What does Christopher McQuarrie bring to the table? He’s always been a smart writer (The Usual Suspects), and his signature on the page is tangible. They all bring their own style, which is partly why the cycle of one-upmanship delivers such entertaining results: what counts as “impossible” is interpreted differently by different people. Every film has been a showcase for a different action auteur, from Brian De Palma (dutch tilt and deception) and Brad Bird (live-action cartoon) to JJ Abrams (blue filter, meta-script) and John Woo (slow-motion doves).
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The challenge of bringing something new to the table has bizarrely given Mission: Impossible the key to its success: the series isn’t really about Tom Cruise at all. That puts M:I-5 in the same trap of the previous films: having to level up repeatedly just to outdo the set pieces that have gone before. It’s a jaw-dropping sight, but the biggest stunner of all is that it occurs before the credits have even rolled: Rogue Nation is only just getting started.
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In an age of CGI spectacle, he allows himself to be blown up, strapped to a train, glued to a building and – now – tied to a plane as it takes off. It’s not Cruise’s fault: as athletic now as he was in 1996, the star’s commitment to physical stunts has singled him out as a rare commodity in Hollywood’s A-list. Which gives you a clue to the series’ ultimate weakness: has Ethan Hunt ever faced a mission that actually is impossible? In the 19 years since the first movie’s opening assignment went wrong, we’ve had Mission: Difficult and Mission: Improbable, but never a Mission: Impossible. Rogue Nation is the fifth entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise and the fifth to star Tom Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt.
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Watch Mission Impossible 5 online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW / Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg