Hunt and the IMF pursue a dangerous AI called the Entity that's infiltrated global intelligence. With governments and a figure from his past in pursuit, Hunt races to stop it from forever changing the world.
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- rg9400July 8, 2026The Final Reckoning is a really messy and strange way to "end" this series. These movies have always been fun due to their stunts, not their plots. For some reason, Final Reckoning double downs on the weak plot of Dead Reckoning while still making it extra complicated. It also does not trust the audience to remember what happened in Dead Reckoning (which is totally fair as I did not). The result is that the first hour, hour and a half, of this movie is just purely exposition. They just use flashbacks to recap Dead Reckoning and reiterate what is happening. The fact that it takes so long should tell you just how unnecessarily complicated they made this story. It is super convoluted and has the added burden of them trying to shoehorn connections to prior movies as well. Suddenly, a character in Dead Reckoning has an added backstory connecting him to another movie for no reason. Certain events are linked to other movies. I suspect they wanted it to really make it feel like a culmination of all the movies, but this just creates so much baggage for the movie. Again, people will not remember the intricacies of the plot from earlier movies, so instead this relies so much on flashbacks and exposition to try and lay out the importance of everything. Quick edits and characters jumping from location to location are used to try to speed up the process, but again, it is trying to cover a lot of ground. This approach loses plenty of viewers, is dull, blunts the impact of the *one* significant event that happens during the first half, and is just plain confusing. At the halfway mark, when the story shifts to the Arctic, does it finally start to feel like a Mission Impossible movie. The complex plot becomes streamlined with straightforward goals, the stunts take central focus, and Tom Cruise and various side characters get to let loose. The stunts are actually really thrilling, with the main one being arguably the most impressive from the entire series. This is honestly a really fun time, and I can't help but feel like they made such a huge mistake adding 1.5 hours of bloat before it. I still feel there is a lack of clarity in the editing, with one or two sequences being unnecessarily confusing. There is a moment near the end where I was left scratching my head and had to look up how something happened because the editing made that character's actions seem impossible. Yes, the villain and plot carried forward from Dead Reckoning is exceedingly stupid, and the absence of certain characters is clearly felt throughout this movie. However, I think there was a fun movie in here if they hadn't gotten so caught up trying to mine nostalgia and overcomplicate the setup. My final comment is towards the very end of the movie. It's fine? It feels like a standard Mission Impossible ending. There is no sort of finality to it, no real "reckoning" for Ethan Hunt's character. For a movie so intent on building itself as the final entry, the endpoint of all the prior movies, it does very little to really earn it in the end. Yeah, there's some generic voiceover telling us that this was what everything was building up to, but it still never really feels like it. All of that to say, the first half of this movie is *exceedingly* unnecessary. This could have just been another entry in the franchise focused on the excellent stunts instead of trying so hard to be the "final" entry.
- RipLinesManApril 20, 2025Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and Event Horizon (1997) both push men to their limits in the face of forces that defy control, one through kinetic desperation, the other through metaphysical collapse. Ethan Hunt races to stop the world from tearing itself apart; Captain Miller simply tries to hold his together while drifting inside a ship that has already gone to hell. Hunt moves with purpose; guided by instinct, loyalty, and near-impossible odds. His body breaks, but his faith in people doesn’t. Miller, by contrast, begins with command and ends with surrender, watching his crew succumb not to failure, but to memory sharpened by madness. One is tested by betrayal and gravity; the other by guilt and gravity that bends reality. The Final Reckoning is about surviving the fallout. Event Horizon is about becoming it. In one, you run toward the danger to save the world. In the other, you realize the world has already ended and you brought it with you.
- Megan CruzMay 31, 2025I really wanted to trust Ethan Hunt one last time but I just can’t get on board with this. In fairness, this is certainly one of the most impressive bloated vanity projects I’ve ever seen, but it’s still just too messy and absurd to justify itself. Still, the stunts are, as always, absolutely mind blowing. Tom Cruise has got to be certifiably insane but it’s kinda worth it for his contributions to cinematic history. I wish that this film didn’t feel like an snl skit parodying the MI franchise most of the time. I wish Gabriel was even a little more complex than a potato. I wish Ethan Hunt didn’t have a full blown transformation into the messiah. But even with all the many complaints I have about this film, the worst part is that this film drags and I was bored for much of the runtime. It’s not the farewell I would have liked from one of my most beloved franchises, but it has its moments. Thank you for your service Mr Hunt.
- makdelartJune 8, 2026The final chapter of the M:I series, which places greater emphasis on matters of ultimate importance than on youthful bravado. The first, rather lengthy, section of the film is a nostalgic segment that looks back on the past, wraps up certain storylines, clarifies others, and sets the stage for the actual finale. This is followed by underwater and aerial sequences that make up for the wait for the action scenes to which this series has accustomed us. Certainly, some viewers may feel disappointed by this narrative structure, but bearing in mind that this is most likely a farewell to Ethan Hunt and his world-saving team, I approached the film with a great deal of goodwill and certainly wasn’t bored.
- MrTrivetApril 10, 2026After the screening, there is a sense of calm closure to a series that has spanned 30 years of jumps, chases, and explosions. There is something satisfying about it - the finale truly brings a chapter of action cinema to an end. At the same time, what proves “impossible” in this installment is satisfying the viewer, as the franchise’s characteristic lightness and self-aware humor give way to pathos and solemnity. The result can be heavy-going; at times, the film feels weighed down by its own ambitions, as if it had forgotten that this series worked best as pure popcorn action. Compared to the first part of the Reckoning duology, this installment feels less fresh and less impactful, despite its great final-scale spectacle. Ultimately, it remains a solid, visually impressive send-off for a franchise that has defined spy action cinema. It is also undeniably a series that encapsulates Tom Cruise’s career - so much so that Ethan Hunt feels like his natural alter ego. And it is hard to fault him: he is clearly still fully committed, pushing forward at full speed, without holding anything back.
- CubaneMarch 12, 2026Some truly excellent action sequences with a fairly underwhelming and forced story linking them together. Knowing what you’re getting into, it’s still very impressive and worth watching; but lacks the emotional intensity of the earlier entries. Too many characters, too much time spent on beats that ultimately don't matter.
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning was released on May 17, 2025.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning was directed by Christopher McQuarrie.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning has a runtime of 2h 50m.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning was produced by Jake Myers, Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise.
Hunt and the IMF pursue a dangerous AI called the Entity that's infiltrated global intelligence. With governments and a figure from his past in pursuit, Hunt races to stop it from forever changing the world.
The key characters in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning are Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), Grace (Hayley Atwell), Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames).
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is rated PG-13.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is an Action, Adventure, Thriller film.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning had a budget of $400M.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning has made $598.8M at the box office.