GREENSBORO, N.C. — For nearly 30 years, Mission: Impossible has been one of the most consistently thrilling action franchises in Hollywood — and The Final Reckoning keeps that tradition alive. It delivers the high-octane stunts, globe-trotting tension, and Tom Cruise doing borderline-insane things that somehow never get old.
This one’s got the spectacle. It’s got the stakes. But when it comes to the story? Not quite the clean, compelling ride we’ve had in the last couple entries. The plot is dense and often overloaded with exposition — to the point where you might start calling it Exposition: Impossible. Nearly every other scene has someone dumping loads of information, which slows down the momentum just when you want things to take off.
Still, The Final Reckoning knows what we’re really here for, and it doesn’t disappoint. The action is absolutely top-tier — there’s an underwater sequence that’ll have you clenching every muscle, and Cruise continues to cheat death in ways that seem physically (and mentally) impossible. It’s pure cinematic adrenaline…