![]() The film isn’t entirely without a few other merits, of course, and a motorcycle chase involving Ethan and Dougray Scott as the evil Ambrose is a Woo classic (light on the doves, though), though it would eventually get bested by another “M:I” film anyway (“Rogue Nation”). She’s the most Bond Girl-esque among Ethan’s love interests, but she’s also a genuinely interesting character: a thief turned spy who has a good heart and a better poker face, though all that is pushed aside to set her up as a love interest for Ethan, one we will never, ever see again. At least there’s Thandie Newton, cool as a cucumber and dangerous as any other double-crossing career criminal the “M:I” movies has lavished attention on before discarding by the time the next movie comes along. We then see Benji getting out of a subway train, making his way through the station to eventually reach the Staatsoper.One way to put in a pin a potentially viable franchise is to do whatever the hell it was that John Woo did for his 2000 entry into the series, a mishmash of early aughts action film tropes, from rogue viruses to something involving evil stock options - in short, a big stew of boring narrative ideas executed poorly. ![]() These last around 20 minutes, and begin with an aerial view of the city’s old town at night – you can spot Stephansdom cathedral bottom left in the picture. The 5th installment in the MI franchise stars Tom Cruise as agent Ethan Hunt, Simon Pegg as his able colleague Benji Dunn, and Rebecca Ferguson as the mysterious British agent Ilsa Faust.Īll three appear in the Vienna scenes. (The opera house has enjoyed cameo roles in a few other movies, too. They even held the movie’s world premiere there. ![]() ![]() Though, to be fair, plenty of people suffer dramatic endings, commonly after a heartfelt aria that goes on for a suspiciously long time given the alleged condition of the singer.Īnd yet the magnificent Vienna State Opera (Staatsoper) played a major role in one of 2015’s biggest action movies: Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation. Opera is rarely noted for its gunfights and action sequences. ![]()
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