So, is “The Final Reckoning” really the last “Mission: Impossible” movie for Tom Cruise ‘s Ethan Hunt? Cruise has teased that this is seemingly the send-off for his IMF agent, and there aren’t any confirmed plans for more sequels in the series. Does Ethan escape from his battle with the AI Entity unscathed, or does he meet a grim fate?

Tom Cruise's world-saving Ethan Hunt returns in the eighth installment, 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning'The eighth installment starring Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is in theaters nowCruise's Ethan Hunt sets out to save the planet one more time in what's believed to be his final outing in the roleCostar Simon Pegg has called the film "an end of sorts" but the door is open for future adventuresMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is finally here.

That’s just part of what bogs down The Final Reckoning. In fact the movie is slow out of the gate as it has to set up what has happened in the two months between the end of Dead Reckoning, the basics of the plot and a quick “best-of” clip from the franchise before things really get going.