Film: Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

GENRE: Action

RATING: PG-13 for action violence
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 11 minutes

STARRING: Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher, Edge of Tomorrow)

Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead); Rebecca Ferguson (Hercules)

DIRECTOR: Christopher McQuarrie (Jack Reacher)

WRITER: Christopher McQuarrie (Usual Suspects, Valkyrie)

PLOT: Ethan and his team try to take out the Syndicate, an anti-IMF. Action packed sequences ensue

FIVE OBSERVATIONS:

1 I like that Cruise performs his own stunts. Don’t care that the media is overplaying it. I like that he is dedicated to quality.

2 This is an awesome action flick. Beyond the plane sequence, there is a thrilling underwater and motorcycle sequence. (Not at the same time though.)

3 What I appreciate about this franchise, is the humour involved. Of course, Pegg provides plenty of comic relief but even Cruise gets some great stuff to work with.

4 The plot is just okay. The Syndicate storyline didn’t grab me like some of the previous films.

5 The music from Puccini’s Turandot opera got stuck in my head. But that may be because Joe Kraemer’s score also included homages to the opera.

RECOMMENDATION: See in the theatres for great fun
UPCOMING REVIEWS: Ant Man