Spotlight REVIEW Movie review: Clocks keep Tom Cruise on task in new 'Mission: Impossible' BRUCE R. MILLER May 30, 2025 May 30, 2025 Updated Sep 1, 2025 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There are time limits on just about everything in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.”kAm$6G6?EJ\EH@ 9@FCD 96C6[ a_ >:?FE6D E96C6[ >:==:D64@?5D D@>6H96C6 6=D6] s6D:8?65 E@ F?56CD4@C6 E96 “:>A@DD:3=6” 2DA64E @7 E96 ;@3[ E96 E:>6=:?6D 5@?’E C62==J >62? 2?JE9:?8 E@ E96 24EF2= 6G6?ED[ A2CE:4F=2C=J D:?46 DE2C %@> rCF:D6 :D 8@:?8 H96C6 96 92D?’E 366? 367@C6] x7 :E E2<6D 2?@E96C >:==:D64@?5[ D@ 36 :E]k^Am Tom Cruise, center, returns as Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning." Paramount Pictures kAmp D6BF6= E@ “s625 #64<@?:?8 !2CE ~?6[” :E’D DE:== @? 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