"Rogue Nation" is the 5th installment in the "Mission: Impossible" movie franchise, and it features pretty much the same team members that were in "Ghost Protocol". Tom Cruise as super-spy Ethan Hunt, Simon Pegg returns as "Benji", Jeremy Renner reprises his role as "Brandt", and Ving Rhames has has been in all 5 "Mission: Impossible" movies as "Luther" from the original team. The only character from "Ghost Protocol" that doesn't return is Paula Patton, as "Jane" (I don't know what happened to her?) The addition of Alec Baldwin makes up for it, especially in the end when he goes from a CIA agent trying to dissolve the "IMF" to the Secretary of Defense that reinstates the "IMF".
So, it's just the guys in this one battling an "anti-IMF" organization called "The Syndicate".It's run by operatives listed as "dead" or "missing & presumed dead", and the leader of the syndicate is "Solomon Lane", a terrorist who always seems to be one step ahead. But of course, "Ethan Hunt" has a trick up his sleeve (as always). With the help of his team, he pulls off this "impossible" mission and meets yet another beautiful woman along the way.
The CIA absolves "IMF" in the beginning of the movie, so "Hunt" makes it his personal mission to take down "The Syndicate" without any "IMF Headquarters" assistance. That results in the CIA looking to capture "Ethan Hunt" as a rogue agent while he is hiding out in France, Morocco, and other countries. It was an action-packed spy thriller that featured some cool new spy gear (as usual) and the same characters we have seen work so well together before. The movie picks up where "Ghost Protocol" ended, and it was a little too complex for me at times, but it's still a great action film and another thrilling addition to this spy-movie saga that's not quite finished yet... So, expect at least one more "Mission: Impossible" movie in the future starring Tom Cruise. I give "Mission: Impossible 5: Rogue Nation" a 8/ 10.
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