Review of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) by Theapplegnome — 31 Oct 2015

A somewhat less action-packed sequel, but that totally is a great and critical movie-flick.

Mission Impossible is back, with Tom Cruise still hanging around with his great performance to action and acting. Rogue Nation starts pretty fast with a stunning opening-sequence and a beautiful first act that's touching, artistic and beautiful. Simon Pegg co-stars as the somewhat newcomer to the spy-genre and contributes in his own funny & entertaining way. The plot progresses in a less action-packed version, and it place more energy to dialogs and chemistry between characters rather than on action. It’s one thing that might be boring for some, and awesome to others. For me was it a somewhat boring ride with all the dry dialogs and more talking than doing. But the dialogs are of course still very good even though that there are some classic “obvious reaction dialogs” and that I expected more action. The action that is present is on the other hand very intense and somewhat unique. Some of them stands out as a brand and original concept, meanwhile others are the same that we’ve already seen. Rogue Nation is a very stunning and, on my behalf, a critically acclaimed movie that got many things from strong actors to a well written story. The villain however, got no depth, and some of the minor characters are so non-existing due to lack of plot-details around them. Some of them are just there for a specific reason to enlighten the power of the film. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation is still a great movie, even though I was deeply disappointed due to lack of action and a less interesting plot that made the dialogs a bit dry. The plot is still slightly unique, even though I expected more due to the trailers, but the humor is still what I was hoping for! So random and hilarious!

It’s obviously a disappointment from my point of view because the movie isn't that much more intense than the trailers, and it’s not that rememberable either. I expected a lot more, even though it really is a stunning and critically great action-flick with exquisite acting, a well written script and well visualized characters.