The 78th Cannes Film Festival is preparing to host one of the most anticipated events in this edition: the out -of -competition presentation presentation: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, in the presence of Tom Cruise and the whole film team. This new opus of the famous American action franchise, directed by Christopher Mcquarrie, marks both the continuation and perhaps the end of a cinematographic adventure started almost thirty years ago.
Tom Cruise and Cannes, a story dotted with rare but striking appearances
The return of Tom Cruise on the Croisette is not trivial: it is only his third appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, a rarity for a star of his scale. His first coming dates back to 1992, to accompany the film Distant horizons (Far and Away) Ron Howard, where he shared the poster with Nicole Kidman. However, it was not until 2022 that his relationship with the festival took on a new dimension, when he returns to present Top Gun: Maverick as a global preview.
This moment of 2022 remained engraved in the memories: an exciting masterclass animated by the actor in front of a conquered audience, followed by a tribute as solemn as it is spectacular. Tom Cruise receives a palm of gold of honor, welcoming not only his exceptional longevity but also his total commitment in the art of action cinema – which he brings to a level of physical and creative requirement rarely reached in Hollywood.
Ethan Hunt’s comeback
It is in this continuity that the arrival of the actor is part this year, with the presentation of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningscheduled for Wednesday, May 14. This new episode, announced as the last chapter of the saga, already promises to be a major event. Tom Cruise takes over for the eighth time the role of Ethan Hunt, a character he played for the first time in 1996 and that he gradually transformed into a symbol of action in the cinema, between vertiginous waterfalls, breathless suspense and flawless fidelity to a spirit of camaraderie and sacrifice.
The film is directed by Christopher Mcquarrie, an unwavering accomplice of Cruise since Jack Reacher (2012) and the previous components of Mission: Impossible. Together, they redefined the codes of the action blockbuster, betting on authentic waterfalls, deeper moral issues and an attachment to the figure of the human hero, imperfect, but unshakable.
A promise of adrenaline and emotion
In The Final Reckoningspectators are invited to follow a final mission of the MFI (impossible mission force), where each decision, each sacrifice, each human link will count more than ever. The film brings together the emblematic figures of the saga – twenty rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, but also Hayley Atwell and Pom Klementieff – around Tom Cruise, in a narrative that is both breathtaking and full of emotion, against the background of personal choice and global threats.
Distributed in France by Paramount Pictures, the film will be released in theaters on May 21, 2025, a week after its presentation in Cannes. This world outing ends an intense period of promotion, but also a form of cinematographic course started on the Croisette and which returns to it, like a curly cycle.
Rods, mirror of a popular and demanding cinema
The presence of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning In the out -of -competition selection confirms the role of the Cannes Film Festival as a showcase of all forms of cinema, from the most daring to the most popular. By welcoming Tom Cruise for the second time in three editions, the festival reaffirms its desire to celebrate not only the authors and the revelations, but also the iconic figures that have marked the history of world cinema.
Neïla Driss
