“98% stunts, 2% story incoming"—Fans poke fun as new ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ trailer drops tomorrow 

Hype is building up seriously for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning as a new trailer has been announced to be launched tomorrow. Amid rumors that this could be the last installment of the franchise, this could very well be the last time audiences can get a look at Tom Cruise's death-defying shenanigans.

The first trailer was released in November 2024 and sent fans into utter euphoria, and the next trailer promises to be no different.

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The next trailer announcement for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning sends fans into a frenzy

The eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise is almost upon us, as the movie is slated for release in May 2025. If the first trailer is anything to go by, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is shaping up to be more intense and more chaotic than ever before.

So when Paramount dropped the announcement on social media about another trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, it provided fans with just the right dose of energy to wake up from their slumber. With the trailer due to be released tomorrow (April 7, 2025), fans on social media lost their grip on reality even as they began preparing themselves for the sheer, unrelenting force of Tom Cruise's adrenaline-fueled adventures:

"This film is going to be 98% stunts 2% story", quipped one fan (via X / @EzekielOden).

"I got a fever, and the only cure is the dude hanging off more planes", quipped another (via X / @ApeDrain).

"If I don't see you running of a cliff and leaping in the air, barely gripping the skis of a helicopter with you pinky fingers all while it nosedives toward the ocean until you finally get inside, find the bomb, throw it out of the chopper, plop into the pilot's seat after knocking him out and dumping him out the window, pull back on the throttle and fly off into the sunset, then I'm walking", another fan added hilariously (via X / @DesShep).

In the teaser that was released for the trailer (if that is a term), one particular incident caught the fans' eyes in which Tom is seen jumping from an aircraft carrier directly into the ocean. It gives us a sneak peek into the storm of chaos that is about to be unleashed in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning---- just as Tom is about to take a dip into the depths of the ocean, he hilariously folds his hands like a monk:

"This stunt king needs to chill with those crazy water tricks", quipped another fan (via X / @SenpaiRogue).

A fan showed excitement through a GIF:

With his intrepid stunts and charming personality, Tom Cruise has already amassed a humungous fan base. Tom's contempt for CGI is the stuff of legends as he goes to extreme lengths to avoid using it. But he seems to have outdone himself this time- Tom learned to fly a helicopter upside-down for this film. Upside. Down. We're not even joking!

In the teaser for the trailer, we also see a bewildered agent as he questions the good sense of the people in charge for giving Ethan Hunt an aircraft carrier. Fans stood up in revolt, mocking the agent instead for posing such ridiculous questions:

"Why would you NOT give Tom Cruise an aircraft carrier", thundered one fan (via X / @driftershunt).

With the impending release of the trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, one fan questioned the absurdity of the world we live in by poking fun at the movie's future with A Minecraft Movie, which is on a run for the ages at the box office:

"It is profoundly sad that the Minecraft movie will likely make more money than Mission Impossible this year."

Another fan was willing to bet his life savings on it, as he foretold an entirely different future:

"Tom Cruise gingerly extracts the money from my wallet, softly kisses the bills and then salutes before using his jetpack to fly away."

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With the impending release of the trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, users have been cooking up theories on what logic-defying stunt Tom Cruise is about to pull off this time around, with these theories ranging from somewhat plausible to straight-up outrageous.

Swansong or not, Tom Cruise seems to be putting as much effort into his stunts as he did on the first day on the job. Now 62 years young, his daredevilry seems to have no end to it.