven't seen that before. We were then introduced an organization named the Syndicate, a beta program introduced by the British Government, in simple term an anti-IMF as mentioned by Benji in the trailer.. In a nutshell, the IMF saves the day and gets reinstated with a new Mr. Secretary. Does this sound familiar? This is exactly the plot of Skyfall, where we had rogue MI6 agents vs James Bond and we get a new M.
The action sequences are beautifully shot and I really have to praise Tom Cruise for his stunts especially on the roof of the military aircraft though in my opinion they are not as appealing or as the climbing of the Burg Khalifa in Ghost Protocol. They are trying too hard to top the last entry!
As a direct sequel to the 4th film, there were little to no further character development for the rest of the team. They were just there but didn't contribute much to the overall story and I don't recall any major scene for William Brandt (Jeremy Renner) after they introduced him as a skilled agent out of retirement. I would like to see more of him teaming up with Ethan Hunt in the future.. Just like talks been going on with Renner teaming up with Damon for future Bourne movies..
To conclude the Rogue Nation is definitely a must see movie for the holiday season and the good news is we don't have to wait long for the 6th entry. How many good 5th films are out there honestly? I can only recall Fast Five in recent years..