While the mashup isn’t quite the same cultural phenomenon that Barbenheimer was in July 2023, the potent combo of the two movies can’t be ignored in terms of conquering and dividing.

A sequel to “Dead Reckoning Part One,” it’s still on the trail of something called The Entity, an artificial intelligence force that wants to destroy Earth.

In the 2006 J.J. Abrams-directed “Mission: Impossible III,” Tom Cruise’s alter ego, superspy Ethan Hunt, has retired from mask-pulls and gymnastic infiltrations.