Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning’s Stunt Is Too Familiar

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Summary

  • Tom Cruise’s stunts in Mission: Impossible have set a precedent for extreme action sequences.
  • The Final Reckoning may fall short after Cruise’s repetitive aerial stunts seen in previous films.
  • Fans hope for new, awe-inspiring stunts in Cruise’s final Mission: Impossible film.

Tom Cruise is widely regarded as the monarch among Hollywood action stars and stuntmen, and over the 30-year span of the Mission: Impossible series, viewers have witnessed him scaling skyscrapers, jumping from cliffs, and sustaining on-screen injuries while carrying on with his work. Remarkably, he continues to execute his own running stunts, an accomplishment that is already impressive, let alone performing death-defying feats such as hanging from a moving airplane. In fact, Paramount Pictures recently released a trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning that shows him doing exactly that.

In the anticipation that The Final Reckoning might mark the end of the series, viewers are hoping for an epic conclusion surpassing all previous stunts. Sadly, Cruise’s newest film isn’t just reminiscent; it’s a repetition of past performances. The final mission in Mission: Impossible is undoubtedly challenging for Cruise, but that challenge arises from its required outcome rather than its current state.

Imax’s The Final Reckoning Stunt Promo

As a movie enthusiast, I can’t help but feel a chill of anticipation when Tom Cruise, in the film’s trailer, details the formidable tasks involved in free-hand climbing an aircraft eight thousand feet aloft. He points out that “The wind warps your perspective,” and “it’s almost unattainable to draw breath.” It seems as though the mission itself is… insurmountable.

Indeed, it’s no secret that when it comes to tackling missions deemed impossible, they call for none other than Tom Cruise. Take the daring feat of scaling an aircraft mid-flight, for instance; he’s aced this challenge not once, but thrice! It boggles my mind that at 62 years old, he still manages to pull off such breathtaking stunts. However, it’s worth noting that this particular act has been attempted and witnessed before in the world of cinema.

How Does The Final Reckoning’s Stunt Compare To Past Stunts?

Tom Cruise is widely recognized for his exceptional acting skills and performing his own death-defying stunts, a commitment that sets new standards in the industry. For instance, he underwent six months of intense eight-hour daily helicopter pilot training to pull off one of his iconic airborne feats featured in 2018’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout. The movie showcased a classic Tom Cruise stunt where he scaled a hanging rope towards a moving helicopter.

In the video showcasing backstage moments, it was noticed that Tom Cruise unexpectedly dropped from a rope while filming, vanishing from sight. This unforeseen incident made the production team worry if they had inadvertently lost Tom forever. Fortunately, he managed to endure and live to see another day of filming.

Three years ago, Tom Cruise executed a daring stunt that established the standard for airborne stunts in every subsequent “Mission: Impossible” movie. Given the challenge of consistently surpassing such an impressive feat, this rule makes perfect sense. Additionally, Cruise shares the obstacles he faced while working towards completing a scene where he yells out, as part of his real-life mission, to pull off this spectacular act.

“I’m not in the plane, I’m ON the plane!”

As a movie enthusiast, I can’t help but admit that the force of that wind in the making-of video was almost overwhelming – you could tell Tom Cruise was giving it his all trying to scale that moving cargo plane. It’s hard to forget such a breathtaking scene, because it’s evident that what we see on screen is as real and heart-pounding as it looks. That’s probably why fans keep coming back to witness him pull off the impossible time and time again.

In this thrilling sequence, Tom Cruise clings tenaciously as a colossal plane lifts off from the ground, soaring into the heavens, allowing viewers to witness the entire event unfold. This daring stunt wasn’t just a breathtaking demonstration of determination and physical prowess; it was also the opening scene of the movie. Later in the film, Cruise showcases his endurance by holding his breath for an impressive six minutes underwater and executes a HALO jump from an altitude of 25,000 feet.

The Final Reckoning Can’t Underwhelm The Way Dead Reckoning Did

Discussing “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” it’s possible that the thrilling stunt showcased in Imax’s teaser for “The Final Reckoning” might be an example of one of many death-defying stunts featured in the upcoming film. However, it should be noted that this is merely speculation as a series of extremely risky stunts isn’t guaranteed, as demonstrated by “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning.

In that movie, Tom Cruise notably performs a daring motorcycle jump off a cliff. Although this scene is breathtaking, it was heavily advertised prior to the film’s release. By the time viewers could watch it, the novelty mainly lay in the bigger screen they were watching it on.

Additionally, in the previews and promotional materials, the motorcycle stunt stood out as the most captivating spectacle in the film “Dead Reckoning”. This sequence didn’t occur until later in the movie, unlike the mid-air antics seen in “Rogue Nation”. While there were numerous fights and shootouts in “Dead Reckoning”, it’s not these action sequences that draw audiences to these films. Paramount Pictures understands this, which is why the promotional material for “Final Reckoning” focuses on Cruise hanging from a plane instead of brandishing a gun at the camera.

In the movie “Dead Reckoning”, people anticipated that Tom Cruise would have even more surprising stunts, but they were mistaken. At 62 years old, if Tom Cruise decides to take on this challenge, he’ll need to innovate his aerial stunt within the film and show once again that he can astonish audiences. We’ve previously witnessed him hanging off an aircraft, as well as holding his breath underwater for over six minutes in the same “Mission: Impossible” film. For more than six years, fans have eagerly waited to see if he would meet this expectation.

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2025-04-19 17:44