MOVIE REVIEW: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

From “living manifestation of destiny” to “mind-reading, shape-shifting incarnation of chaos,” the pedestal positioning of Ethan Hunt—and therefore Tom Cruise—playing him has only gotten taller and taller, much like the heights the actor scales with his stunts. Here, at the announced finishing chapter of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning of the now-iconic character enduring nearly thirty years in our cinematic lives, we’ve witnessed the progression of him as a top spy with more lives than a litter of cats to something far more starry and radiant.

2025, 4 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanMay 14, 2025Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible Fallout, Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai MoralesComment

MOVIE REVIEW: Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation

There are certain things Tom Cruise does absolutely right and playing Ethan Hunt is one of them. Like him or not as a person outside of the multiplex, Cruise remains the undisputed and penultimate action star in the world today, if not in all of the history of cinema. He pushes the envelope like no one else and, as a producer in this series, he puts his money where his safety harness is. What he dares to do on-screen pays off in superior results.