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It’s hard to imagine Tom Cruise saying goodbye to Ethan Hunt, the character he’s dutifully portrayed since 1996 Mission: Impossible. But the teaser for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningreleased today certainly makes it seem like the end of the road for a portrayal that has survived two James Bonds and five presidential administrations.

If you want to catch up on the film series before the new film’s release in May 2025, your best bet is to get a Paramount+ subscription, which will get you all but one of the films in the series. If you add a Paramount+ subscription to your Prime subscription, all films in the series will be covered.

The teaser shows Tom Cruise doing typical Tom Cruise things – hanging from planes, taking out bad guys, running really fast – and ends with him telling his off-camera team, and by extension the audience, “You gotta trust me, one.” .” last time.”

The final reckoning was originally supposed to be called Dead Reckoning Part Two and serve as direct continuation of Dead Reckoning part one. The 2023 film dropped “Part One” from its title after it failed the truly impossible mission to withstand the Barbenheimer cultural phenomenon, and its sequel was renamed The final reckoning.

Can I watch Paramount+ on Amazon Prime?

If you’d rather not create another new account, Paramount+ can be added to your existing Prime membership, making it easier to keep your subscriptions in one place. If you sign up through Prime you can also watch Rogue nationthe only film in the series not streaming on Paramount+.

How many Mission: Impossible Are there films?

The final reckoning is the eighth film in the series. The film is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who has directed every film in the series since 2015 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. The only actors to have appeared in each Mission: Impossible The film stars Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames, while Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby and Angela Bassett have all appeared in several installments of the series.

Do you need to watch Mission: Impossible in order?

The first two films, directed by Brian De Palma and John Woo, are largely standalone, but from 2006 onwards the storylines become increasingly intertwined Mission: Impossible IIIwhich introduces Simon Pegg and Michelle Monaghan.

Henry Czerny, who appeared in Mission: Impossibletakes on his role again Dead Reckoning And The final reckoning. In short: While it’s certainly possible to follow each film individually, it’s worth watching each individual installment in the series before the new one comes out. And if you want to watch the series that inspired the films, Mission: Impossible is also streaming on Paramount+.

Mission: Impossible

The first film introduces Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and Ving Rhames’ Luther Stickell. Directed by Brian De Palma, the film also stars Jon Voight, Vanessa Redgrave and Jean Reno.

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Mission: Impossible 2

The most combative of all, Mission: Impossible 2 Directed by John Woo and starring Thandiwe Newton, Dougray Scott and Richard Roxburgh.

Rolling Stone Review: “M:I-2 keeps the pulse higher without sacrificing laughter or logic. Even Ethan, a workaholic who you’d never catch with a shaken or stirred martini, loosens up.”

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Mission: Impossible III

Mission: Impossible III introduced Simon Pegg and Michelle Monaghan in later recurring roles, while Laurence Fishburne plays the IMF director and Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the villain.

Rolling Stone Review: “It’s a blast to watch Hoffman play Cruise’s gay action boy from hell, and you can’t help but think that makes the film all the better for it.” However, he’s the real star of M:i:III is directed and co-written by JJ Abrams.”

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Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol

In the fourth part of the series, Cruise and Pegg reprise their roles, while Rhames has a cameo appearance. Jeremy Renner, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton and Léa Seydoux also appear.

Rolling Stone Review: “The IMAX cameras create the exciting 3D effect without the damn glasses Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol a true marvel of cinematic ingenuity. Watch the dizzying scene as Cruise climbs Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.”

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

Rogue nation is Christopher McQuarrie’s first entry in the series and features the returns of Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames, while Sean Harris, Rebecca Ferguson and Alec Baldwin make their first appearances.

Rolling Stone Review: “The film begins with Ethan hanging off the side of an Airbus A400M cargo plane as it takes off. Why? This type of question is irrelevant in a franchise where action trumps logic at every turn.”

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Stand out sees the return of Rebecca Ferguson and Sean Harris, while Henry Cavill plays Ethan’s beefed-up CIA adversary and Vanessa Kirby plays an arms dealer.

Rolling Stone Review: “There’s really no excuse for filling a two and a half hour film with so much unnecessary exposition. But you have to endure it because the set pieces are so spectacular that they are not in the charts.”

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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

Vanessa Kirby and Rebecca Ferguson return Dead Reckoningwhile Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham and Pom Klementieff join the cast.

Rolling Stone Review: “And like everyone Mission: Impossible before that, Dead Reckoning follows a tried-and-tested formula that essentially acts as a string connecting one action sequence bead to the next.”

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