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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING – Review

Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

It seems impossible that Tom Cruise would stop making Mission Impossible movies, but if you have seen any of the films in this franchise, especially the more recent ones, you know nothing is impossible in the Mission Impossible universe. Yet MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING is hinted to be the last in the franchise. We shall see about that. Of course, at some point, star Tom Cruise will have to step back from this action franchise, because everyone ages, including Cruise, in order to maintain a scrap of believability in this franchise built on ever-more impossible stunts. Still, since Cruise bares most of his muscular body, not once but twice, in this film, he may be telling audiences he’s still in good enough shape to continue, for now.

Fans are still enthusiastic about the action-fueled, stunt-packed franchise regardless, and if Tom Cruise wanted to go out on top for this series, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING would be a good choice. More cohesive and entertaining than the last one in the franchise, this round has now-freelance secret agent/do-gooder Ethan Hunt and his team in a ticking-clock race to defeat an AI entity taking over the world by seizing control of the world’s nuclear weapons, with a plan to wipe out humankind. It is thrilling, nail-nibbling excitement and entertainment throughout.

The series originated from a 1960s TV spy thriller series, with agent Jim Phelps and his team of skilled secret agents would thwart evil international plots, using a variety of disguises and technology. That show started with a frenetic, burning-fuse, jazz music theme, and agent Jim Phelps getting a secret assignment via audio tape that would always end with a message about official disavowing the teams action and the tape self-destructing, as it burst into flame. About all that remains of that origin show is a sampling of the catchy musical theme, a recorded message that self-destructs in a puff of smoke, and penchant for masks and impersonation. Even the name of the team leader was changed long ago by producer/star Tom Cruise, to Ethan Hunt.

As MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING opens, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team have become free agents but are still committed to doing good. When Ethan gets a recorded-message plea for help from the President (Angela Bassett, in a brilliant bit of casting), he lets bygones be bygones to come to the rescue, literally to save the world, or at least humankind, from a powerful AI entity that wants to rule the world, and is gaining control of the world’s nukes to do that. The all-powerful AI makes for a chilling villain, a real challenge Hunt’s skills and his team.

Along with the AI’s plan to wipe out humans, Ethan also faces a human adversary named Gabriel (Esai Morales), a smiling madman who believes he can seize control of the AI to rule the world himself, but who wants to let the AI grab all the nukes first.

Ethan’s team has familiar faces, such as Simon Pegg as tech assistant/right-hand man Benji Dunn. Hayley Atwell plays Grace, a beautiful young master-thief and skilled pickpocket who becomes an Ethan ally and sort-of love interest for Cruise, Pom Klementieff plays Paris, a roguish, deadpan and deadly fighter who has joined Ethan’s team, and Ving Rhames appears as brilliant tech/biomedical genius who is a long-time friend and help to Ethan Hunt. They are joined by a host of familiar names, including Shea Wigham, Nick Offerman, Mark Gatiss, and Janet McTeer, in various supporting roles.

But the real star of this show, as always, is Tom Cruise, in those impossible stunt sequences. In every movie in the franchise, those stunts get bigger and wilder, topping the previous one, and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING continues that mission well.

The stunt sequences are the major appeal of the series, and this one delivers. Thrilling, physics-defying sequences are abundant in this nearly three-hour long action thriller extravaganza. Stunt sequences take place in the air, with wing-walking on a pair of bi-planes, at at sunken sub in the freezing Arctic, and in numerous battles and fight scenes spanning the globe, either with Cruise battling a single foe or the whole team fighting a small army of baddies.

All the stunts and the effects are outstanding, and highly entertaining, even better than previous installments in the franchise. The thrilling, nail-biting underwater Arctic Ocean sequence is a highlight, where Cruise’s Ethan has to dive into a sunk sub to find an essential McGuffin to defeat the AI, risking life and limb in the freezing and dangerous environment of the deep ocean and on a shipwreck precariously balanced on the edge of a trench. Another thriller highlight is an air-borne, death-defying battle where Cruise’s Ethan chases bad guy Gabriel above a rugged African landscape – in biplanes.

Apparently eager to show off his physique, the aging Cruise gets nearly naked in two of these action sequences, including, mindbogglingly, in the frozen Arctic Ocean. Nothing is too preposterous in this franchise, which constantly tops itself with gravity-defying, physics-violating, and biologically-impossible thrillers, all performed reportedly by star Cruise.

These numerous stunt sequences, fight scenes and chase thrills periodically are interrupted by scenes of banter with his team, fizzy flirtations with the pretty pickpocket, and “I love you, man” emotional scenes with team members, particularly with Ving Rhames, as the tech genius who crafts a weapon that might defeat the evil AI. The whole thing takes place against a ticking clock, of course, as Ethan and the team race around the world to thwart the evil plan.

There are plenty of twists, lots of death-defying stunts, a few good guys (and baddies) lost along the way, and the whole thing is kept cooking along at a fast pace, although a few scenes could have been trimmed to reduce that excessive running time, mostly in some of the too-long emotional scenes between action sequences and a few extra fight scenes that don’t really advance the plot.

Still, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING delivers the over-the-top and top-the-last-one impossible stunt action, and plenty of Tom Cruise heroics, that fans of the franchise crave, whether this really is the final one or not.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE opens in theaters on Friday, May 23, 2025.

RATING: 3 out of 4 stars

With The Odds Impossible, The Mission Falls To Tom Cruise: Watch The First Teaser For MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING

When the need for certainty is absolute
And the odds are deemed impossible
The mission falls to him

Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in the follow-up to 2023’s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE and to start the week, Paramount Pictures has released a first poster and teaser for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING.

Official Synopsis: “Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.“

In 2024, Cruise appeared in the Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony to promote Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics, by jumping from the roof of the Stade de France stadium in Paris. He took the flag from Mayor Karen Bass and athlete Simone Biles to Hollywood.

As seen in the trailer, Cruise wears the same wardrobe as Ethan Hunt in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING that he did performing the epic stunt on August 11, 2024.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE sits at an impressive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. The franchise has grossed over $4 billion worldwide, with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT having the highest ticket sales with $220,159,104.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, and produced by Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie, based on the television series created by Bruce Geller, composer Lorne Balfe returns to score the movie.

The film also stars Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Angela Bassett, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Frederick Schmidt.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING opens in theaters on MAY 23, 2025.

Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, Scott Adkins And Pom Klementieff Star In Trailer For Quirky THE KILLER’S GAME

In THE KILLER’S GAME, when top hitman Joe Flood (Dave Bautista) is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take matters into his own hands – by taking a hit out on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his ex-girlfriend (Sofia Boutella) , he must fend off an army of assassin colleagues and win back the love of his life before it’s too late.

Check out the trailer for the action-comedy also featuring Terry Crews, Scott Adkins, with Pom Klementieff, and Ben Kingsley.

Based on the book by Jay R. Bonansinga, the film is directed by J.J. Perry, who also helmed the very funny vampire horror flick, DAY SHIFT. Perry is also working with Bautista, as well as Samuel L. Jackson, on the upcoming post-apocalyptic science fiction action film, AFTERBURN.

With a score from composer Roque Baños, THE KILLER’S GAME is set to hit theaters on September 13.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PART ONE – Review

With this week’s release of an entry in a blockbuster action franchise the old adage of seven being a lucky number will truly be put to the test. Now it’s not the highest number franchise as we’ve gotten FAST X or the longest running like the big flick from almost two weeks ago, INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (way back in 1981). Of course, we can add on the inspiration for this series, actually a TV series (overseen by Lucy…really) which exploded onto the airwaves way back in the prehistoric era (nah, merely 1966). Oh, but this “tentpole” has catapulted well past its “network” roots. Still, it’s tough not to hear that infectious theme music from Lalo Schifrin when taking in this rather long title (but thanks, Paramount, for being “upfront” about it) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE. And now I’m seeing that sizzling fuse in my head.


Surprisingly this new installment doesn’t begin with the finale of another caper involving the IMF (Impossible Missions Force). Nope, we’re on board for the last cruise (‘natch) of an “invisible” Russian submarine. Advanced top-secret stealth capabilities really, completely undetectable. But not indestructible as two prized interlocking keys are left floating in its wreckage. This leads to a new mission, which he “chooses to accept”, for IMF ace Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), who is sent to the Namib desert for a deadly reunion with old cohort Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson). Soon he’s back in the States as a “hush-hush” meeting of “the Community” outlines the urgent need for said keys. It’s the only way to stop a now rogue AI program called “the Entity”, which has become sentient and desires to use the world wide web to take over the planet. Hunt’s boss Kitteridge (Henry Czerny) is present, along with his superior, DNI head Denlinger (Cary Elwes). Learning of Hunt’s involvement, he sends out a team led by Briggs (Shea Whigham) and Degas (Greg Tarzan Davies) to stop the IMF. Reuniting with his teammates and pals, Luther (Ving Rhames) and Benji (Simon Pegg), Hunt travels to the Abu Dhabi airport to intercept a key transfer. Said item is snatched away by pro pickpocket/ “drop-pocket” Grace (Hayley Atwell). But Hunt also has to deal with the return of an old enemy, the ruthless and deadly Gabriel (Esai Morales), who’s helping the Entity. This leads to a globetrotting race for the keys, with stops in Rome and Venice, battles with Gabriel’s aide, the deadly Paris (Pom Klementieff), and a tense showdown by another woman from Hunt’s past, Alanna AKA “the White Widow” (Vanessa Kirby). Eventually, everything and everyone converge on a heart-stopping ride aboard the Orient Express (with no Belgian master detective to help). Perhaps this is a mission that’s truly impossible.

This thriller boasts an impressive acting ensemble, but once again this is Mr. Cruise’s show. In the previous sextet, he’s more than proved his skills in selling spectacular action stunts. However, Ethan is not merely a “daredevil. We see some of his warmth and committment to his team, while forging a couple of possible romances. Plus he injects humor into these dire predictaments as he quickly “switches gears” when plans go awry, and even shows a sign of panic as he works up the “nerve” to plunge forward. And then Cruise shows us that the “superspy” is a man of principals when he decides to block the “higher-ups” who lust after the Entity. As mentioned earlier, his sometimes squabbling duo has is back. Rhames as Luther is often the wise and grounded elder mentor, sort of the “cool uncle” , while Pegg as Benji is the often over-excited and exasperated “kid brother” who only gets “in the field” when absolutely needed. Ferguson is quite dynamic and decisive as the skilled Faust, while Kirby is slinky and sexy as the unpredictable “wild card” Alanna. Probably the best of the “newbies” is Atwell, upending her MCU Peggy Carter persona, as the “in it for the bucks” Grace who slowly starts to regain her ethics due to the influence of the IMF and especially Hunt (and yes, there’s a playful chemistry between them). As for the “opponants”, Wigham and Davis are very good as the “by the books” partners who seem to always be a step or two behind Hunt, earning a begrudging respect from the elder agent. But the biggest “baddie” is Gabriel played with a chilling dead-eyed glare by Morales. He’s a near-unstoppable force of villainy, who doesn’t hesitate in inflicting violence against anyone, especially Hunt’s friends (it appears to be his only source of pleasure). A good counterpoint to this “weapon” is Klementieff’s Paris who does derive lots of joy from the chaos she creates. Czerny is quite effective as the morally ambiguous IMF chief, who seems to have his own sinister agenda, while Elwes is “carving a niche” for himself as a smarmy bureaucrat who’s in need of a comeuppance.

Taking the directing chair for the third time is Christopher McQuarrie who keeps the story moving with nearly as much energy as one of Cruise’s manic sprints (yup, he’s burning up the “shoe leather” once again) making it feel like half of its163-minute runtime. Yes, the bulk of the flick consists of several big action sequences, but McQuarrie doesn’t let them veer too much into the “silly” or needlessly repetitive. The Rome chase is full of twists and even allows for some nice “interplay” between Hunt and Grace (hear that, FAST X). And the “tiny car” comedy outdoes Indy’s trek in Tangiers. Speaking of Dr. Jones, the Orient Express train sequence easily bests the DIAL WWII prologue (which is perhaps its best moment). And the Venice “techno dance arena” here has more gravitas than the similar setting in the recent John Wick opus. But unlike many of those other recent blockbusters, there’s lots of fun to be had in between the fighting and driving as we get a greater understanding of the bond between the IMF, who now seems to be a mix of the A-Team, the Lone Ranger, the Magnificent Seven, and a touch of the Avengers (movies and TV show). Sure the locations are stunning, but the main selling point continues to be Cruise’s insistence in doing as much of the stunt work as possible. He wants us to know that he’s not “chilling” in his trailer. It’s almost as though he’s the modern-day version of the silent movie “thrill” comic actors. Of course, Jackie Chan touched on that with his Chaplin-like agility in his early career, but Cruise takes it a bit further. In GHOST PROTOCOL, he’s riffing on Harold Llyod in SAFETY LAST as he climbs that towering skyscraper. With the big railway finale here, I was reminded of Buster Keaton’s THE GENERAL. And like those classics, many of the scenes will have you gripping those armrests. In short, this is a most worthy addition to the series, mixing a “ripped from the headlines” menace/McGuffin (Y’know, AI “creating art”) with new locales and deadlier dangers. Oh, and again, extra kudos for stating that the story is continued, right up front in the titles and promotions. FAST X, ends on a cliffhanger leading to a couple more flicks (sheesh), and I love the new SPIDER-VERSE dearly, but they shouldn’t have lost the “sprayed-on graffiti-style” Part One after the first couple of teasers and a few toys. So, be like this flick and “put it out there”, studios! If only all the Summer blockbusters were as forthright, exciting, and fun as MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PART ONE. Now, when does two arrive?

3.5 Out of 4

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PART ONE is now playing in theatres everywhere

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE Tom Cruise Arrives At Abu Dhabi International Airport’s New Midfield Terminal, Abu Dhabi & Sydney, Australia Premiere And New Photos


In advance of Paramount Pictures and Skydance’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”, the cast and filmmakers have been travelling the world to give fans a first look at the seventh installment of the franchise.

Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie arrived on the inaugural flight at Abu Dhabi International Airport’s New Midfield Terminal in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on June 25, 2023.

Tom Cruise arrived on the first flight into Abu Dhabi International Airport’s NEW Midfield Terminal, unveiling the new Etihad Mission Impossible plane livery which hit the skies last Sunday.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE opens in theaters on July 12.

Tom Cruise arrives on the inaugural flight at Abu Dhabi International Airport’s New Midfield Terminal in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on June 25, 2023, in advance of the “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” Abu Dhabi Premiere presented by Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Check out what Cruise and McQuarrie sent out on social media their support for the BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER movies.

(Photo by Cedric Ribeiro/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JUNE 26: Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Tom Cruise, Pom Klementieff and Christopher McQuarrie attend the Abu Dhabi Red Carpet and Premiere of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” presented by Paramount Pictures and Skydance at Emirates Palace Hotel on June 26, 2023, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

(Photo by Cedric Ribeiro/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

Watch the two spots below.

The globetrotting to promote the film continued.

On July 2nd, the cast and filmmakers headed to the premiere in Australia.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JULY 02: Tom Cruise attends a photocall in support of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” at the Overseas Passenger Terminal on July 02, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by James Gourley/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JULY 02: Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Tom Cruise, Pom Klementieff and Christopher McQuarrie attend a photocall in support of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” at the Overseas Passenger Terminal on July 02, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by James Gourley/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JULY 02: Tom Cruise, Pom Klementieff, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg and Christopher McQuarrie attend a photocall in support of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” at the Overseas Passenger Terminal on July 02, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by James Gourley/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

Currently, the Mission series has grossed over $3.5 billion worldwide.

It’s hard to overstate the impact that Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise has had on action cinema over the decades, and how it has itself grown exponentially over the same period. “Mission had done a train sequence before, all the way back in the first film and a lot of that had been done on a stage. We wanted to do one that was practical. We wanted to build upon what was learned on that sequence and apply all of that knowledge to something practical and real,” McQuarrie says, speaking about one of the film’s many jaw-dropping action sequences, in which he and Cruise drive a real steam train off a blown-up bridge (more on that later). Over six installments and 27 years of the Mission: Impossible franchise, the character of Ethan Hunt has earned his place as one of Cruise’s most indelible creations. And, in Dead Reckoning Parts One and Two, the elite agent will be tested more than ever.

The filmmakers are not only delighted with what their approach has yielded thus far, but also thrilled with what they have yet to reveal. “In the next one, you will feel the world constantly expanding and you’ll go to places the franchise has never been. You’ll see parts of the world that you’ve never seen this way. And, frankly, some of them won’t exist for much longer,” McQuarrie says. “We have really, truly, taken this story to the edge of the world.”

Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie on the set of Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

If neither Cruise nor McQuarrie is yet prepared to reveal what ground-breaking stunt Cruise is preparing to pull off for audiences in the next movie, McQuarrie will at least confirm this: “The bike jump [in Dead Reckoning Part One] was far and away the most dangerous thing we had ever attempted. The only thing that scared me more than that stunt was what we had planned for Part Two.”

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

For now, though, what both men want is for audiences around the world to get ready to immerse themselves in a jaw-dropping story that they say makes this Mission: Impossible the most exhilarating, ambitious, and emotional installment so far. “I always knew there were things we could do better,” Cruise says of his near-three decade Mission journey. “There are always mountains to climb. But I really do believe that this movie is Mission in its highest gear. No one can be tougher on me than me. I have always set the bar high for myself and always expect a lot from myself. I never want to rest on any laurels in seeing how I can serve the audience.”

Cruise smiles, excited by what that audience is about to see, and by what he knows is coming next. “If I could be on a movie set every single day of my life, I would,” he says. “I am always pushing myself. I can’t help it, it’s in my nature.”

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Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Henry Czerny, Rob Delaney, Lincoln Conway, Indira Varma, Cary Elwes, Mark Gatiss and Charles Parnell in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Hayley Atwell and Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Rebecca Ferguson in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Pom Klementieff in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Esai Morales and Pom Klementieff in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Shea Whigham and Greg Tarzan Davis in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Frederick Schmidt and Vanessa Kirby in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Shea Whigham in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie on the set of Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Rebecca Ferguson and Christopher McQuarrie on the set of Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie on the set of Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Win Passes To The St. Louis Advance Screening Of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE – Tuesday, July 6th

In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, based on the Television Series Created by Bruce Geller, the film also features Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Frederick Schmidt, Cary Elwes, Mark Gatiss, Indira Varma, Rob Delaney.

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Advance Screening is 7PM on Tuesday, July 6th at AMC Esquire 7 Cine (Doors Open at 6PM)

Note: We suggest a 5:30PM – 6PM arrival to secure seats.

Seats will not be guaranteed.

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE IS ONLY IN THEATRES, DOLBY CINEMA, PREMIUM LARGE FORMATS, AND IMAX ON JULY 12, 2023.

Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Win Passes To The St. Louis Advance Screening Of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, based on the Television Series Created by Bruce Geller, the film also features Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Frederick Schmidt, Cary Elwes, Mark Gatiss, Indira Varma, Rob Delaney.

Check out the spectacular World Premiere in Rome.

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Advance Screening is 7PM on Tuesday, June 27th at Marcus Ronnie’s 20 Cine  (Doors Open at 6PM)

Note: We suggest a 5:30PM – 6PM arrival to secure seats.

Seats will not be guaranteed.

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE IS ONLY IN THEATRES, DOLBY CINEMA, PREMIUM LARGE FORMATS, AND IMAX ON JULY 12, 2023.

Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

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“MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE”

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE New Video Features Tom Cruise In Rome Car Chase And Tickets On Sale Now

Paramount Pictures has released a look behind the scenes of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE.

The studio has also announced a Mission: Impossible –  Dead Reckoning Part One Early Access Fan Event to celebrate the theatrical release of the film opening nationwide exclusively in theatres. The Early Access Fan Event will include one show on July 10th at 7:00PM local time at participating theatres across the country, in advance of the film’s nationwide debut on July 12th. The show will be presented in an array of premium theatrical formats including Dolby Cinema and IMAX.

Check out this feature where Tom Cruise drives and drifts one-handed through the streets of Rome.

In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, starring and produced by Tom Cruise and once again written, directed, and produced by Christopher McQuarrie, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Tickets for the Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Early Access Fan Event and general Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One tickets are on sale today. To purchase tickets for the Early Access Fan Event Screening and for participating theatre listings in your area, go to missionimpossible.com/earlyaccess. 

General tickets are also on sale at missionimpossible.com. Tickets for all shows also on sale at exhibitors’ websites & mobile apps and at participating theatre box offices nationwide.

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Ticketholders seeing Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One at this advance Early Access Fan Event screening will also see special bonus content curated for this event, plus will receive limited-edition collectibles including a collector’s print and IMF enamel pin given away at their local theatre on the date of the event, while supplies last.

Says Paramount Pictures President of Domestic Distribution Chris Aronson, “Five years after the release of Mission: Impossible—Fallout, fans everywhere have been patiently awaiting this seventh installment and we’re thrilled to be able to show audiences the most daring and action-packed mission yet. It’s a film that demands to be seen on the big screen and we’re excited to showcase it in premium formats featuring the most dynamic picture and immersive sound in advance of its release.”

Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Rebecca Ferguson in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE IS ONLY IN THEATRES, DOLBY CINEMA, PREMIUM LARGE FORMATS, AND IMAX ON JULY 12, 2023.

Tom Cruise Means Business In Action-Packed Trailer For MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

“If anything happens to them… there’s no place I won’t go to kill you. THAT is written.”

Oh man, Tom Cruise is the absolute best (and total badass) when he gets that look in his eye.

Check it out for yourselves in the first spectacular trailer for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE, from director Christopher McQuarrie.

This trailer is INSANE and holy crap! that death-defying stunt Cruise does with the motorcycle off the cliff will be worth the ticket price alone!

In case you missed the behind-the-scenes video on that incredible jump, check it out below.

In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

The film also stars Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Frederick Schmidt, Cary Elwes, Mark Gatiss, Indira Varma, Rob Delaney.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE is written by Christopher McQuarrie & Erik Jendresen and based on the Television Series Created by Bruce Geller. The score is from composer Lorne Balfe (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE FALLOUT, BLACK ADAM, DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES, and Apple TV’s GHOSTED and TETRIS.

Produced by Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE is only in theaters, Dolby Cinema, Premium Large Format, and IMAX on July 12, 2023.

Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Rebecca Ferguson in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3 – Review

Ah, May is finally here! The temps are rising, the sun’s shining, the flowers are blooming and it’s time (as it has for the last ten years or so) for another trek into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) courtesy of your friendly neighborhood multiplex. Now for this flick, we can accentuate the U, because after “getting small” in the Quantum Realm three months ago and diving deep into the ocean waters near Wakanda we’re going to catch up with that “bunch of A-holes’ zipping around the fringes of way, way out outer space. It seems like it’s been a long time, but they’ve kept busy in other MCU franchises along with Thor and the Avengers, and even had their own streaming holiday special last year on Disney+. As this is their third solo outing, the filmmaker at the helm has promised that this is his last, perhaps marking the end of the “official trilogy”. And so let’s grab a seat on the good ship Milano, crank up that killer soundtrack, and brace ourselves for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3!

As shown in the aforementioned holiday “special presentation”, the old crew is still fixing up the ramshackle floating spaceport Knowhere. Peter Quill AKA Starlord (Chris Pratt) is hitting the bottle hard as he still yearns for Gamora (in ENDGAME we know that she’s now an “alternate previous version” who never fell for him). And while everyone is still fixing up the “joint”, Rocket (voice of Bradley Cooper) is reflecting on his past, going back to when he was “genetically enhanced”. His memories are interrupted by the destructive arrival of the super-powered space being Adam Warlock (Will Poulter), who comes to “retrieve him” for his “mother” Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki), and her new “overseer”. Luckily the interloper is brought down and captured, though Rocket is wounded and in a coma. He’s not responding to the medical equipment leading Nebula (Karen Gillan) to discover that his “upgrades” can only be fixed by finding his project “data file”. So begins a mission to go to Orgo HQ and steal it. But they need the aid of the Ravagers, which leads to Peter working alongside their second-in-command, Gamora (Zoe Saldana). Oh, but it turns out that Orgo, led by the cruel scientist known as the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji) is out to thwart them as he unleashes all of his forces to reclaim his “property”, Rocket. So can the combined might of Starlord, Gamora, Nebula, Groot (voice of Vin Diesel), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), and Draz (Dave Bautista) save Rocket’s life and keep him from the clutches of this fiend, or could this be their last planet-hopping adventure?

Thinking back on the story, it becomes clear that its main focus is Rocket, other than his importance as the desired “force” (with the Guardians wanting to save him and the Orgo group wishing to “retain” him). Though he’s unconscious for most of the action, the story in his mind, his “origin” is the most compelling. Cooper’s voice is “tweaked” in order to give us a view of him as a youngster, just becoming “sentient” after the “tinkering” by the “lab coats”. Also the bonding between him and the other “projects” is heartbreaking, especially his affection for the otter Lylla (voiced by the affecting Linda Cardellini). As for his humanoid pals, Pratt may have his most complex character arc, going from self-medication right into a courageous leader, who is almost undone by being near that former love. Pratt conveys that aching while being frustrated that he can’t break through to her, to rekindle what was taken away. Saldana as Gamora, is all business, blocking Quill’s romantic pleas, while slowly showing a touch of sympathy to this “wounded puppy”. Her toughened exterior is matched by Gillan as her sister, who puts up a brave front while also mourning the Gamora she once knew. Providing much of the film’s humor is the terrific Batista whose Drax still has a socially awkward nobility, while we now see that his treatment from the others cuts into his pride as he fears being labeled a simpleton. the comes out in his great pairing with Klementieff’s Mantis (they were the heart of the inspired holiday special), whose affection is tested by Drax’s often stubborn nature. But she cares for him nearly as much as she does for her newfound brother (again from the special). And once again, Diesel does wonders with the same three words, eliciting the correct emotions needed by the now teenaged creature (a toddler in the last flick, now a beefy oak-like creature, far from the tall strolling “driftwood” we first met).

Hey Marvel maniacs, here’s the first full-fledged appearance of Adam Warlock as drawn by the great Gil Kane!

And now we meet the “newbies” to the series. At the top of the list is this story’s “big bad”, Iwuji as the demented megalomaniacal mad scientist the High Evolutionary, a narcissist to rival his inspiration Dr. Moreau of the classic H.G. Welles novel (and the 30’s fright film ISLAND OF LOST SOULS). Unlike many researchers, he’s not interested in aiding others, but instead desires to be in control, crushing any who stand in his way, and treating his “projects” with callous casual cruelty. Iwuji tosses aside any humanity to give us perhaps the most interesting MCU mastermind since Thanos (who really thought he was helping save several worlds). His greatest asset may be Poulter as the naive Warlock, whose dedication to “mother” makes him a very powerful ‘loose cannon”, more like a super-powered adolescent in need of better guidance, someone who will keep his raging ego in check. Also bringing in extra comic relief is Cosmo the Spacedog, now voiced by Maria Bakalova (Borat’s daughter) who is an asset to Knowhere while irritating the testy Kraglin played once again by Sean Gunn (who still can’t do that “arrow tick” like his late mentor Yondru).


And that filmmaker in charge is returning director/solo screenwriter James Gunn, bidding a fond farewell to the MCU (he’s now the co-boss of the, as Stan Lee would say, the “Distinguished Competition”, and plotting the return of Superman himself). He’s tried to make this an epic romp, but many may be stunned at that very dark “origin” story at its center. It’s perhaps only a sixth of the film’s runtime, but its grim intensity may induce nightmares in the small fry and perhaps “trigger” older pet-owning viewers in its condemnation of animal testing and experimentation (message received “loud and clear”, Mr. Gunn). Aside from that, we get more of the freewheeling teamwork of the GOTGs and the rapid-fire comic turns (although it begins to be a tad repetitive by the third act). The soundtrack’s not as bouncy and fun as in the previous two outings, though it does bring the melodies into the 21st century. Kudos to the many artists that helped create these stunning new vessels and alien landscapes. Unlike those two movie “star” franchises. many of the sets have a clay-like organic feel rather than the shiny metallic surfaces seen in most space flicks. There’s also a nice retro-feel to many of the otherworldly creatures, especially on Counter-Earth which is a 70’s suburbia populated by Orgo subjects whose full-face prosthetic designs recall the original PLANET OF THE APES and previous Moreau adaptations. The main problem with the film is one that continues to plague most action epics (comic book inspired and others). The chaotic climax doesn’t really know when to conclude, giving us multiple finales. with one set exploding while something else must be resolved before we get the big expected “showdown”, which is delayed by a sacrifice made by a principal (a Tony Stark-ENDGAME riff). Once the debris settles, we get a sweet send-off to some of the crew, while the obligatory mid-credits bonus scene teases us of a possible detour. Despite its bombastic final half-hour (contributing to its overlong 150-minute runtime), franchise fans will relish blasting off for a final time with the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3. Just make sure you have enough Zargnuts to share.


3 Out of 4

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3 opens in theatres everywhere on Friday, May 5, 2923