8 Reasons Mission Impossible Is Better Than James Bond

Choose to accept it.

By Nathan Hastings /

Any comparison that places Ethan Hunt over James Herbert Bond feels sacrilegious. Bond is cooler, more prestigious, and more iconic and, on top of that, he€™s the greater box office titan. But after seeing Mission:Impossible €“ Rogue Nation, before which has been playing a trailer for Spectre, there's an inescapable feeling that M:I has finally unseated Bond at the top of the superspy genre. And really, when you stack the last three M:I films against the last three Daniel Craig Bonds, the winner is clear. One can only guess about the impending Spectre of course - which looks to be a worthy continuation of Skyfall director Sam Mendes€™ wonderful vision - but, even so, film fans the world over should be 10x more excited for the barely-confirmed sixth Mission: Impossible film than for the next Bond outing. Let me tell you why.