Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Movie Review

Movie Analysis & Review

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, released on 17 May 2025, is an Action, Adventure, Thriller film (Released) with a runtime of 170 minutes. Produced by Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, TC Productions in United States of America. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the movie features performances by Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany. The film had a budget of $400.0 million and grossed $450.2 million.
Plot Summary: Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world’s governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt’s past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Cast and Crew

Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany
Crew: Bruce Geller (Original Series Creator), Lalo Schifrin (Main Title Theme Composer), Tom Weaving (Art Direction), Matthew Gray (Supervising Art Director), Raffaella Giovannetti (Set Decoration), Chris Munro (Production Sound Mixer), Lloyd Dudley (Production Sound Mixer), Rebecca Sheridan (Script Supervisor)
Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Overview of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Release Date: 2025-05-17
Runtime: 170 min
Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Status: Released
Budget: $400,000,000
Revenue: $450,241,695
Production: Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, TC Productions
Countries: United States of America
Certification (IN): U/A 13+
OTT Providers: N/A
Keywords: artificial intelligence (a.i.), diving, submarine, espionage, spy, nuclear missile, secret agent, stunt, sequel, terrorist plot, misinformation, based on tv series, amused, exhilarated
External: IMDB

Story & Plot

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

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Reviews

amarendra: The best thing about Mission Impossible films is you watched one – you watched all; and you watched all – you watched one.

It's a typical mindless mild entertainment Mission Impossible film – that is all there to this film. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.

PS. Oh and there's no story …

Manuel São Bento: FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.firstshowing.net/2025/review-mi-final-reckoning-emotional-ambitious-conclusion/

"Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning may not be the best film in the franchise, but it's certainly a worthy, emotionally satisfying farewell.

Despite some pacing issues …

Brent Marchant: Whenever a film playing in theaters is introduced by one of the members of the picture’s creative team, it’s a safe bet that it doesn’t live up to its pre-release hype. (Indeed, in all the years I’ve watched movies theatrically, that’s been the case every time with just two exceptions.) And, regrett…

CinemaSerf: It might have been a good idea for Tom Cruise to have re-released the first part of this career retrospective a few weeks ago so we could be reminded of just what was in the submarine perched precariously on a subterranean ridge in the Arctic – because I had totally forgotten what happened last time…

JPV852: Solid entry (final?) of the franchise and while not the strongest in terms of plot (has the same issue that I had with Dead Reckoning), the stunt work (most notably the submarine and airplane sequences) were top notch. Probably wasn't in the budget but would've loved to had cameos of past IMF member…

r96sk: <em>'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning'</em> is up there for being the most I've enjoyed a M:I movie, it's certainly in the top four anyway. It probably is a touch overlong, though I can't say I ever felt bored through the 2hrs 50mins. It's packed with action, so no surprise.

Tom Cruise i…

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