On this episode we dive into a Tom Cruise Conspiracy with Christopher McQuarrie, as this particular writer and actor combo worked together previously on VALKYRIE and JACK REACHER. And make sure to hang around at the end of the episode with a bonus discussion with one of our most popular guests, Shawn Pryor of The Black Box podcast. But first... we accept an impossible mission, one no other film podcast dare tackle, a review of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION.
In a dystopian world where a radical government has unleashed a deadly poison to control population, only those with blood type AB positive remain unscathed. But instead of outright death, the rest of the population is left to suffer in a state of chronic illness, causing widespread chaos and panic. As the majority slowly succumbs to the effects of the poison, their only hope lies in receiving transfusions of AB positive blood from the few immune survivors, like Charlie and his granddaughter Maya. Living in the decrepit remains of an abandoned amusement park, Charlie is a renegade supplier of blood to the underground market. But their sanctuary is threatened by the iron-fisted rule of District 22's ruthless warden, Onslow, who will stop at nothing to save his own dying son. As Charlie and Maya fight to defend their haven and their own sanity, the eccentric duo must navigate through a world of danger and betrayal. POPULATION PURGE was written by Brian Johnson and Toby Osborne and di...