Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning has set a new record for the franchise even before its release

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning will possibly conclude the Ethan Hunt saga. The upcoming action spy flick is scheduled to be released theatrically on May 23, 2025, by Paramount Pictures. Prior to release, the film will premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Here's the official synopsis, per IMDb

Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

Meanwhile, the film has already set a new record for the franchise even before it hits the theatres. by being the longest film in the Mission: Impossible series.

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is the longest in the franchise

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is the longest film in the entire MI franchise. As per Collider, the runtime of the film is two hours and 49 minutes. This runtime is six minutes longer than the 2023's Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning which was two hours and 43 minutes.

The addition of six minutes promises to give the viewers just that much more of plot and action. Tom Cruise's longest film so far is the 1999 release, Magnolia, which is three hours and eight minutes long.

Recently, the makers dropped a BTS video of the film, as the team shot in Svalbard, Norway, in freezing temperatures.

More about Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who has co-written the script with Erik Jendresen. Both Cruise and McQuarrie have produced it.

The plot follows IMF agent Ethan Hunt who must stop an assassin named Gabriel from getting his hands on an AI tool. The cast members of the film include:

Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
Hayley Atwell as Grace
Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell
Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn
Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis
Esai Morales as Gabriel
Pom Klementieff as Paris
Mariela Garriga as Mari

The film's director, Christopher McQuarrie, gave an interview to Empire where he spoke of stunts that were extremely dangerous. He said:

"There are stunts in this movie that will melt your brain. There would be a day in Africa — any day in Africa — where Tom would go out and do something that topped anything he had ever done before."

Cruise added:

"I want to pin you to your seat, to give you a physical reaction, and engross you in the storytelling."

McQuarrie then said:

"I truly want to puke thinking about the stress. It was intense. He approached me to do number 20. And I said, "You're done. Do not anger the gods."

In February 2025, Cruise said that he passed out while doing a stunt for the film. He said:

“When you stick your face out, going over 120 to 130 miles an hour, you’re not getting oxygen. So I had to train myself how to breathe. There were times I would pass out physically; I was unable to get back into the cockpit.”

Are you excited about The Final Reckoning?