Mission Impossible : Rogue Nation

Rating : 7/10
Release Date : 7th August, 2015
Time : 133 minutes
Director, Writer: Christopher McQuarrie; Co-Writer: Drew Pearce based on the Television series by Bruce Geller; Music : Joe Kraemer
Starring : Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Tom Hollander, Jens Hulten, Alec Baldwin



It’s an impossible storyline where we watch guys do impossible stunts. But you know what ? We actually have fun, especially with the familiar pulsating theme in the background. Tom Cruise may be older but he’s still got it and Rebecca Ferguson, the Swedish siren, is just va-va-voom !

Tom Cruise and his unit, the IMF, are chasing The Syndicate. Who, in turn, are chasing them and are on to their methods. Back home, Alec Baldwin, head of the CIA, is keen to wrap up the IMF and bring it under his wing. And both, he and the chilling Sean Harris, head of the Syndicate, seem to have a special ‘fondness’ for Tom…

Apart from the well-publicized plane take-off scene with Tom Cruise, there are a few marquee action scenes – a knife fight between Rebecca and Jens Hulten, a high-octane, exhilarating motorcycle chase… And, of course, the one set piece ‘impossible’ heist, which was really over the top. What I like about Cruise is that, even though he looks older, he still feels credible, at least to a degree, knowing that he does his stunts himself. And Rebecca was a revelation – face, expressions, performance, figure – she has it all !

The story is almost laughable in terms of what we’re expected to believe. The face mask trick works just too easily, even with various world leaders, but it’s a good, fun roller-coaster ride, with plenty of thrills and spills. Not often I say this, in many series / franchises, but I wouldn’t mind another one…