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In 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,' Tom Cruise is too controlled

NPR | By Linda Holmes,

Aisha Harris, Chris Klimek, Wailin Wong, Hafsa Fathima, Mike Katzif, Jessica Reedy

Published May 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM EDT

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. — Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

In Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise has to save the world (again). But this time, as the movie stresses repeatedly, the stakes are really, really high. Higher than the buildings Tom sprints across or the planes he fights bad guys on. There's an AI that wants to destroy humanity, and Tom and his allies try to pull off the feat of all our lifetimes. Will he? Does it even matter? It's Tom Cruise doing Tom Cruise things in London, the Bering Sea, and beyond.

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Linda Holmes

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Aisha Harris

Aisha Harris is a critic and host of Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of Wannabe: Reckonings With the Pop Culture That Shapes Me.

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Chris Klimek

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Wailin Wong

Wailin Wong is a co-host of The Indicator from Planet Money.

Hafsa Fathima

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Mike Katzif

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Jessica Reedy

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