Review of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) by Diego C — 25 Jan 2016

This is a smart movie, both from performance and technical achievement. I adored the director's and producer (also starred) Tom Cruise's vision.

Tom Cruise knew what he was doing as a producer. Most of the decision was made by him. You can also see one of his extreme decision to perform all of the stunts with his own body. And yes all of the stunts were true. Tom Cruise really flew on a military aircraft!

Ferguson's performance was also a highlight of the movie. From half of the movie we really don't know whose side she was on.

I also like to note Alec Baldwin's comeback in the acting industry. I think the last time he looked fresh as in the movie was in 'The Hunt For Red October' (1990). Now, he was also a key plot of the film (or SPOILER: the franchise in the future).

But from all of its achievement I would like to salute the movie because it was shot on film instead of digital. This type of filmmaking are very rare now. The traditional ways are always the best way to create the best movies.

Shooting on film is always my dream.

From all of the good things, there was only one thing I hated - the antagonist of the movie. They were not very iconic. Syndicate was the nemesis of IMF in the TV series. So, I was expecting a group of antagonist, which was very very very hard to take down.

Just like Benji said to Ethan, "Nahhh.. it's not so hard.".

The verdict:

MI: Rogue Nation achieved many things that I hadn't expected to achieve, it's a great summer blockbuster movie and they keep the franchise fresh.