MANILA, Philippines - Tom Cruise (photo) is back as Ethan Hunt, facing his most blisteringly impossible mission yet in Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation (MI), the fifth installment in the constantly accelerating action-thriller series.
This time, Tom’s iconic character finds himself in non-stop peril — physical, mental and emotional — from the film’s literally high-flying opening moments through one relentless situation after another. Ethan’s situation is precarious on every level. The IMF is on the out, the CIA doesn’t trust him, and now he’s discovered a rogue agency with the spy-power to bring down any nation it targets — and they want him to join their crusade of destruction or they want him dead. On the brink, Ethan must test his team’s loyalty, his own illustrious endurance and the agenda of the alluringly secretive spy who saved his skin: Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson).
For Tom, playing Ethan and serving as producer for the fifth time presented another chance to see just how far he can take the character, and the entire genre of sophisticated global espionage games. He loves moving the bar, often hurling the bar, with each new Mission: Impossible film.
Rogue Nation also finds Ethan more dedicated to defusing the destructive power of evil than ever in part because he has grown as an agent and a person. “Ethan has evolved,” Tom observes. “He’s learning to listen to everyone else while still following his own instincts.”
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures, is now showing nationwide.