Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is a fittingly grand, if occasionally overstuffed, conclusion to one of modern cinema’s most enduring action franchises. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise in his eighth turn as Ethan Hunt, this instalment delivers the high-octane thrills and practical stunt work fans have come to expect, while also attempting to tie together nearly three decades of narrative threads. At 170 minutes, the film is undeniably ambitious, both in scope and scale. The plot…
