The first Mission: Impossible 8 reviews are here, and while still overall praising of the movie, the early scores result in what is the lowest overall reaction to the franchise in some time.
What are the Mission: Impossible 8 reactions saying?
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning recently debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with an 88% score. While still extremely high, the film’s score would be the lowest in the series since 2006’s Mission: Impossible III. Despite the lower score, the general response to the last installment in the legendary series is largely positive.
USA Today’s Brian Truitt praised the film, saying that fans “couldn’t ask for a better death-defying, free-falling, edge-of-your-dang-seat sendoff.” Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson called the film a “worthy send-off” of a finale, and said it might not reach the highest peaks, but still delivers.
Variety’s Owen Gleiberman was equally positive, saying the film is still “good enough to remind you how much fun it is when something is truly at stake in a high-flying, twisty-plotted, solemnly preposterous popcorn movie.” The New York Times’ Manohla Dargis called the movie “flat-out ridiculous,” but a good example of a blockbuster at its “most highly polished.”
ComingSoon’s Jonathan Sim also praised the film, calling it an “unforgettable, stunning blockbuster” that doesn’t reach the peaks of the franchise, but is still tons of fun.
Along with Cruise, the cast of Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning includes Hayley Atwell as Grace, Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Esai Morales as Gabriel, Pom Klementieff as Paris, Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge, Holt McCallany as Bernstein, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman as Sydney, Hannah Waddingham, Angela Bassett as Erika Sloane, Shea Whigham as Jasper Briggs, Greg Tarzan Davis as Degas, and Charles Parnell.
The synopsis for the film simply reads, “Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.”
The film is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who co-wrote the script with Erik Jendresen. Cruise and McQuarrie both serve as producers on the film, while David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, and Chris Brock all serve as executive producers.
Mission: Impossible 8 will be released in U.S. theaters on May 23, 2025, from Paramount Pictures.
