Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning trailer showcases Tom Cruise going all out on his film tradition

The forthcoming film Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning trailer showcases Tom Cruise going all out on his film tradition. And that is, he is seen running in so many scenes!

This is the eighth part of the popular Mission: Impossible film franchise, as Cruise comes back as Ethan Hunt. This film is the continuation of the last installment released in 2023, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.

The film is set to make its release on May 23, 2025.

Let us find out more details about Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning trailer showcases Tom Cruise going all out on his film tradition

The trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning opens with Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, clinging to the edge of an airplane. In the trailer, we witness him continuing his signature tradition: running in his films!

A few seconds into the trailer, we witness Tom Cruise break into his first running scene. We witness him discreetly gassing a building and absconding from the place. The officials are trying to track Ethan.

It is revealed that Ethan Hunt has tactfully disguised himself as one of them as he unmasks the prosthetic face and reveals his actual face. Tom Cruise utters:

"Smart people on every side are close to panicking."

The trailer is coupled with copious high-stakes actions, where spoken text hints towards complex, conflicting plots and twists. Lines such as "Your team has been betrayed, Ethan. All your secrets compromised" hint at more challenges, drama, and suspense in the storyline.

There is one line that ought to speak volumes, that goes by:

"Our lives are the sum of our choices."

After all the high-octave action scene, towards the end of the trailer, we see a quiet, vulnerable Ethan, who says:

"I need you to trust me. One last time."

In the whole span of the Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning trailer, one can witness Tom Cruise sprinting roughly five times.

The actor is famous for his running scenes in many movies that he has starred in. In fact, according to a report by Rotten Tomatoes in the year 2023, Tom Cruise has run in the movies more than a total distance of a whopping 29,961 feet in his entire career.

He is seen running in numerous iconic movies, including The Outsiders (1983), Far and Away (1992), The Firm (1993), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), Knight and Day (2010), and not to forget, the Mission: Impossible (1996- present) movies, amongst many others.

There are also many notable movies in which Tom Cruise is not seen running, including Magnolia (1999), Lions for Lambs (2007), and Tropic Thunder (2008).