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  • Mission: Impossible (1996)
    Review preview for Mission: Impossible

    For those who cannot follow the plot there are some really good set pieces, with enough tension and excitement to carry the movie.

    Gator MacReady · 3.5 out of 5
    Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt, Special Agent, in the first of his TV spin off action extravaganzas.
  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
    Review preview for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

    If anything the potential dangers of AI are even more in the news now than when the film was shot, making it feel bang up to date.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.
  • Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
    Review preview for Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    Open your eyes. Admire the death defying artistry.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The MIF team chase down a group of international baddies who plan on taking over the world after nuking capital cities and killing anyone who moves.
  • Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Review preview for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

    Following the phenomenal sequences up on the Dubai skyscraper, it seems that the only way is down.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    Ethan Hunt is forced to become a rogue agent in order to clear his name.
  • Mission: Impossible II (2000)
    Review preview for Mission: Impossible II

    It is to Tom Cruise's credit that the sequel is infinitely better than the original.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in the big action sequel to the TV spin off.
  • Mission: Impossible III (2006)
    Review preview for Mission: Impossible III

    Abrams combines kinetic action sequences with internal logic-fuelled storytelling to give us an impossible mission head, shoulders and a rabbit's foot above the previous two instalments.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    The Ethan Hunt franchise gets personal, while chasing a psychopathic arms dealer half way round the globe.
  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
    Review preview for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

    It’s certainly all very timely and apposite

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Our lives are the sum of our choices.

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