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Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation
Virgil Tracy
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saw this last night .
it's pretty good , I think it's safe to say if you liked the other MI films you'll like this , as usual Ethan Hunt is on the run from the baddies and his own bosses etc. and there's a memory stick with some info on it that everyone wants etc.
the much touted hanging off an airplane stunt is a bit of a let down , but there's an excellent car/ motorcycle chase , some good fights with some inventive moves , there's more comedy this time (which works well) .
and Tom Hollander plays the prime minister .
it basically ticks the boxes , but they've worked hard , it's familiar but new at the same time .
it's pretty good , I think it's safe to say if you liked the other MI films you'll like this , as usual Ethan Hunt is on the run from the baddies and his own bosses etc. and there's a memory stick with some info on it that everyone wants etc.
the much touted hanging off an airplane stunt is a bit of a let down , but there's an excellent car/ motorcycle chase , some good fights with some inventive moves , there's more comedy this time (which works well) .
and Tom Hollander plays the prime minister .
it basically ticks the boxes , but they've worked hard , it's familiar but new at the same time .
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The main subject of their discussion during dinner, though, was Rebecca Ferguson and her "badass self". Heh. They've also discussed the 'validity' of the relationship between her and a certain character, and whether Pegg was punchable.
It has a score of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The only film with a score bigger than 97% - Disney Pixar's Inside Out with 98%.
Can't wait to see it this week! Have a feeling it's going to join my list of excellent 2hr summer blockbusters (except it has an additional 11mins) but i expect it to be there.
The poster however, looks very old fashioned.
oh actually just 2
4/5
Tom Cruise brings his A-game and gives 100%, he is a movie star through and through. Simon Pegg is used a lot more and brings a lot more humour this time round. Ving Rhames and Jeremy Renner are used less and Sean Harris makes quite a good baddie. He gave off such a strong vibe that i couldn't stop thinking of Bond every time he appeared on screen. However Swedish actress Rebecca Anderson is the standout of the entire film. She is spectacular! Wow. Furiosa from MM: Fury Road would stand no chance with Ilsa. Ferguson could start her own franshise she was that good in the film.
Other than that the action is great - great car/motorbike chases, hand-to-hand combats, impressive underwater sequence, the fight scene at the Opera and the plane stunt which is incredible. The entire campaign for this film has been based on that plane stunt and that's the first thing the film gets over with! Lol.
Critics are right to rave about it. It is top notch quality summer popcorn blockbuster entertainment albeit rather forgettable. Now at 92% on RT.
Firstly I felt I had pretty much seen it all from the trailers.
The story had a 'seen it all before' aspect to it. the IMF under threat, on the run, constantly being chased, in jeopardy, being disavowed etc. Nothing new.
It did not have the sense of fun the previous movies had, far too serious. Simon Pegg's efforts at comedy seemed to fall flat.
I much preferred Ghost Protocol.
shouldn't it have been on telly by now ?
also - what ever happened to the Rabbit's foot storyline ? it's kinda referenced in this new movie , but then . . . ? is the Syndicate supposed to have something to do with it ?
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The reference to it in this with the keyring would have been just a wink and a nod.
Rebecca Ferguson is a revelation, brilliant actress and character and Tom Cruise, is as usual, on top form as a movie star
two best summer blockbusters, for my money have definitely been Jurassic World and Max Max: Fury Road
both, I found satisfying on multiple levels
I didn't enjoy it.
Not only was the plotline absurd but it was ridiculously overlong & self indulgent.
It needed to lose 30 mins, it really Dragged towards the end.
I was actually bored by the end of it.
8/10 if we are giving marks!
I wonder how they can top the plane for Mission Impossible 6?
7/10
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I agree with another poster about the strange line from Alec Baldwin about Tom Cruise being destiny. It was as if they'd got their scripts mixed up.
Too many convenient bits to the story - for example
I agree with the comments on here about the final half hour. I was expecting a big set piece in London but you don't get it. But overall quite enjoyable but a bit too long as others have said.
yeah , i enjoyed it , but like the above i too was expecting some elaborate set piece maybe involving climbing around the london eye akin to the golden gate bridge for roger moore in a view to a kill.
other than the weak ending though it was very good
There are however shades of the MCU in this movie, first we start off with IMF is HYDRA, and then the latest disposable female lead character (why do they even bother?) reminds me alot of Black Widow, how she gets Ethan and co to help her with her missions, still she plays her part really well, and the villain is also maybe the best of the franchise, very calculating, I suspect with a second viewing, you can see her plan play out in even greater detail.
Funniest moment is of course Hawkeyes "I can neither confirm nor deny" line at the end, and whilst it was a little easy to guess Ethan knew he would call the CIA, and used that, I was thinking Ethan was would be Hawkeye not the MI6 guy.
Rebecca Ferguson is gorgeous - and a complete unknown to me since I never watched The White Queen.
I do have one quibble. Simon Pegg's character refers to the Austrian Chancellor as a head of state. He's not. Austria has a president - he or she is head of state. The Chancellor is the head of government. I'm being a pedant, I know...