The Final Reckoning bids Tom Cruise's daredevil spy into the sunset, bringing an end to the Mission: Impossible saga that traces back to the original film from 1996. (Technically it began as a TV show in the 1960s,

In “ Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning ” (henceforth “M:I-TFR”), director Christopher McQuarrie attempts to stitch the entire series together through these montages. This is in addition to the mountain of exposition to remind us that we’re watching the second half of the prior film, “ Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One .”

Mission: Impossible –The Final Reckoning premiered at the NorthPark IMAX to a crowd of fans who roared for Cruise when he made his appearance. Among Cruise on the red carpet was