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It's almost time to watch Tom Cruise's latest action blockbuster as he continues the Mission Impossible franchise as Ethan Hunt in The Final Reckoning, so where can you watch all of the previous movies and how many are there?
The franchise centers around Hunt, a skilled operative of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF), tasked with completing high-risk, covert missions that often involve espionage, sabotage, and the prevention of global crises.
Known for its complex plots and intense action sequences, the series combines daring stunts, intricate heists, and espionage drama and has evolved into a global action phenomenon.
Each film featuring signature explosive set pieces, technology-driven missions, and themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the moral ambiguity of secretive operations, with Cruise pulling off a vast array of daring stunts.
The Final Reckoning continues on the classic tropes of the saga and this time sees Hunt facing a race against time to stop a nuclear apocalypse as well as foiling a mysterious super villain.
It will release in cinemas in the United States on May 23 and will be distributed by Paramount Pictures, making it an excellent way to spend a Friday evening with your friends.
It has already received critical acclaim following appearances in Tokyo, Japan, as well as the world famous Cannes Film Festival in , indicating movie goers can enjoy a good movie.
Here are the previous films with a brief premise:
- Mission: Impossible: Ethan Hunt must uncover a mole in the IMF while retrieving a stolen list of secret agents.
- Mission: Impossible 2: Hunt is tasked with retrieving a deadly virus and stopping a rogue IMF agent from releasing it.
- Mission: Impossible III: Hunt faces a dangerous arms dealer while trying to protect his fiancee from a sinister threat.
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol: Hunt and his team go rogue to prevent nuclear disaster after IMF is blamed for an attack.
- Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation: Hunt battles the Syndicate, a covert organization, while proving his loyalty to the IMF amidst internal struggles.
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout: Hunt races against time to retrieve stolen nuclear weapons while dealing with past mistakes and betrayal.
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One: Hunt and his team pursue a mysterious AI weapon threatening global security, facing old enemies and new threats.
Where can I watch the Mission Impossible movies in the USA?
Fans keen to watch Ethan Hunt's journey so far to get the maximum context ahead of The Final Reckoning's release date should head to Paramount+ to catch all seven instalments.
This also includes Paramount+ add-ons as well as Amazon Prime, Roku and Showtime, as well as the original 1966 TV series. There fans can find, in chronological order:
- Mission: Impossible (1996).
- Mission: Impossible 2 (2000).
- Mission: Impossible III (2006).
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011).
- Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015).
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018).
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023).