![]() McQuarrie’s screenwriting career stretches back to “The Usual Suspects,” but his directing career is comparatively young, with only two previous credits to his name: 2000’s “The Way of the Gun” and 2012’s “Jack Reacher,” which, like the “Mission: Impossible” movies, bolstered Tom Cruise’s status as a movie star against dwindling odds. Abrams and Brad Bird all had the chance to leave a mark on the franchise, with fifth installment “Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation,” relative newcomer Christopher McQuarrie trades ambition for competent action and typically charismatic worldly spies, but little in the way of fresh ideas - about as much as one can expect these days. ![]() By now, the very idea of an auteur-driven blockbuster sounds downright quaint. Nearly 20 years have passed since Brian De Palma first transformed a snazzy television series into a high-wire act of elaborate Hitchcockian suspense with the first “Mission: Impossible” movie. READ MORE: Watch: How the Famous ‘Mission: Impossible’ Heist Scene Was Made
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