Tom Cruise is back and more daring than ever in the high-octane trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. The action-packed preview teases what could be the final chapter for Cruise’s iconic character, Ethan Hunt, bringing the decades-long spy saga to an explosive end after eight adrenaline-fuelled installments.
A haunting voiceover cuts through the trailer: “Everything you were, everything you’ve done, has come to this. When the need for certainty is absolute and the odds are deemed impossible, the mission falls to him, should he choose to accept."
Cruise reprises his role as IMF’s most fearless operative, facing his deadliest mission yet—tracking down The Entity before it can destroy everything. And true to form, Cruise ups the ante with stunts that defy logic, including a jaw-dropping sequence where he dangles from a World War II-era fighter plane.
But the daredevil action doesn’t stop there. The trailer also teases an intense underwater submarine scene. In an interview with Empire, Cruise revealed just how physically demanding the shoot was. “When you stick your face out [of an airplane], going over 120 to 130 miles an hour, you’re not getting oxygen," he said. “So I had to train myself how to breathe. There were times I would pass out physically; I was unable to get back into the cockpit."
Returning cast members include Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, Hayley Atwell as Grace, Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis, Esai Morales as villain Gabriel, and Pom Klementieff as Paris. Franchise newcomers include Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, Stephen Oyoung, Tramell Tillman, Katy O’Brian, and Lucy Tulugarjuk.
Initially titled Dead Reckoning Part Two, the film has undergone several delays but is now officially titled Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and is slated for release on May 23, 2025.
