The Oscars recently announced that their 100th ceremony in 2027 will feature a brand new Best Stunt Design category, and the timing for Tom Cruise and his infamously death-defying Mission: Impossible series could not be worse, as Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, the eighth and potentially final installment released in theaters this past weekend. The marketing for the film heavily implies that this is the end for Cruise’s iconic portrayal of IMF agent Ethan Hunt, but is this actually his last mission? Even at the film’s world premiere, there were reports that he dodged questions about the franchise’s future.

On this episode of The Long Take Review, we debate this question, but not before diving into what we thought of the film itself. What were our favorite callbacks to past films? Who was our MVP in the supporting cast? How were the themes different than the preceding film, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning? And what is our final rank(en)ing of all the M:I films?

We go into SPOILER MODE around the 19:53 minute mark. If you are not ready to accept this mission, you can listen safely until then.

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