Tom Cruise and Esai Morales in “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.”<\/p>\n
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Tom Cruise\u2019s Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning is new in theaters. Is there a post-credits scene that you should stick around for?<\/p>\n
Cruise\u2019s espionage action film franchise \u2014 based on the classic 1960s and ’70s CBS-TV series \u2014 began in 1996 with Mission: Impossible, followed the numeric sequels II and III in 2000 and 2006, respectively.<\/p>\n
The series took on subtitles after that, starting with Mission: Impossible \u2013 Ghost Protocol in 2011, Mission: Impossible \u2013 Rogue Nation in 2015, Mission: Impossible \u2013 Fallout in 2018 and Mission: Impossible \u2013 Dead Reckoning in 2023.<\/p>\n
ForbesCritics\u2019 Score Drops For \u2018Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning\u2019By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning<\/a> \u2014 which was originally titled Mission: Impossible \u2013 Dead Reckoning, Part 2 \u2014 is a continuation of the 2023 film. While there are many callbacks to all of the Mission: Impossible films, The Final Reckoning mainly concentrates on Impossible Mission Force Agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise<\/a>) and his pursuit of Dead Reckoning villain Gabriel (Esai Morales) and the self-aware artificial intelligence program known as The Entity.<\/p>\n Since the events of the last film, The Entity has stirred up division all around the world. Far worse, it is one by one securing all of the world\u2019s biggest nuclear arsenals. Ethan begins the film in hiding and the only person who can lure him out to try to stop The Entity from starting World War III is U.S. President Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett).<\/p>\n ForbesVampire Hit \u2018Sinners\u2019 Gets Digital Streaming Date, Report SaysBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks to the loyalty of his fellow IMF agents, Ethan isn\u2019t going it alone, as Luther (Ving Rhames), Benji (Simon Pegg) and Grace (Hayley Atwell) join the deadly mission, and recruit Gabriel\u2019s former henchwoman, Paris (Pom Klementieff) and a U.S. intelligence agent, Theo (Greg Tarzan Davis), to help them out.<\/p>\n Note: Spoilers from the film are discussed in the next section.<\/p>\n Should You Stick Around For The End Credits Of \u2018Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning\u2019?<\/p>\n End credits and\/or post-credits scenes generally serve one of two purposes for moviegoers. Either they wrap up loose ends from a scene earlier in the film or tease a potential sequel.<\/p>\n Most often, of course, a sequel isn\u2019t guaranteed unless a film makes money \u2014 that is unless the star and producer of said film is Tom Cruise, who has enough clout to say yes or no to a sequel no matter how the film at hand performs financially.<\/p>\n Forbes\u2018Murderbot\u2019 EP David S. Goyer On Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd And Staying True To Martha Wells\u2019 BooksBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n So, is there an end credits or post-credits scene at the end of Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning?<\/a> The answer is no for both, and fans shouldn\u2019t be surprised about it. After all, there\u2019s a sense of finality with a subtitle like The Final Reckoning, which is presumed to be Cruise\u2019s last hurrah as Ethan Hunt.<\/p>\n The only thing is, neither Cruise nor director Christopher McQuarrie \u2014 who took over as Mission: Impossible franchise\u2019s sole director with 2015\u2019s Rogue Nation \u2014 have not officially confirmed that The Final Reckoning is truly their last Mission: Impossible film.<\/p>\n They\u2019ve certainly implied it, though.<\/p>\n For example, a week ago on the red carpet at the film\u2019s U.K. premiere, Entertainment Tonight<\/a> point-blank asked him if it was the final film, to which he replied, \u201cWell, they don\u2019t call it Final for nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n Forbes\u2018A Minecraft Movie\u2019 Is Already Coming To Streaming On Max In JuneBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n The maybe-sort of answer is the latest in the coy responses the creative collaborators have given for months. When pressed by Empire Magazine<\/a> in February about whether The Final Reckoning was the final Mission: Impossible film, Cruise replied, \u201cIt\u2019s a hard thing for me to discuss at the moment, because it really is something that you have to experience.\u201d<\/p>\n McQuarrie, meanwhile, answered, \u201cIt is, I hope, the satisfying conclusion to a 30-year story arc. I\u2019m pretty confident that people are going to feel that the title was appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n Without giving away any major spoilers, in the final scene of Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning, there\u2019s a gathering of IMF agents who after a brief meetup go on their separate ways \u2014 but seemingly leave the door open for another impossible Mission should they choose to accept it.<\/p>\n