Tom Cruise inspires Cannes with a new mission: Impossible film

Tom Cruise inspires Cannes with a new mission: Impossible film

Tom Cruise was last in Cannes in 2022 when he was awarded an honorary palm d’Or at the film festival. In return, he made sure that one of the last real Hollywood stars entered the red carpet while introducing “Top Gun: Maverick”. With fighter jets that flew over the festival, Cruise, who hadn't been there for 30 years, showed his bright smile. "Maverick" soon exceeded the billions in marks on the box office.

The return to Cannes and the Premiere

On Wednesday evening Cruise climbed the levels of the Palais of the Festival for the gala premiere of "Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning." When the line -up gathered on the red carpet, an orchestra sounded that Lalo Schifrin’s Tituenied played live. Cruise smiled again and ... well, as Jerry Maguire once said: "Show me the money."

the audience enthusiastic

The film, which is strongly back on the three -year legacy of the series, was well received by the audience. In the Grand Theater Lumiere, there was a series of spy for cruises spy Ethan Hunt, the series-framed guests Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames as well as the new faces such as Hayley Atwell. A long -lasting applause during the clamping initiated the words of director Christopher Mcquarrie, who said that he was "one of these children who simply didn't belong".

reflections of the director

"A large part of my life was imaginative. I was allowed to grow up and have my own action figure, which was willing to do just about everything I could think of," he said and gestured towards cruise. "I am grateful for your support, your friendship, your unshakable dedication to this craft and especially for your artistry," added McQuarria, who directed four times in the "Mission" franchise.

The future of the franchise

cruise noticed McQuarrie's expansion of the ambitions of the franchise and expressed the anticipation of shooting "a whole series of other films" with the director. This raises the question of whether this is actually the final "Mission: Impossible" film. The marketing strategy of the film did not give any clarity and even after the 165 minutes of the film, this point remains unclear.

The action and challenges

filmed in the Arctic in the UK, South Africa and Svalbard, "Final Reckoning" starts where "Dead Reckoning" ended in 2023, with Cruises Hunt, who pursues the destruction of the ubiquitous AI opponent The Entity. The deployment height is already high and is increased significantly again; Hunt and Co. have never faced such a serious challenge.

cinematic impressions

The first third third of the film tends to repeat and offers a shaky scaffolding where cruise and McQuarria hang up some really spectacular action sequences. If the film had spent less time with explanation and thoughtful, sometimes dark scenes, it might have been easier and more entertaining. Nevertheless, when cruise shows its full performance in one of the advertised acrobatic double-decker scenes and with a nightmare deep-sea diving sequence, it is simply captivating.

The challenges on the box office

Despite the positive reviews in Cannes, “Final Reckoning” will be faced with greater challenges than cruise that hangs on the wing of an aircraft to make profit. According to reports, the film has around $ 400 Millions of cost, and the Studio Paramount will certainly be nervous in view of the below -average performance of "Dead Reckoning". The film from 2023, originally advertised as "Dead Reckoning - Part one", achieved $ 792 million This film had to start in 2018. "Barbenheimer", which the most recent work was able to escape.

The expectations of the film

Will "Final Reckoning" be a critical and commercial hit like "Maverick"? Paramount will take care of it more than Cannes and more than McQuarria. The festival got its star and the director was once again allowed to play with his action figure.

premiere and cinema start

"Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" celebrated its premiere at the Film Festival in Cannes on May 14th and will be released from May 23rd.