Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Review

"Our lives are not defined by any one action. Our lives are the sum of our choices." -Luther Stickell With the world on the brink of nuclear war, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team are the only people who can find a way to stop the Entity, a rogue AI system, from destroying everything and prevent everyone else from trying to control it. Spoilers below! In short, this is a weaker entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise due to it's ridiculous length and dull first half, but it picks up in the second half with some incredible action. What Works: The best performance of the movie comes from Ving Rhames, who plays Ethan's best friend Luther and is the only actor besides Cruise to appear in every entry. Luther doesn't have a ton of screentime because he is killed off pretty early, but his performance is very emotional, especially the message he leaves behind for Ethan. It's a really nice way to end the movie and seemingly the franchise. The bi-plane sequen...