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    Cruise control: An homage to the relentless reliability of 'Mission: Impossible'

    The Mission: Impossible franchise runs on its ability to meet expectations. Not just any expectations — high expectations. And through all seven films, it has remained remarkably stable at its core.
    by Linda Holmes Jul 16, 2023 4 minutes
    Tom Cruise returns again (and again, and again, and again) as Ethan Hunt in the latest <em>Mission: Impossible </em>film — <em>Dead Reckoning Part One.</em>

    More than Marvel or DC, more than Jurassic World, maybe even more than James Bond with its revolving 007s, the Mission: Impossible franchise runs on its ability to meet expectations. Not just any expectations — high expectations. People go in wanting top-flight action, beautiful locations, a modest amount of melancholy character business about Ethan Hunt's mounting personal losses, Tom Cruise doing a lot of his own stunts, and an uncomplicated story in which a bad guy has (or wants) something and a good guy has to go get it. And that's exactly what they get.

    And this franchise hasn't shape-shifted over and over. It has remained remarkably stable at its core, despite taking several films to settle on writer-director Christopher McQuarrie and every movie or two.

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