Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.
Of the many heists and grabs that litter the movie, none is as blatant as the deft, irrepressible manner in which Ferguson, displaying a light smile and a brisk way with a knife, steals the show.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Aug 2015
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You don't overcome the "impossible" by thinking it over a little more carefully. You overcome it through the application of sheer, unvarnished willpower, a quality that Cruise has always possessed in abundance.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
1 Aug 2015
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Everything, even Alec Baldwin's tight and itchy turn as a CIA buzzkill, is mere window-dressing to Cruise's attempts to kill himself on-screen.
– Barry Hertz,
Globe and Mail,
31 Jul 2015
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Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie, whose action movie skills are at best high-adequate, compensates by being good at interpersonal stuff. He can make us feel for the characters as something more than action toys.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jul 2015
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The most reliable blockbuster series going: Five films, some weirder than others, but not a stinker in the bunch.