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"      Each Mission: Impossible movie has an entirely different vibe. Director Brian de Palma&amp;#039;s 1996 original nods to paranoia thrillers of the 1970s. John Woo&amp;#039;s sequel brought Asian shoot-em-up flair (complete with slow-motion pigeons!) to the series. J.J. Abrams&amp;#039; Mission: Impossible III felt like one of his television shows, sharp-witted and ensemble-driven. Brad Bird transitioned from Pixar animation to 2011&amp;#039;s Ghost Protocol without losing any of his imagination.  And now we have the fifth installment, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, from writer-director Christopher McQuarrie. Tom Cruise is the action connoisseur who hand picks his directors and he&amp;#039;s clocked time with the Usual Suspects screenwriter. McQuarrie wrote Valkyrie for the star and teamed up with him on 2013&amp;#039;s Jack Reacher. Judging from this first look at Rogue Nation, Reacher is a point of reference. The trailer is gnarly, high-speed, and exuding a certain machismo that previous entries lacked. It looks great. In the new film, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) faces off against an &amp;quot;anti-IMF,&amp;quot; which sounds a little like James Bond&amp;#039;s Spectre problem. Works for us. Alec Baldwin and Rebecca Ferguson join veterans Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, and\u2014because it&amp;#039;s been far too long\u2014Ving Rhames in the movie, which is set to launch on July 31, 2015. Here&amp;#039;s the first poster for the film:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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