Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2: Final Tom Cruise Movie

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2 is the next movie in the Mission Impossible series starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. As per reports, it will likely be the final movie ending the franchise. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1, released in July 2023, was an amazing Mission Impossible movie. It introduced another epic plot to the whole Mission Impossible franchise. By far, there are seven MI in the franchise. Mission: Impossible -Dead Reckoning Part 2 is said to be the last installment. Usually, all the Mission Impossible movies have villains made of flesh and bones. This time, the villain was none other than an artificial intelligence (AI) named  “The Entity.”

There is no doubt that Gabriel also played a great part and earned the praises to become the main villain. Though, he was good but not menacing as “Sean Ambrose” played by Dougray Scott in Mission Impossible 2 (2023);  or “Solomon Lane” played by Sean Harris in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) or as good as August Walker played by Henry Cavill in Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018). Gabriel was a good villain, but the movie progressed with The Entity as the main villain and Gabriel as its pawn-like character.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Official Trailer (Paramount Pictures):

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According to many sources, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2 will likely be the last movie starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. It has been 27 years since the first Mission Impossible (1996) came out. The movie series has been one of the longest-running franchises in the world. Tom Cruise has carried the character of Ethan Hunt for three decades, and it is high time to think about retiring.

Will Tom Cruise Leaving End the Mission Impossible Franchise?

Tom Cruise is the producer and director of the Mission Impossible movies, and he still does stunts himself. The movies are hit and beloved by the fans. Even if Tom Cruise does not star as the main character in the movie, he may still produce the movies, or who knows, he might direct one. If Dead Reckoning Part 2 is the last one, then there are chances that it would put Ethan Hunt’s character into a lot of bad stuff. At the end, fingers crossed, he might die like “James Bond” played by Daniel Craig in No Time To Die (2021).

Nobody would like that ending because of one actor playing the role of “Ethan Hunt” for nearly 30 years. Every great movie franchise comes to an end, like Lord of The Rings, Harry Potter, and The Dark Knight Trilogy. But it would take time for fans to remind themselves that no Mission Impossible movie trailer will likely come with Ethan Hunt. They may go in a different direction by introducing another actor to play Ethan Hunt character. But it would ruin the franchise as no fans would want that.