The storyline on Final Reckoning that has been revealed states that Hunt and his team are tracking down the last of "The Entity," an AI system unleashed by the global syndicate, "The Catalyst." The AI threatens global security in pursuit of its own ambitions in global communications, finance, and military operations..

Tom Cruise is no stranger to difficult stunts, as he's proven time and again in the Mission: Impossible franchise, but he might have faced his biggest challenge to date in the upcoming movie Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

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Impossible - The Final Reckoning will bring an end to Ethan Hunt's adventures, Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie have weighed in on whether this is really the end.

Initially planned as a two-part continuation of "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning," the film was rebranded as "The Final Reckoning" in its first trailer released in November 2024. This installment sees the return of Angela Bassett as CIA Director Erika Sloane, a role she last portrayed in "Mission: Impossible – Fallout."

Tom Cruise’s dedication to practical stunts reaches new depths in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, with Empire magazine revealing the actor risked hypoxia while filming an intense underwater sequence.