MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING (2025)

Good evening, Mr/Ms. Listener. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join us… one last time.

In the fallout of Dead Reckoning’s muted release, a final (but maybe not so final?) Mission was given a greenlight by Paramount to finish up the story of the evil AI known as the Entity. But not wanting to repeat themselves, Cruise and McQuarrie decided on yet another tone (their fourth tonal shift in as many films): this time, the impossible mission was going to be treasure hunt. With the entire planet on the line against the ticking clock of nuclear annihilation, will Ethan and the IMF be enough to save the world? Or will the need a little help from friends old and new?

Join Nick and Scott as they try to decide if this “one last” mission sticks the landing.

The film? MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING. The exposition? Heavy. The underwater sequence? Tense. The reception? Mixed. 

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