Tom Cruise is back to doing what he does best: terrifying his insurance agents. The action superstar, known for pushing the limits with each new Mission: Impossible film, takes things airborne once again in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, and Paramount Pictures have dropped a new look at one of the film’s most jaw-dropping moments.
The video shows Cruise hanging on for dear life to the wing of a bright yellow plane, mid-air, mid-stunt, mid-mayhem. The accompanying audio captures the tension on set, as the crew watches nervously while Cruise is tossed around mid-air at a truly stomach-churning altitude. That aircraft? A vintage 1930s Boeing Stearman.
The Final Reckoning picks up with Ethan Hunt once more racing against time, with enemies old and new including Esai Morales’ Gabriel and the AI-powered Entity posing threats bigger than ever. But if you think the biplane scene is the big set piece, think again. Christopher McQuarrie hints there’s another stunt still under wraps, one even more outrageous.
McQuarrie, who has become Cruise’s go-to collaborator for the franchise, tells Empire that the plane sequence might not even be the wildest stunt in the movie. “I truly want to puke thinking about the stress,” he says. “It was intense.” Coming from a guy who’s directed Cruise leaping from cliffs and holding his breath underwater for minutes on end, that says a lot.
Also returning are franchise regulars Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames, alongside newer faces like Hayley Atwell and Pom Klementieff. Some scenes appear to be set in South Africa, including group shots that suggest Ethan won’t be flying solo this time.
With the theatrical release fast approaching this month, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is shaping up to be both a technical marvel and a crowd-pleasing blockbuster. If Cruise’s sky-high antics are anything to go by, this chapter might just outdo them all and yes, the big screen is probably the only place bold enough to contain it.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning hits UK cinemas on May 21, followed by its US release on May 23.
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