It has remained remarkably stable at its core, despite taking several films to settle on writer-director Christopher McQuarrie and changing up the women in Hunt's life every movie or two. And that's exactly what they get.Īnd unlike Fast & Furious, this franchise hasn't shape-shifted over and over. People go in wanting top-flight action, beautiful locations, a modest amount of melancholy character business about Ethan Hunt's mounting personal losses, Tom Cruise doing a lot of his own stunts, and an uncomplicated story in which a bad guy has (or wants) something and a good guy has to go get it. Not just any expectations - high expectations. More than Marvel or DC, more than Jurassic World, maybe even more than James Bond with its revolving 007s, the Mission: Impossible franchise runs on its ability to meet expectations. Tom Cruise returns again (and again, and again, and again) as Ethan Hunt in the latest Mission: Impossible film - Dead Reckoning Part One.Ĭhristian Black/Paramount Pictures and Skydance
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