Paramount unveils the first impressive images of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”.
It is a direct continuation of the plot of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”, released in 2023.
In theaters on May 21, this highly anticipated eighth installment could also be the last in the saga.
Tom Cruise is not done with artificial intelligence. At war against the most formidable – and virtual – enemy of his career in Mission : Impossible – Dead Reckoning in 2023, Agent Ethan Hunt will return to the screens in his sequel, Mission : Impossible – The Final Reckoningon French screens on May 21. And whose first trailer is revealed this Monday, November 11.
If you missed the beginning, the most daredevil spy in the history of cinema is on the trail of a new kind of weapon. After turning against the Sebastpol, a Russian submarine whose wreck lies in the Bering Sea, it now threatens the balance of the entire planet. To control it, two keys wander through nature and arouse all desires…
4 billion dollars in revenue since 1996
In these first images, we find Ethan Hunt surrounded by his faithful accomplices Luther (Ving Rhames) and Benji (Simon Pegg) but also by Grace (Hayley Atwell), the high-flying burglar who joined them. After having escaped a dizzying fall from the Orient Express, these two will visibly descend to the bottom of the sea, aboard the ship which contains the secret of their mysterious adversary.
Since the first part in 1996, the saga inspired by the famous TV series has generated more than 4 billion dollars in revenue. The seventh episode having underperformed compared to expectations, it could end very soon. “I need you to trust me one last time“, says Ethan Hunt in the final seconds. His very last mission? Not impossible…
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