The action thrills, but the soapy tone keeps greatness just out of reach for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Tom Cruise was last at Cannes in 2022, when the film festival gave him an honorary Palme d’Or and, in return, got one of the last bona fide Hollywood stars to grace their red carpet as he launched “Top Gun: Maverick.”

Tom Cruise was back in action for the premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The actor, 62, attended the premiere of the franchise’s eighth film in France on Wednesday, May 14, alongside leading lady Hayley Atwell. Cruise also posed with Mission: Impossible costars Pom Klementieff, Angela Bassett,