There’s no denying that the two big set pieces of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning are incredible. Each is one of the most impossible missions star Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie have ever conceived or shot, and each is probably worth the price of admission alone.

We’ve finally arrived at Ethan Hunt’s final reckoning, after almost 30 years of seeing Tom Cruise ’s espionage hero in action. The 2025 movie schedule has been marketed as the end of the Mission: Impossible series - at least for Cruise, anyway.

In “ Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning ” (henceforth “M:I-TFR”), director Christopher McQuarrie attempts to stitch the entire series together through these montages. This is in addition to the mountain of exposition to remind us that we’re watching the second half of the prior film, “ Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One .”

That said, co-writer and director Christopher McQuarrie may have slightly overextended himself with what is meant to be the epic finale for the saga of the man called Ethan Hunt: not long after the release of the 2023 installment “Dead Reckoning — Part One,

Impossible franchise drops its “final” movie, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, this week, and it’s one of the most anticipated releases on the 2025 mo

A box-office showdown is brewing as Disney's Lilo & Stitch squares off against Paramount's Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning over the blockbuster holiday weekend. The live-action remake of Disney's 2002 animated film is on track for a massive $150 million-plus opening weekend.

Shooting on an Arctic set and in South Africa proved challenging for different reasons on the wildlife spectrum.

The Final Reckoning spans seven previous movies going back to 1996, with exposition typically only seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But the stunts and action come together for a worthy sendoff to the series.