Mission Impossible: The Ultimate Fan Guide

Whether he’s running for his life, hanging from cliffs with immaculate hair, clinging to planes taking off, skydiving through lightning storms, or scaling the tallest building on earth, Tom Cruise (the mastermind, the madman, the franchise architect) has made Mission: Impossible the most consistent, high-octane action franchise in modern cinema history. And somehow, it’s still gaining speed after three decades. Mission: Impossible has—as The Hollywood Reporter writes— “quietly, ever-so-slow...