Christopher McQuarrie totally understands and therefore, the focus is directed in a way that best serves the audience — cinematic ambition.
At this point, it's no secret that Cruise cares about the future of Dead Reckoning Part One, he's taking it to a whole other level by riding a motorcycle off a cliff and parachuting down to the base with grey, rocky walls surrounding him. Not many actors can do that, and you've got to hand it to Cruise for it.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Advance Booking Now Open in India
Considering that this is the seventh instalment in the franchise, some of you might be planning to binge-watch all the previous Mission: Impossible films before heading to theatres. Maybe you've never seen any of them, which is sad because these movies have only gotten better with each sequel, and now might be a good time to start. So we've listed them in order, alongside where you could stream them in India.
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Mission: Impossible (1996) 2l1j33
The first Ving Rhames), the helicopter pilot Franz Krieger, and IMF agent Claire Phelps (Emmanuelle Béart). Among those, Stickell is the only character to reappear in all Mission: Impossible films, besides Cruise of course.
Hunt is bombarded with the added task of protecting the identities of IMF spies on a compromised disc, sought out by arms dealer Max Mistopolis (Vanessa Redgrave), which culminates in an incredible action sequence atop a running train. The film also stars Henry Czerny as IMF Director Eugene Kittridge and Jon Voight as Hunt's mentor Jim Phelps. It is now Amazon Prime Video.
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In my opinion, Mission: Impossible 2 is the low point of the series, as it sacrificed its sweeping spectacle to drag out an already lacklustre plot with heavy use of slow motion and forming chemistry between Cruise and co-star Thandiwe Newton by simply bringing their faces close together. The sequel from filmmaker John Woo (Face/Off) tasks the duo with recovering a dangerous bioweapon called ‘Chimera,' created by Biocyte, which is also responsible for the antidote. IMF-agent-gone-rogue Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) aims to get hold of the strain and kickstart a pandemic, only so he can then earn billions by manufacturing and selling the cure. Pretty straightforward plot with uber-cool bike chase sequences, but it meanders a lot with unneeded information dumping, that at times feels like a B movie.
Mission: Impossible 2 also stars The Banshees of Inisherin) as Biocyte CEO John C. McCloy, Richard Roxburgh as Ambvrose's right-hand man, Hugh Stamp, and returning hacker Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames). The film is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
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Simon Pegg's (Hot Fuzz) Benji Dunn, an IMF technician; Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Match Point) as agent Declan Gormley, and Maggie Q (Divergent) as agent Zhen Lei.
Oh, and this is also where Hunt gets married to nurse Julia Meade (Breaking Bad). It's up for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) 1y6mv
The new decade changed things up for Mission: Impossible, not just in of adding subtitles to the title but escalating the action-set pieces to a tremendous scale. Publicly blamed for a terrorist attack on the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt and his team, now without resources, are forced to go off the grid and try to clear out their names and prevent another such attack. With the US government disavowing them in what's called the ‘Ghost Protocol', Hunt must prevent a nuclear war while teaming up with a group of fellow IMF fugitives whose motives are quite suspicious. Before you ask, yes, this is the one where you see Cruise climbing atop the then newly-constructed Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Ratatouille), MI Ghost Protocol is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) 4v4z4e
This is where fan-favourite Isla Faust (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation also brings longtime Cruise collaborator Christopher McQuarrie on board to direct, keeping the tried and tested events fresh through creative action sequences and essentially cementing his position as the helmer for oncoming MI films.
Much of Hunt's IMF team — Ving Rhames's Luther, Simon Pegg's Benji, and Jeremy Renner's William — returns in Bohemian Rhapsody) as the UK Prime Minister. Mission: Impossible 5 can be streamed on Amazon Prime Video.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Review
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) 6b156i
So far, Vanessa Kirby) seems to have gotten hold of one of them, demanding Hunt to bring MI Rogue Nation's villain Solomon Lane to her if he wants to claim the bomb. It's best to watch these two films back-to-back since they're quite intertwined.
Pegg, Rhames, Ferguson, Baldwin, and Monaghan, all reprise their existing roles, while Mission: Impossible – Fallout also adds Black Panther) into the mix as the new Director of the CIA Erika Sloane. Just like the others, the film is up for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) 3v145e
All roads finally lead to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, releasing July 12 in theatres, which is tracking to earn a franchise-best of $90 million (about Rs. 744 crore) during its opening five days in the US and Canada. In it, Ethan Hunt is yet again thrown into a globe-trotting mission to track down a bioweapon from… (you guessed it) falling into the wrong hands. Upping the tension is the return of Eugene Kittridge (Czerny) from the first film, putting the task in jeopardy as Hunt is forced to prioritise the mission over the allies he cares so deeply about.
New addition Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3) plays a clown-like French assassin called Paris.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two (2024) 4x5z1w
While Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One suffered multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two is slated to open June 28, 2024 in theatres worldwide.