In the nearly three decades since the release of Brian De Palma’s Mission: Impossible in 1996, there have been a total of eight releases in the series. The series has boasted contributions from directors such as the aforementioned De Palma, John Woo, J. J. Abrams, Brad Bird, and – for the last four entries in the series – Christopher McQuarrie. Now, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, brings what may very well be Imf agent Ethan Hunt’s final mission.

Following the events of 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his Imf team must find and destroy the Artificial Intelligence known as the Entity before it gains control of the world’s governments and their nuclear arsenals, ushering in the end of days.

Taking on the responsibility of stopping the Entity, Hunt and his Imf team – which includes stalwarts Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) and Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg...