Mission Impossible-The Final Reckoning (May 23, 2025)

[wease]

Before I see Final Reckoning, I have to wonder, is anyone actually marveling at the achievement of it all? 30 years. 8 movies with the same actor as the protagonist. Harry Potter is the only comparison for that, and that series had source material and was all done in a decade. I’m excited to see this tomorrow, and I already hope he’s got one more in him.

Final Reckoning spoiler (do not read if you have not seen it yet):

Spoiler: show

Perhaps the end with Ethan carrying the Entity was a metaphor for Hollywood.

The closest thing would be Jackman/Wolverine, but that's largely from existing material like Harry Potter, and the consistent quality is not there.

Uh, Mission: Impossible has been around longer than Harry or Wolverine. Or Hugh Jackman for that matter.

[BurtReynolds]

But wolverine was born before the civil war.

[Jorge]

So was Ethan Hunt

[Bi_3]

Before I see Final Reckoning, I have to wonder, is anyone actually marveling at the achievement of it all? 30 years. 8 movies with the same actor as the protagonist. Harry Potter is the only comparison for that, and that series had source material and was all done in a decade. I’m excited to see this tomorrow, and I already hope he’s got one more in him.

Final Reckoning spoiler (do not read if you have not seen it yet):

Spoiler: show

Perhaps the end with Ethan carrying the Entity was a metaphor for Hollywood.

The closest thing would be Jackman/Wolverine, but that's largely from existing material like Harry Potter, and the consistent quality is not there.

Uh, Mission: Impossible has been around longer than Harry or Wolverine. Or Hugh Jackman for that matter.

It's close:

Mission: Impossible (1996), then 7 more films with Cruise
X-Men (2000), then 7 more films with Jackman (plus two more with cameos as Wolverine)

[The Argonaut]

There was also a middle period on both franchises where they tried to transition away from both those guys (First Class for X-Men, Jeremy Renner for M:I), but neither franchise ever broke from those main guys

[wease]

Before I see Final Reckoning, I have to wonder, is anyone actually marveling at the achievement of it all? 30 years. 8 movies with the same actor as the protagonist. Harry Potter is the only comparison for that, and that series had source material and was all done in a decade. I’m excited to see this tomorrow, and I already hope he’s got one more in him.

Final Reckoning spoiler (do not read if you have not seen it yet):

Spoiler: show

Perhaps the end with Ethan carrying the Entity was a metaphor for Hollywood.

The closest thing would be Jackman/Wolverine, but that's largely from existing material like Harry Potter, and the consistent quality is not there.

Uh, Mission: Impossible has been around longer than Harry or Wolverine. Or Hugh Jackman for that matter.

It's close:

Mission: Impossible (1996), then 7 more films with Cruise
X-Men (2000), then 7 more films with Jackman (plus two more with cameos as Wolverine)

The TV show started in 1966. So it’s material that has existed for 60 years.

[Jorge]

Today I watched it for the second time, in IMAX this time. All the stupid stuff is still there, and still stupid, and still sucks.

But man oh man, I'm more in love with that submarine sequence than ever. It's so beautiful. It almost redeems everything.

[Rangi Guy]

Finally getting around to seeing this on the weekend. Booked tickets for my wife and I to go on Saturday evening

[Rangi Guy]

I enjoyed this. Was a bit of a mess in places, and while I enjoyed the sequence - the whole submarine scene annoyed the hell out of me

[Stickman]

I missed my chance to see this in IMAX. Saw it on a regular screen. Bit still, the action is pretty fuckin crazy at times, particularly Cruise stunting on those old planes.
My biggest Holy Shit moment was seeing that the Russian sub was RIGHT THERE when Nathan opened that hatch to go diving.

And boy, those long exposition monologs really spelled things out for us.

Also, RIP Luther.

And bringing back the lab guy from the first movie was pretty great. And he played a part in the ending!
Great reveal that Shea Whigwas's character was the son of Jon Voights character from one of the previous movies.

If this was the end of the franchise, I say it ended on a high note with these 2 films.


Hayley Atwell is so fucking hot

[Farmer John]

Great reveal that Shea Whigwas's character was the son of Jon Voights character from one of the previous movies.

[Ensign9]

Great reveal that Shea Whigwas's character was the son of Jon Voights character from one of the previous movies.

B, I demand you issue a temp ban for Stickman.

[Bi_3]

We rarely get this level of insight into Stickman, so I vote we give him the mulligan on that post.

[Stickman]

The thing has been out nearly a month! If you haven't seen it, why are you clicking on this thread??

I stayed out of the thread so as not to see any spoilers this whole time. You can do the same.

[Ensign9]

It’s not the spoiler piece; it’s that you think of that reveal in any positive terms.

[Ensign9]

Also, probably worth clarifying that I am rarely serious on this board unless it’s about the fade at the end of the album version of Life Wasted.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Why the fuck wouldn’t they just destroy the entity as soon as they had it trapped in that thing?