Impossible - The Final Reckoning ends its first week on a high note, on its way to chasing another significant mark.

As I pointed out in our Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning review, that sort of reverence is also present in director Christopher McQuarrie ’s current box office hit. Short of watching all of the prior films with a Paramount+ subscription, this is one of the best sequels to use as an introductory point to new fans.

Angela Bassett made history as the first woman to ever deliver a mission briefing in the "Mission: Impossible" film franchise with her scene in "The Final Reckoning" "That came to me late," Bassett, who plays President Erika Sloane,

Being a spy is like watching paint dry. And they don’t have to be in the best shape. The tooth capsule thing? Real. A former spy tells us what Tom Cruise gets right and wrong in the franchise.

In the new installment of Tom Cruise’s action film series, “ Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning ,” a godlike AI called the Entity has the world on the brink of a nuclear apocalypse, and a doomsday cult is rooting for the AI. (Spoiler alert: Cruise saves everyone.)

As the movie opens, a private jet owned by a shadowy organization is flying over an active volcano. Inside the cabin, Tom Cruise is lying on the floor with a tranquilizer dart sticking into his neck.

Live updates from the May 30 SpaceX GPS III-7 satellite mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.