By Max Rosenberg
Staff Writer
The new movie, “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation”, was so unrealistic and confusing that the most “impossible” part was to watch it start to finish.
The newest addition to the “Mission Impossible” franchise has a confusing plotline with many holes in it, only covered up by ridiculous action scenes and adequate acting.
The star and director, Tom Cruise, plays Ethan Hunt, who is made a wanted fugitive after the IMF is absorbed by the CIA. The movie surrounds Hunt tracking down the leader of The Syndicate, a group of rogue agents previously thought to be dead.
In order to track down the highly trained agents, Ethan is forced to team up with a former British agent named Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Furgeson) and accept her into the rest of the IMF crew, including Benji (Simon Pegg), William Brandt (Jeremy Renner), and Luther (Ving Rhames).
The movie constantly jumped from one action scene to the next, often making it hard to keep up. Although the “Mission Impossible” movies are known for their fast pace, “Rogue Nation” could have been slowed down considerably, especially because this was the first time there was not some catastrophic countdown.
The action scenes themselves, while entertaining, are so unrealistic that the viewers may find themselves questioning the possibility of many parts of the movie. By the time that someone is done pondering one scene, the movie will be on to the next crazy stunt.
The film becomes even harder to follow when there is no explanation of how the job gets done. At one point, the idea to kidnap the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was so outrageous that they neglected to tell the plan of how the IMF crew would do so.
In addition, Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), the leader of the Syndicate, was definitely not the right fit for the movie. The villain was made to be quieter and less insane than most spy movie antagonists. However, the character ended up being extremely creepy, further emphasized every time he spoke.
One positive aspect of “Rogue Nation” is the acting, allowing viewers to forget about the doubtful action scenes that are riddled throughout the whole movie. During most of the movie, the audience is unsure whether they should trust Ilsa Faust, adding a lot of suspense to the otherwise bland plot.
In the past movies it has been fun to watch the entire IMF crew, but “Rogue Nation” seems to only focus on Ethan Hunt. It’s entertaining to watch the group make a plan, execute it, and adapt, but Jeremy Renner had very little screen time and Ving Rhames had almost none.
“Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” is rated PG-13 and is playing in theaters nationwide.
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