Where Does ROGUE NATION Stand In The MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Franchise?
While
not as iconic as theJames
Bond
series
or as lucrative as the Marvel franchise, the Tom Cruise-led Mission:
Impossible
films do generate steady interest among moviegoers. Cruise is Ethan
Hunt, leader of a group of secret government agents known as the
Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The team performs covert operations
often involving lots of explosions, thrilling chases and countless
encounters with bad guys trying to prevent them from succeeding. The
only connection to the TV
series
is Jim Phelps (with Jon Voight replacing Peter Graves), who's killed
off in the first movie. As with all movie franchises, individual
films within the "MI" series rate higher than others, as
evidenced by the following ranking of the five "Mission:
Impossible" films from worst to best:
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Director John Woo turns the second "MI" installment (available via Netflix) into a bunch of action scenes with something sorta resembling a plot thrown in b…
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Director John Woo turns the second "MI" installment (available via Netflix) into a bunch of action scenes with something sorta resembling a plot thrown in b…