8 Reasons Mission Impossible Is Better Than James Bond
6. Mission Impossible Has Better Supporting Characters
The Bond movies have lately made strides in terms of Bonds support team, with Skyfall throwing Moneypenny and Q into the mix. And of course, Dame Judi Denchs M was a series highlight for almost twenty years. But in typical reboot fashion, the first two Craig films hesitated to include iconic Bond allies. Mission:Impossible, on the other hand, benefitted from a lack of expectations related to the 1960s-70s TV show, which allowed the film series to introduce and evolve its own cast of characters. Ving Rhames as hacker Luther Stickell, a man who makes any hat look cool, has been there since the first movie. With M:I 3 we were introduced to technician Benji Dunn, played by Simon Pegg. Benji has grown over three films from a purveyor of technobabble and comic relief to a still-funny field agent in his own right. Jeremy Renners buttoned-down Brandt is a great foil to the rebellious Ethan Hunt. And in Rogue Nation, Rebecca Ferguson (reportedly a frontrunner for Marvel Studios Captain Marvel) as Ilsa Faust is the most magnetic take on the femme fatale in a long while.
