{"id":7270,"date":"2025-05-15T10:24:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T10:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=7270"},"modified":"2025-05-15T18:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:18:21","slug":"mission-impossible-8-debuts-to-savage-reviews-but-sparkles-on-rotten-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/mission-impossible-8-debuts-to-savage-reviews-but-sparkles-on-rotten-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission: Impossible 8 debuts to savage reviews \u2013 but sparkles on Rotten Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Cruise still does all his own stunts…but is that enough anymore? (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was supposed to be the biggest blockbuster debut of the year – but Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning<\/a> (M:I 8) may have just hit a critical landmine in Cannes.<\/p>\n

Tom Cruise<\/a> made his grand return to the Croisette <\/a>for the glitzy world premiere of the latest instalment in the long-running spy franchise.<\/p>\n

There were fireworks (literally), standing ovations (briefly), and a whole lot of stunts (obviously). Returning alongside Cruise are franchise regulars Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, and Hayley Atwell \u2013 with a few new faces thrown into the espionage soup. <\/p>\n

But some early reviews have been less champagne-popping and more Molotov-cocktail-flinging. <\/p>\n

Still, even as critics admit that much of the film is a slog, they’re quick to say it’s still worth the price of admission to see Cruise, 63, do his craziest stunts yet. <\/p>\n

As a result, the film has an impressive 86% average score from 99 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> – even though many of those reviews don’t just critique the film, they outright insult it. <\/p>\n

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning premiered during the 78th Cannes FIlm Festival (Picture: Doug Peters\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Many critics have accused the film of being an ego trip for Cruise (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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to like Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning more than I do.’ <\/p>\n<p>She continued, explaining that the film took itself so seriously at points it couldn’t help but come across as hacky: ‘Sometimes the dialogue \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/07\/06\/mission-impossible-stars-admit-stress-of-working-without-a-script-19075949\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">always taking a second seat to the stunts<\/a>, as freely admitted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/06\/23\/tom-cruise-and-mission-impossible-director-never-formally-introduced-19002224\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tight-knit collaborators McQuarrie and Cruise<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 is so basic, clunky and on the nose that it\u2019s funny by accident.’<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14712787\/Mission-Impossible-Final-Reckoning-3-hours-nonsense-make-you-wish-world-end-BRIAN-VINERS-blistering-review-Tom-Cruise-trying-save-planet-underpants-DONT-SET-LIVE.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14712787\/Mission-Impossible-Final-Reckoning-3-hours-nonsense-make-you-wish-world-end-BRIAN-VINERS-blistering-review-Tom-Cruise-trying-save-planet-underpants-DONT-SET-LIVE.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Daily Mail<\/a>’s review of the film – headlined ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is 3 hours of nonsense that will make you wish for the world to end’ – features failed-marriage levels of resentment for Cruise’s self-serious action hero.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Viner writes: ‘The film drags terribly in parts, and could lose half an hour just by cutting most of the lines telling us, in about 100 different ways, that the planet stands on the edge of a precipice. By the end, you might be wishing it would just fall off it.’<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/05\/14\/mission-impossible-director-feared-tom-cruise-lost-consciousness-filming-death-defying-plane-stunt-23088362\/\">Directed once again by Christopher McQuarrie<\/a>, the film promises more globe-trotting espionage and enough explosions to heat a small country \u2013 but according to many critics, it’s the concept itself that may have finally run out of steam.<\/p>\n<p>One thing seemingly everyone can agree on is that the first half drags on, with scene after scene in which everyone and their mother congratulates Ethan Hunt for all his world-saving prowess. Many viewed this as a thinly veiled victory lap for Cruise himself. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/review-tom-cruises-mission-impossible-8-is-a-huge-mess.html#:~:text=I%20genuinely%20enjoyed%20watching%20this,itis%20with%20its%20endless%20callbacks.\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/review-tom-cruises-mission-impossible-8-is-a-huge-mess.html#:~:text=I%20genuinely%20enjoyed%20watching%20this,itis%20with%20its%20endless%20callbacks.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vulture<\/a>’s Bilge Ebiri was exhausted by how much of the film was self-congratulatory, writing: ‘It\u2019s dispiriting to find so much of this new film suffering from Solemnity Overload, as Final Reckoning\u2019s first hour drowns us in dumb, endless litanies about the many achievements and transgressions of Ethan Hunt.’<\/p>\n<p>But others felt that Cruise – and by proxy Ethan Hunt – deserved to revel in their own glory for as long as they wanted. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"318\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23092027 lazyload\" alt=\"GRABS FROM TRAILER Mission: Impossible ? The Final Reckoning | Official Trailer (2025 Movie) - Tom Cruise\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SEI_246673442-9260-e1747307385420.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Jaws dropped as Tom Cruise hung off an airplane (Picture: Paramount)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"636\" height=\"358\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23088553 lazyload\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/98381031-0-image-m-135_1747243480115.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Many were forced to agree the actor’s newest stunts are his most daring yet (Picture: Paramount)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23067060 lazyload\" alt=\"This image released by Paramount Pictures and Skydance shows Tom Cruise in a scene from "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning." (Paramount Pictures and Skydance via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SEI_249350042-4f7c.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>From dangling off a plane to dangling off a helicopter, Cruise sure did dangle (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/reviews\/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-review-tom-cruise-1236396671\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/reviews\/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-review-tom-cruise-1236396671\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Variety<\/a>’s Owen Gleiberman, for example, writes that Cruise, ‘does something you may not expect. He tops himself in the most outrageous way. He literally flies beyond all the stunts he\u2019s done before, leaving us in an exhilarated state of awe.’<\/p>\n<p>While he admits ‘There are moments when The Final Reckoning <em>is<\/em> preposterous,’ he also concludes that it ‘will prove to be one of the must-see movies of the summer.’<\/p>\n<p>Some critics assert that the film deserved its massive budget, which is rumoured to have <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/26\/mission-impossible-8-will-become-one-expensive-films-ever-22794121\/\">ballooned past \u00a3300million<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/may\/14\/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-review-tom-cruise-wildly-entertaining-adventure\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/may\/14\/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-review-tom-cruise-wildly-entertaining-adventure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>’s Peter Bradshaw gave it five stars and called it ‘wildly 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