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Also known as Mission: Impossible 8, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is a 2025 American action spy film directed by Christopher McQuarrie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Erik Jendresen. It is the direct sequel to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and the eighth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series. The ensemble cast includes Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny and Angela Bassett. In the film, Hunt and his IMF team continue their mission to prevent the Entity, a rogue artificial intelligence, from destroying all of humanity.

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is a 2025 American and British action and spy film directed by Christopher McQuarrie. It is part of the Mission: Impossible film series and features a cast including Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, and Ving Rhames. The screenplay was written by McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen, with music composed by Lorne Balfe. Tom Cruise served as a producer, and the film was produced by Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, and TC Productions.

The movie has a runtime of 169 or 170 minutes and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Its production budget was 400,000,000, and it generated 598,767,057 in revenue. The narrative includes locations such as London, the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, St. Matthew Island, and the USS George H.W. Bush, with a motif of AI takeover. The film received a review score of 67/100 and 80%, along with an IMDb rating of 7.1 based on 232,936 votes.

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7.2

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Released: 2025-05-17170 minDir: Christopher McQuarrieAction, Thriller, AdventureBudget: $400MBox office: $599MPart of: Mission: Impossible Collection

Cast

  • Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
  • Hayley Atwell as Grace
  • Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell
  • Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn
  • Esai Morales as Gabriel
  • Pom Klementieff as Paris

Themes

  • mask
  • artificial intelligence (a.i.)
  • diving
  • submarine
  • espionage
  • spy
  • nuclear missile
  • fake identity
  • secret agent
  • stunt

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Ratings

IMDb

7.1/10

232,936 votes

Year
2025
Runtime
169 min
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller

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Wikipedia views (30d)

144,160 total

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Key facts

Directed by
Christopher McQuarrie
Written by
Christopher McQuarrie Erik Jendresen
Based on
Mission: Impossible , by Bruce Geller
Produced by
Tom Cruise Christopher McQuarrie
Starring
Tom Cruise Hayley Atwell Ving Rhames Simon Pegg Henry Czerny Angela Bassett Esai Morales
Cinematography
Fraser Taggart
Edited by
Eddie Hamilton
Music by
Max Aruj Alfie Godfrey
Production companies
Paramount Pictures Skydance TC Productions
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release dates
May 5, 2025 ( 2025-05-05 ) (Tokyo) May 23, 2025 ( 2025-05-23 ) (United States)
Running time
170 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$300–400 million
Box office
$598.8 million

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English language
Screenwriter
Erik Jendresen
Composer
Lorne Balfe
Producer
Tom Cruise
Production company
Paramount Pictures
Narrative location
South Africa
Duration
169
FilmAffinity ID
923082
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media franchise
Mission: Impossible
publication date
2025-05-22
working title
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two
title
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
distributed by
Paramount Pictures
review score
80%
Commons category
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
capital cost
400000000
narrative motif
AI takeover
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Encyclopedic overview

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is a 2025 American action spy film directed by Christopher McQuarrie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Erik Jendresen. It is the direct sequel to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and the eighth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series. The ensemble cast includes Tom Cruise (in his final portrayal of Ethan Hunt), Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny and Angela Bassett. In the film, Hunt and his IMF team continue their mission to prevent the Entity, a rogue artificial intelligence, from destroying all of humanity.

In January 2019, Cruise announced that the seventh and eighth Mission: Impossible films would be shot back-to-back with McQuarrie co-writing and directing both films. Plans for the eighth film changed in February 2021, with returning and new cast and crew members being revealed soon after, including Lorne Balfe, who composed the score for two other films in the series; Balfe was later replaced by Max Aruj and Alfie Godfrey. Principal photography began in March 2022, but was suspended in July 2023 due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. Production resumed in March 2024 and concluded in November, with filming locations including England, Malta, Norway, and South Africa. Originally subtitled Dead Reckoning Part Two, the film changed its subtitle in November 2024. With a $300–400 million budget, The Final Reckoning is one of the most expensive films ever made.

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