Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ | Paramount Pictures There was a time when I went to the theater for one very specific reason: Because Arnold Schwarzenegger was in it. That was it. That was the entire sales pitch. Did I know the plot? Nope. Did I care who directed it? Absolutely not. Was there a chance the movie would be terrible? Honestly… pretty high. Did it matter? Not even a little bit. If Arnold had a machine gun o…