Movie Review: Mission Impossible-Rouge Nation

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is back with another super spy thriller in the latest installment of the Mission Impossible series called, “Rouge Nation”. And the latest installment is the best one yet. In “Rouge Nation” IMF is shut down by the C.I.A. because they are implicated in a terrorist plot and Ethan is classified as a rouge agent. However; Ethan has discovered a shadow agency, made up of former agents from all over the world, who are plotting a terrorist attack. He’s a one man wrecking machine as he travels the world to find out who is leading this rouge agency against the IMF.

“Rouge Nation” has more of a “buddy movie” feel to it with Simon Pegg as Ethan’s sidekick Benji. Ving Rhames and Jeremy Renner are also back as members of the Mission Impossible team but most of the camera time, and action, is focused on Cruise and Pegg. They’re a buddy team in the tradition of Murphy and Nolte and Gibson and Glover. There’s also a very hot, and deadly, female lead played by Rebecca Ferguson (Hercules). She's deadly with all kinds of weapons and kicks butt right alongside the boys in this action-adventure flick.

Cruise on the Red Carpet at New York premiere

The bad guys are all sinister and clad in black leather (which as we all know is the chosen attire of gangsters worldwide) and the action in this movie is non-stop. The special effects are all dazzling and most of them were actually done by Criuse himself. The opening scene of the movie has Cruise hanging onto an airplane door, while the plane is in take off mode, and the action continues to build from there.

I loved Mission Impossible-Rouge Nation. It’s the kind of movie that is destined to become a summer block buster. It’s a fun adventure, with a runtime of 131 minutes, to be enjoyed in a cool theater with a Jumbo tub of popcorn. The movie is rated PG-13 for violence and some partial nudity. On my “Hollywood Popcorn Scale” I give Rouge Nation my highest rating…a JUMBO (with extra butter).

Hollywood Hernandez