Mission: Impossible

First Look – Mission: Impossible – Fallout

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  • Title: Mission: Impossible – Fallout
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Here’s our first look at Mission: Impossible – Fallout featuring the return of Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Michelle Monaghan, and Alec Baldwin. Henry Cavill and Vanessa Kirby join the cast this time around as the MIF must deal with the fallout (so to speak) of the capture of Solomon Lane (Sean Harris) in the last film. The mission, if you chose to accept it, begins on July 27th.

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Mission: Impossible

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  • Title: Mission: Impossible
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Mission: ImpossibleAlthough it began a series of increasingly good summer blockbuster over the course of two decades, 1996’s relaunch of the television series of the same name as a theatrical film (which introduced the world to Tom Cruise‘s most successful ongoing character in IMF Agent Ethan Hunt) is problematic at best. Poorly plotted, including a huge fuck you to fans of the original series by turning the television show’s central hero (Peter Graves) into a greedy villain (Jon Voight) selling CIA secrets to the highest bidder, the film hasn’t aged well. Turning Jim Phelps into a villain would be like rebooting Superman into a coldblooded killer. What kind of an asshole would do that?

Opening with the death of an IMF team (Kristin Scott Thomas, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Emilio Estevez) and Ethan on the run from his former bosses who believe he is responsible, the film climaxes early on with a break-in at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It’s this sequence, and really only this sequence, that’s worth noting from the otherwise forgettable tale.

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

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  • Title: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

While Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol and Mission: Imposible III may have more dramatic weight given the personal motivations that drive each film, director Christopher McQuarrie instead focuses solely on delivering an immensely enjoyable summer popcorn flick that feels like an old Bond film (complete with multiple locations around the globe and a swagger the Daniel Craig films lack) mixed with the sensibilities of Ocean’s Eleven. The result may or may not be the best in the franchise, but it is arguably the most fun film the series has produced.

What makes my enjoyment of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation all the more surprising is I’m not the biggest fan of the plot-framing device McQuarrie chooses to recycle in planting our heroes on the outside of their agency working essentially as rogue agents to save the day for those not smart enough to listen to them (here played by Alec Baldwin). The series tried it once, with Brian De Palma‘s bastardization of the original series, with mixed results. The plot is so common the Bond franchise has used it multiple times (License to Kill, Quantum of Solace, Diamonds Are Forever to name three – none of which would be considered among the series’ best).

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Coming Soon – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

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  • Title: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
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Along with giving us a longer look at a couple of the film’s stunts, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is mostly notable for explaining Alec Baldwin‘s role in the film and the (apparent) end of the IMF as an official government agency. Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Jingchu Zhang, and Sean Harris star. The latest impossible mission opens in theaters on July 31st.

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Coming Soon – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

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  • Title: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
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Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, and Simon Pegg are back to take on the “anti-IMF” in the first teaser trailer for this summer’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. Alec Baldwin, Rebecca Ferguson, Jingchu Zhang, and Sean Harris also star. The latest impossible mission opens in theaters on July 31st.

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