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\"\"Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning <\/strong>(2025)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paramount\/Action-Adventure\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 169 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG-13 (sequences of strong violence and action, bloody images, brief language)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Christopher McQuarrie\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Christopher McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Max Aruj and Alfie Godfrey\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Fraser Taggart\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: May 23, 2025 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Angela Bassett, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Max Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Katy O\u2019Brian, Stephen Oyoung.<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: *** \u00bd<\/p>\n

\u00a0IMF agent Ethan Hunt returns to save the world one last time in Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning<\/strong> which Tom Cruise himself says will the final installment of the series. We all know the word \u201cfinal\u201d typically comes with an asterisk attached so we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The stakes are higher than ever in this continuation of 2023\u2019s Dead Reckoning. The world is on the brink of complete nuclear annihilation and only Hunt can stop it. He\u2019s in possession of the key that can unlock a chamber containing the source code for \u201cThe Entity\u201d, the sentient AI program that is gaining control of the world\u2019s nuclear weapons. It wants to destroy humanity. The device containing the source code is on a sunken Russian submarine at the bottom of the Bering Sea. Hunt and his team- tech guy Benji (Pegg, Shaun of the Dead), Luther (Rhames, Pulp Fiction) and new IMF agent Grace (Atwell, Agent Carter)- have to get to it before it falls into the wrong hands, namely Gabriel (Morales, Bad Boys), a baddie who wants to control the Entity.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Ethan has a few new team members watching his back. Paris (Klementieff, Guardians of the Galaxy 2 & 3), the French assassin formerly working with Gabriel, changed sides after he betrayed her. Now she\u2019s looking for payback. Theo (Davis, Top Gun: Maverick), one of the agents sent to capture Hunt in the previous film, is now in Hunt\u2019s corner too. The other guy (Whigham, Joker) is still in pursuit of Hunt as is CIA director Kittridge (Czerny, Ready or Not). The President, former CIA director Sloane (Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), agrees to let Hunt try and save the world. He has only a few days before the world becomes engulfed in a nuclear catastrophe.<\/p>\n

\u00a0That\u2019s really all you need to know about Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning<\/strong>. Despite its epic length of nearly three hours, it\u2019s not that complicated. There are a few nifty plot surprises throughout- a burning question from the third movie is finally answered- but I\u2019m not giving anything away. What I will say there\u2019s one quote from the movie that perfectly sums it all up: \u201cEverything you were, everything you’ve done, has come to this.”\u00a0The extended intro is basically a recap of the previous film as well as significant events from a few of the others. Some have complained it interferes with the movie\u2019s momentum. I say it adds gravitas to Hunt\u2019s last mission.<\/p>\n

\u00a0One thing the previous Mission: Impossible movies have in common is that they\u2019re fun, escapist-type actioners. They don\u2019t take themselves seriously at all. They exist merely to wow audiences with impressive action set-pieces and death-defying stunt work. There is no shortage of either thing in Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning<\/strong>, but it\u2019s not quite as much fun as its predecessors. Director Christopher McQuarrie, director of the three previous M:I outings, takes things a little more seriously this time which makes sense given the stakes involved- i.e. the destruction of the world by rogue AI. It\u2019s not just a matter of taking down a spy network; Hunt has to pull humanity from the brink of extinction. He\u2019s not playing and neither are the government officials breathing down his neck. Given his history with IMF and his tendency to go rogue, they don\u2019t trust him to hand over the Entity if he acquires it. The President authorizes him to do his thing then spends the rest of the movie fretting over making the most difficult choice any world leader might have to make if the proverbial s*** hits the fan. This impossible mission is intense.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Things get dark in Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning<\/strong>, but it\u2019s still an entertaining ride. The action sequences are well orchestrated. There\u2019s an underwater bit that has to be seen to be believed. Cruise is still at the top of his game as the hero who never hesitates to risk his life for the greater good of his country. This time, he climbs around on an airborne plane in pursuit of Gabriel. As somebody who\u2019s deathly afraid of heights, this bit gave me major vertigo. The whole cast does a good job, especially Rhames who brings a new level of gravitas to his character. Atwell is a great addition to the team as is Klementieff. I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing a M:I spinoff starring these two ladies.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I think I\u2019m going to end my review of Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning<\/strong> here. I don\u2019t want to accidentally drop any spoilers. I\u2019ll leave it at this. It ends the series on a high note. That is, if it is indeed the Final Reckoning. Like James Bond once said, never say never again.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning (2025)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paramount\/Action-Adventure\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 169 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG-13 (sequences of strong violence and action, bloody images, brief language)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Christopher McQuarrie\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Christopher McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Max Aruj and Alfie Godfrey\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Fraser Taggart\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: May 23, 2025 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action-adventure"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mission-Impossible-The-Fin.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11965,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11955\/revisions\/11965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}