If this is the end, I’m satisfied. 

Tom Cruise brings us to the emotional conclusion of a three-decade long story with a spectacle that implores audiences to see it in the largest of scales. Cruise’s commitment to entertaining the masses has reached its absolute peak and if you thought you had seen everything, you haven’t.

Directly following Dead Reckoning, Ethan Hunt and company are now facing their most dire situation yet. Conversations and interactions have you feeling the world ending situations throughout your entire body. At times, this feels like a horror film mixed with action and almost completely pulls away from the comedic relief. It’s a very welcome tonal shift that added much needed, and more serious, stakes that might have started to become a little underwhelming and repetitive. The Final Reckoning has two of the best action sequences you will ever witness, and not just for this franchise. James Cameron wishes he had the skills to do what Cruise, McQuarrie, and team did with the underwater display. The editing is some of the best I’ve seen, especially for the scale we are presented with.

Now listen, is the over-explaining dialogue, rushed out of place flashback montages,  and overstuffed cast a little bit of a problem? Yes. But, you can’t deny there is still a weight to these movies that make it hard not to look beyond its flaws. This installment of Mission Impossible is huge, mesmerizing, and fan pleasing. Your jaw will be on the floor for at least 45 minutes of the runtime and you’ll forget you had questions on some of the choices that were made for your favorite characters.

Thank you Tom Cruise for your service

8/10