Spotlight REVIEW Movie review: Clocks keep Tom Cruise on task in new 'Mission: Impossible' BRUCE R. MILLER May 30, 2025 May 30, 2025 Updated Sep 11, 2025 0 1 of 2 Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise, center, returns as Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning." Paramount Pictures Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BRUCE R. MILLER There are time limits on just about everything in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.”kAm$6G6?EJ\EH@ 9@FCD 96C6[ a_ >:?FE6D E96C6[ >:==:D64@?5D D@>6H96C6 6=D6] s6D:8?65 E@ F?56CD4@C6 E96 “:>A@DD:3=6” 2DA64E @7 E96 ;@3[ E96 E:>6=:?6D 5@?’E C62==J >62? 2?JE9:?8 E@ E96 24EF2= 6G6?ED[ A2CE:4F=2C=J D:?46 DE2C %@> rCF:D6 :D 8@:?8 H96C6 96 92D?’E 366? 367@C6] x7 :E E2<6D 2?@E96C >:==:D64@?5[ D@ 36 :E]k^AmkAmp D6BF6= E@ “s625 #64<@?:?8 !2CE ~?6[” :E’D DE:== @? 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