REVIEW: ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ is a mostly earned victory lap

By morphing the series from episodic adventures to a cohesive, serialized format, some of the flimsiness of the characters and the story begins to show. Both Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning try to retcon Hunt’s backstory, giving him a dead love interest and an oath to the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) that he’s seemingly repaid many times over. The screenplay recontextualizes old plot elements, like the so-called Rabbit’s Foot from M:I 3, into this film, to apparently sweep us up into the feeling that we’ve been on a grand journey with the series for 29 years.

Film, New ReleasesRobert SnowMay 28, 2025mission impossible, the final reckoning, part two, espionage, action, review, tom cruise, hayley atwell, tramell tillman, 2025, christopher mcquarrieComment

REVIEW: ‘Dune: Part Two’ is a beautiful sci-fi sequel with a complicated future

Villeneuve’s script makes it obvious that no matter how much free will Paul attempts to display, his fate is preordained. He will rise up to lead the Fremen, even if that means setting off a chain reaction of events that begets ever more bloodshed. It’s proof of Villeneuve’s skill and the abilities of the cast that we’re hardly ever in the dark about the characters’ feelings – they don’t get lost amid the larger, bombastic action setpieces happening around them.

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