Is 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' Truly The Franchise's End?

It's Not Bad, It's Just Drawn Out That Way: “Mission: Impossible –

If Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning really is as final as its title implies, I can perhaps forgive the film for including so very many flashback images from the franchise's previous seven installments, including images that are regurgitated two or three times over. But if this is indeed the series' end – I mean, y'know … we'll see … – I'm still not sure I can forgive director/co-writer Christopher McQuarrie's latest for being so dully p…

Cruise-ing Along: The Final (?) ‘Mission: Impossible’ Film Is Perhaps the Worst—but It’s Still Worth Seeing - Coachella Valley Independent

Tom Cruise’s supposed last jaunt as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning might be the weakest film of the franchise.It’s long (11 minutes short of three hours!); it’s a little on the somber side; and it may be a little too self-important for a goofy secret-agent series. But by the time Cruise is dangling from a biplane battling villain Gabriel (Esai Morales), as Gabriel cackles maniacally like he is in the wrong movie, you’ll pr…

Is 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' Truly The Franchise's End?

The narrative surrounding whether Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning represents the franchise’s swan song has been a confusing one. While Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie have hinted this is the end, the proverbial door has been left wide open. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is now screening in cinemas globally. Title and marketing aside, there’s certainly an air of finality about Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: I…