Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

After nearly three years since its stellar Ghost Protocol, the Mission: Impossible franchise comes back with its latest, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and the stakes are never the higher, both for the franchise, and its lead super agent, Ethan Hunt, played by the indefatigable and unstoppable Tom Cruise.

For a franchise that banks and prides itself on such a title that parades the word, “impossible,” the audience is primed for another round where suspension of disbelief is outrageously imperative, as the level of action involved not only usually defies the laws of physics, but also those set upon by its own story. Here’s a quick blow-by-blow rundown of what Rogue Nation is all about, and why it does not matter:

The IMF (disappointingly not the International Monetary Fund, but the Impossible Mission Force), which agent Ethan Hunt is a part of, has now been disbanded, thanks to the scrutiny of an insecure and cynical CIA director, played by a surprisingly less annoying version of Alec Baldwin. Meanwhile, an antithesis of the IMF exists clandestinely, only referred to as a Syndicate, which aims to terrorize, steal things, and kill people as the movie’s two-dimensional villain. And Ethan Hunt is (surprise, surprise) again a fugitive, being hunted by both the government and by the rogue agents of this elusive syndicate. In this franchise’s fifth offering, Hunt meets an unlikely match, both in skill and in an implied romance, in the form of a ravishing British double/triple/quadruple agent, Ilsa Faust (played by Rebecca Ferguson, whose beauty devastatingly exudes old Hollywood). These two agents both find themselves (and each other) in revved-up missions, and the unlikely chemistry brings about an unlikely partnership that defies logic (even lust!). Ethan Hunt is instantly drawn to this mystery woman, always trying to find her in the midst of his mission, even if their first encounter is only powered by a sudden surge of sexual tension that does not find relief in its two-hour runtime. Both agents remained strangely asexual in the whole course of this movie. Yet as it is, the audience is led to cling onto them both, in life-threatening situations, with one involving the darling of this movie, Ethan Hunt’s best buddy and tech-genius, Benji (played by the adorable Simon Pegg). Ethan Hunt is left to eradicate this anti-IMF syndicate, and (surprise, surprise) save the world from its terrorism.

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For what it is worth, following the plot of a Mission: Impossible movie, especially Rogue Nation, is futile. There lies a frustrating plothole that somehow manages to find its way to the big screen, and into a triple-encrypted USB thumbdrive (or its duplicate) in Rogue Nation especially. However, this is never the case for the movie that started it all for Tom Cruise’s fame as an action star. The action sequences and the stunts are extravagant, high-octane, and a blockbuster entertainment at its finest. One car chase is as ridiculous as it is magnificent. One sequence is uniquely scored by Puccini’s “Turandot,” somehow going for a Godfather dissonance, but maintains the playful and fun atmosphere that this franchise is all about. It is not the intense Bourne series, or the suave James Bond one, nor is Ethan Hunt a comic book superhero that somehow dominates (and is about to saturate) the action genre, but it is the Mission: Impossible we are talking about, an action franchise that is so confident about itself, like its immortal Tom Cruise, no matter how ridiculous and unbelievable the situation its movies find themselves in. The franchise possesses the skill of conjuring up one blockbuster after another, with the level of enjoyment never feeling cheap. This remains in Rogue Nation, and Tom Cruise is as Tom Cruise as he could get. And that’s what matters.

Expect expensive cars and motorcycles doing somersaults, death-defying and spectacular stunts, and exciting fictional technology that span the globe. Add to that a type of humor that humors itself – this is what Rogue Nation is made of, guided by Christopher McQuarrie’s self-assured direction. While it may not be better than its predecessor, Rogue Nation is reliable all the same in terms of the goods of this franchise. It further cements that the Mission: Impossible series is in a league of its own in the action genre, and is definitely here to stay, no matter how much this writer can neither confirm nor deny it.

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