Spectre..? No?! Oh yeah, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation!

So how impossible can Ethan Hunt’s new mission be if Captain America and James Bond have

the same one...? I mean sure, Shakespeare said there’s nothing new under the sun,

but I doubt that as many plays were being written back then as movies are being produced

today. And even beyond the evil organization plot, 2015 is chock full of spy movies in

GENERAL! Kingsman The Secret Service, Spy, The Man from UNCLE, Spectre and Mission Impossible

Rogue Nation. Then there’s the title, which is echoed in the X-Men Days of Future Past

Rogue Cut as well as the upcoming Star Wars spin-off Rogue One. In fact, Paramount had

to ask Disney not to discuss Rogue One too much until their movie was released. So...how

IS Mission Impossible Rogue Nation supposed to stand out from the crowd? STUNTS! And not

just any stunts, but REAL stunts performed by a REAL movie star! That publicity tactic

worked pretty well for Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, so now with this fifth film

they’ve pretty much based the entire ad campaign around Tom Cruise actually strapping

himself to the outside of an airplane that actually took off and flew around a bit. Now

for those of you who are like “uh, and why couldn’t you use a greenscreen? I mean,

it’s not like Cruise has blond hair...” - well, then how about the talent involved?

Cruise reteams with his Jack Reacher writer-director here, Christopher McQuarrie, and that movie

was surprisingly good. Imagine what they can do with a much bigger budget... Not to mention

Alec Baldwin joins the party, while Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg return. And sure, Pegg said

blockbuster movies were infantile, but he wasn’t talking about THIS movie..!

So, is Mission Impossible Rogue Nation one of the better Tom Cruise movies?

Because come on,

is there really such a thing as a BAD Tom Cruise movie...?