There's a lot of things about Rogue Nation that I really like, let's start with the cast, everyone does a really good job in their roles, Tom Cruise is awesome as Hunt, Simon Pegg of course is cool as Benji, Rebecca Ferguson is a badass in this film, Jeremy Renner does a good job, as does Alec Baldwin. Something this film does really well is the friendship these characters have with one another. Also, Simon Pegg is hilarious in the film, but at the same time he gives a surprisingly dramatic performance, there is one scene near the end of the film with Simon Pegg that reminded me of the pool scene from episode 3 of Sherlock, it was very tense. This movie in general has some tense moments, one in particular; an underwater sequence had me holding my breath, I would certainly have drowned, in addition to that there is a tense scene at the Opera near the start of the film, which I really liked, and it allowed for some funny dialogue between Cruise and Pegg. Did I mention this film has funny dialogue, because it does, not only does that make it a very fun watch on addition to the action, but it builds the relationship between the characters in a very believable and amusing way. Rogue Nation has a much more prominent focus on espionage than action, it being a spy film, that's something I like, but a spy film would be crap if the story wasn't interesting, fortunately it is, I wanted to know more about this Syndicate and their ghostly leader, though I personally think the film would have been more interesting if the existence of the Syndicate was less obvious, making the answer to 'does the Syndicate exist?' more nebulous would have made Renner's and Baldwin's side of the story more interesting, since Baldwin doesn't believe in the Syndicate.
Rogue Nation is a spy film, so you'd expect some spy stuff, gadgets, espionage, etc. Ferguson's connection to the Syndicate is an interesting part of the story, as you never really know where her loyalty lies, Alec Baldwin's hunt for Hunt starts off really interesting, but it kind of drops off not long into the film, I suppose that's a good thing, since it probably would have bloated the film, what we're meant to care about is Ethan Hunt's mission to expose the Syndicate. The film has some cool scenes with the spy theme, example; the underwater scene. But this film isn't just a spy film, it's an action film, and it's a good one, Tom Cruise hangs onto a plane in this film, god damn. Rogue Nation is peppered with some really cool action scenes, some fun hand to hand combat, an insane car chase, while the film doesn't really end with an action scene, the smattering of shootouts and an awesome knife fight at the end was fun to watch. More on this car chase though, not only is it one of the funniest parts of the film, but it's just awesome to watch, as they race through the streets and bad guys on bikes are shooting them and shooting Ferguson and Cruise is taking out the guys on bikes, the car chase turns into a bike chase, and while I prefer the car chase, the bike chase was still awesome to watch. My only problem with the action is during the car chase Cruise reverses the car over a gap and lands in a car park, but rather than stopping like a car would, their car keeps going, doing about a dozen flips across the car park before stopping, it really was stupid, and it didn't look very good. While we're on criticism I need to talk about the villain, played by Sean Harris. He was a very serviceable villain, he does bad things like a villain does and he does look like he has a few screws loose, he reminds me in some ways of Moriarty or Magnussen from Sherlock, or Silva from Skyfall, but he doesn't get under your skin as much as Moriarty or Magnussen and he lacks the drive or spine chilling charm of Silva. He is aslo not very present in the film, and this wouldn't be a problem if he made any discernable impact, but other than being a little creepy, he doesn't make an impact, I would have to say he's the weakest part of the film.
But when the biggest criticisms you have is a serviceable but not incredible villain and a physics defying car wreck, you know what you have is a good movie. The cast, particularly Rebecca Ferguson and Simon Pegg do a great job, the film has some great spy sequences and some awesome action sequences, funny comedy and an engaging and interesting story with fun and likable characters, I did enjoy Rogue Nation a lot, and I would recommend it.
And now, some idiocy.
*the kid who sat next to me during Jurassic World talked less than these dicks behind us, at random times in the film they would literally make funny noises and laugh for no reason, and by funny noises I actually mean like buzzing and humming, and at one point one of them had what sounded like an asthma attack, then it was back to the stupid noises. and if that wasn't bad enough, they got louder during the quieter moments of the film, so, obnoxious pricks in the screening of Rogue Nation I was lucky enough to share with you, I fucking hate you.
*This one is more stupid, they showed a trailer for Vacation, and in the trailer there is a bit where the family go swimming in a pool in the woods, as the camera zooms out to reveal a sign reading human waste, to be fair I'd have laughed at that when I was 5, haha, poo poo, but how is that funny? apparently I didn't get the joke, because everyone in the screening started laughing at that, including my Dad, that's it; he calls The World's End a piece of shit, he laughs at people swimming in shit, I've given up all faith in him, and in humanity for that matter, I may not be the sole arbiter of comedy, only a fool would claim he is, but that isn't funny, that is the absolute bottom level of comedy, haha poo poo, Humanity is fucked if that is funny.
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