IMF
(Impossible Mission Force] has been shut. Agent Ethan Hunt is a wanted now. CIA
has taken over the further responsibilities to decide on all the anti-national
threats; and also to locate and eliminate Mr. Wanted. Meanwhile, the mission impossible
here for agent Hunt is to track and prove the existence of an illegitimate/undercover
group of highly-skilled eliminators branded as the Syndicate. Now, you don’t
need to be a fan of the popular franchise to guess what follows next. The plot
has been set. The tracks are laid. And illustrated as ‘the living
personification of destiny’, Ethan Hunt is ready to take you on a thrilling ride where betrayals are norms, guns are on the loose and
there is always a ticking time-bomb situation. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE- ROGUE NATION is exactly what it promises to be or is
expected to be. Probably, the most satisfying contribution to the series!
Though it all has become a ‘predicted from miles’ mix of elements now
i.e. a comic sidekick [Simon Pegg in this case] waiting to throw-up witty
one-liners every time his mouth is opened, a grumpy-cranky boss [Alec Baldwin],
an understanding, sympathetic and constantly supportive partner [Jeremy
Renner], a mysterious femme fatale [Rebecca Ferguson] destined to be the flame
of the fearless male protagonist, sooner or later and the almost unshakable villain
[Sean Harris] with more distorted desires than his tonal expressions; MISSION:
IMPOSSIBLE- ROGUE NATION doesn’t fall in the league of ordinary efforts. The highlights
are certainly the high-octane action sequences, pulse-raising bike-chase, the eye-arresting
locations and the blazingly electrifying theme soundtrack.
Tom Cruise decidedly looks susceptible at first to every given situation
where he is needed to outperform himself and later emerges comfortably as the unstoppable
at nothing kind of superhero. He is known and loved for that; and this action-expedition
only takes the frenzy a notch up. Be it the hanging out [in literal sense] with
the running plane scene featured in the trailers also or the amazing dive in
the whirls of pool scene; stunts are visually breathtaking and Cruise as always
the most comfortable at it.
Film finds another prop of strength, conviction and visual delight in
Rebecca Furguson. Clad in a stunning Golden ball gown, she can kill you with
not only her looks but moves that come with a warning of ‘blink and you miss’.
She can gift Cruise a sense of bewilderment in his judgments, that too more
than once. The best from her comes when she tries to encourage Hunt in pure poise
with ‘come away with me’ plea. Simon Pegg successfully marks his comic-best in
the weekly polygraph test scene where he has to cheat the technology used to
gain considerable information about Hunt. The only weak link likes to be is in
the casting of Sean Harris as the chief of the Syndicate. It could have been
more fanatic, freaky or dramatic I would say as we are here dealing with Tom
Cruise and not some Gary Oldman or Colin Firth in some razor-sharp espionage
drama.
On the whole, Christopher McQuarrie directed MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE- ROGUE
NATION is a ‘crispier than a wafer’ action adventure that makes your investments
in the bucket of popcorns definitely a worth. And if you can catch in IMAX,
nothing beats that! Mission to entertain: accomplished! [3.5/5]
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