The action packed scene then shows Cruise clinging by his fingernails onto the plane’s side after it has taken flight. Once that worked out it was time for Cruise to go into the danger zone and feel the need for speed. Tom is reprising the famous role of International Monetary Fund agent Ethan Hunt in latest installment while Simon Pegg is playing International Monetary Fund technician Benji Dunn, a character which had been introduced in 2006’s Mission Impossible III.
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Besides, notes screenwriter-director Christopher McQuarrie cheerfully, calling from London, “The smaller the objects look on the ground, the more effective the shot’s going to be!”
Cruise has stated that the stunt scene was a challenging one, requiring him to keep his eyes open throughout the filming of it. In order for him to be able to do this, he had to have special contact lenses made. Ferguson’s chemistry with Cruise is surprisingly electric, but it’s her steely hauteur you will remember long after laughing out loud to such nuggets of tongue-in-cheek dialogue describing Hunt as “the living manifestation of destiny”.
McQuarrie’s handling of the action is also top-notch.
The “Hot Fuzz” star said Cruise is “far more human” in person and can switch between being a celebrity and a normal man.
The series has been known for its defining IMAX big-screen moments and Rogue Nation is no different. I would argue that this may be the funniest of the films overall, and with Robert Elswit shooting it, it’s absolutely gorgeous, with crisp, clean action choreography that you can actually see. It’s just an odd thing that Mission: Impossible is now a movie franchise that’s been with us for an entire generation.
He added, though: “I got enough of a rap that I got Michelle to marry me”.
Rogue Nation also has an enigmatic new arrival: Rebecca Ferguson’s wonderfully-named Ilsa Faust, who is to Hunt what Irene Adler is to Sherlock Holmes – his physical and intellectual equal.
“Most people on the film have noticed how into her he is”. It’s a criticism that could be levelled at Michael Nyqvist’s briefcase-carrying toxic uncle in Ghost Protocol and Dougray Scott’s renegade shampoo model in Mission: Impossible 2.
British actor Sean Harris gives a chilling performance as the villainous Solomon Lane.
Following the Mission: Impossible model might not make many executives happy in the short terms; one movie every four years isn’t anywhere close to the two-movies-every-year profit bonanza that’s now in vogue.
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Mission: Impossible III (2006) Ethan, retired from field work and living quietly with his fiancee Julia (Michelle Monaghan), is called back in to find an arms dealer who’s seeking a mysterious object. Nevertheless, Rogue Nation is an artful thrill ride, intent on throwing audiences from one gripping scenario to the next, and it does so with excitement levels aplenty. Even as its 20th anniversary approaches, the Mission: Impossible series is still finding ways to make us hold our breath.
