Impossible took four films to fully establish its franchise must-have: the ever more blurred lines between its death-defying, stunt-loving star, Tom Cruise, and the superspy he plays. For more than a decade,

Creating Tom Cruise’s pivotal scene for “The Final Reckoning,” required months of grit, G-force training and a little hypothermia.

How the “Final Reckoning” crew used science to bring an underwater stunt to life. Plus, the psychology behind thrill-seeking.

Alfie Godfrey and Max Aruj tell IndieWire about incorporating custom instruments and international influences into their music for the Tom Cruise epic

The Final Reckoning, the second of a two-part story in the Mission: Impossible franchise, is a non-stop action scene-filled, epic, geographically global adventure — filmed

First, the good news: “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” contains the most spectacular stunt sequence in the eight-film franchise. Hint: It involves the poster image of Tom Cruise dangling from the wing of a midflight biplane. It’s absolutely insane and totally worth seeing on the biggest screen possible.

For Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise went above and beyond his own exceedingly high standards to deliver some nail-biting aerial and underwater sequences for his long-time role as IMF agent Ethan Hunt.

Angela Bassett made history as the first woman to ever deliver a mission briefing in the "Mission: Impossible" film franchise.