New ‘Mission Impossible’ movie launches with a bang: photo gallery from Perth preview night

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch 170 minutes of Tom Cruise airbrushed to oblivion and looking fab as a result, performing tens of genuine stunts with plenty of FX thrown in for good measure, in a sequel in a franchise that’s possibly the most successful in cinematic history, starring a cast of proverbial thousands, with a plot that’s pretty obvious, and an ending that… well, I won’t spoil it for you.

The newest and possibly final instalment of the Mission Impossible franchise, subtitled The Final Reckoning, kicked off with a bang last night at VMAX cinemas in Whitfords, Perth, to an audience that included footy stars, media darlings, and all-round action film aficionados.

The film itself is jam-packed with more martial arts than a UFC marathon weekend and it cost a pretty penny to make – a whopping 400 million dollars, in fact, which makes it one of the most expensive movies ever made (and could well have saved one developing country from poverty).

The dialogue is a little all over the place, with too many characters throwing in their ten-cents worth when just one would have summed any given scenario up nicely. But still, it’s not War & Peace we’re watching here, is it? Or is it?

Antonino Tati

‘Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning’ is in cinemas from May 17, 2025.

PHOTO GALLERY FROM PERTH PREVIEW NIGHT OF MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING: