Movie Review: Mission Impossible Rogue Nation

As soon as I watched the new Mission Impossible movie, I set myself on my own impossible mission: to finish my review the same day of watching the movie. I’m sure some of you are thinking that it’s not that hard, but processing things is hard work for me. I was doing well on my mission but the adapter to my computer failed for charging so I did fail it this time. But anyways, I hope you enjoy my review of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation anyway.

The movie starts on a mission to retrieve a package from a plane before it takes off. In true Mission Impossible fashion, they are working on another plan since the first ones didn’t work. While Benji Dunn (played by Simon Pegg) is thinking of a new plan, Luther Stickel (played by Ving Rhames), who isn’t in the same country, tries to help him by hacking into Russian satellites. IMF unit leader William Brandt (played by Jeremy Renner) starts to get annoyed when Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) jumps on the plane to try and get in, while the plane is taking off, yelling at Benji to open the door.

Even though the mission ends up being a success, Brandt is still under stress because CIA director Alan Huntly (played by Alec Baldwin) has brought the IMF unit before the Senate board. Things just get crazier from there as Ethan Hunt runs into some situations trying to prove the Syndicate, a rogue organization, truly exists.

The story plot was very well thought out and I liked how they brought in a sense of comradery that I feel was missing in the previous movies. There was the sense of importance and seriousness that they have all had but with some humanity and humour to help the audience relax and get ready for the next set of action. The twists and turns the movie took were great to watch and kept the audience all involved.

The acting was good too and I think having done a few movies together now has helped with that. I do feel some parts the acting was a touch stiff in their serious scenes but not too bad over all. But the one thing I was wondering after the movie was if all the actors did their own stunts. I’m wondering because there was no CGI in the movie at all (CGI means computer generated images, just in case you didn’t know).

Over all I would give this movie 8.5/10 for amazing stunt work and great story line but docked a few marks for a few stiff moments in the acting. I expected a little more from these seasoned actors but it was still a good movie.