Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: Release date and trailers
Ethan Hunt's battle with the Entity will continue in the sequel.
The eighth – and likely last – iteration of the Mission: Impossible film franchise is finally here.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning made its premiere on the first day of the Cannes film festival on Wednesday (14th May), with star and producer Tom Cruise taking to the red carpet, and the first reactions and reviews have been positive, with our own review praising its "bonkers brilliance" and much of the cast.
Picking up where 2023's Dead Reckoning Part 1 left off, the story finds Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his crew – including Hayley Atwell's Grace, Simon Pegg's Benji, and Ving Rhames's Luther – racing to stop a murderous AI "entity" from triggering armageddon.
In other words, it's just another Thursday for our IMF agents, but there certainly appears to be a sense of finality around this latest assignment, stoking speculation that Cruise may be bowing out of his demanding duties as Hunt.
The latest trailer, released a little over a month before the film is due for release, once again includes a tense moment in which Hunt asks his team to trust him "one last time". So, what on Earth does he have planned now?
Two brand new behind-the-scenes featurettes spotlighting Cruises’s aerial acrobatics were also recently released, including a Jump Flip and Snorri Rig clip, whetting fans' appetites further for the upcoming instalment.
So, without further ado, read on for everything we know so far about Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, with the warning that there are some major spoilers for Dead Reckoning Part 1 in this article.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning release date
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning was released on Wednesday 21st May 2025.
The eighth outing in the franchise previously dropped its original planned title of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two.
The film was originally set to land on 5th August 2022, but was delayed due to COVID-19 lockdowns and Hollywood strikes.
Filming began in March 2022, but was then paused again due to the writers’ and actors’ strikes before eventually finishing for good in late 2024.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning plot
The film Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning follows Ethan Hunt and his team - now comprised of thief Grace (Hayley Atwell), long-term ally Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames), friend Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg), new recruit Theo Degas (Greg Tarzan Davis), and former adversary Paris (Pom Klementieff) - as they attempt to stop the AI force known as The Entity and its human emissary, Gabriel (Esai Morales).
The stakes are very high for Ethan, and he's already lost fan-favourite Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) in the previous film to Gabriel.
Will Ethan make it out of his battle with The Entity and Gabriel alive?
Is there a trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning?
The full-length trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is now available to stream online. Check it out here:
Earlier this year, we'd seen a brief glimpse of the film that aired on US television during the Super Bowl. You can watch that clip here too:
Our first look at the film came back in November 2024, when a short teaser was revealed showing off Ethan Hunt's (potentially) final mission. Watch here:
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning will be released in UK cinemas on Wednesday 21st May 2025.
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Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
