Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

In the beginning you'll think something is missing from Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation. Excitement. Audacity. Edge. Visual splendor. Be patient. In it's own way, this action/thriller eventually gets the job done.

If Jason Bourne is our most brooding spy and James Bond is our suavest, then IMF agent Ethan Hunt is our most intense, the one most willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Sound like anyone we know?

First-rate popcorn, a meticulously devised and elegantly executed spy movie that manages to thrill with its stunts, jangle with its set pieces, land a laugh or two, and not insult our intelligence

With Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, we're getting the best Bond movie since Casino Royale in 2006.

Rogue Nation is terrific fun, the best action movie of the summer without Mad Max in the title. It's also, arguably, the best Mission: Impossible movie, impressive for the fifth installment in any movie series.

Rogue Nation is a 131-minute roller-coaster ride that slows down long enough for you to catch your breath before jettisoning you into another gasping round of action and adventure.

After watching the movie, I found out that Cruise and writer and director Christopher McQuarrie admitted that production started before there was a script because the stunts were planned, and it shows.

True to the title of its series, “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” banks on the impossible and gives the fans what they want: a slew of larger-than-life set pieces for an overall moviegoing experience that’s just built different.

Matched by the acrobatic ferocity of Ferguson’s Faust, Cruise’s antics transform Rogue Nation into an explosive Cirque du Soleil performance on the grandest of scales.

The film takes the idea of what Mission Impossible is, turns it on its head, and provides a fantastic origin story for a multi-film villain in Solomon Lane and a stunning new equal for Ethan in the mysterious and alluring Ilsa Faust.