Mission: Impossible (film series)

Mission: Impossible is a series of American action films based on the television series of the same
Mission: Impossible film
name created by Bruce Geller. The series is co-produced by and stars Tom Cruise, whose character
series
is Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force(IMF).

Beginning in 1996, the films follow the missions of the IMF's main field team under the leadership
of Hunt, who is forced to take over after the team is betrayed from within during the first film. The
series focuses on Hunt as the lead character as opposed to the ensemble cast structure of the
television series, although some characters, such as Luther Stickell (played by Ving Rhames) and
Benji Dunn (played by Simon Pegg) have recurring roles in the films.

The series has received a positive reception from critics and is the 16th-highest-grossing film series
of all time, with a worldwide gross of over $3.5 billion to date.[1] The sixth and most recent film,
titled Mission: Impossible – Fallout, was released in July 2018, and was written and directed by
Christopher McQuarrie. All of the Mission: Impossible movies are rated PG-13 by the Motion
Picture Association of America.

Blu-ray box set of the six films

Contents
Directed by Brian De Palma (1)
Films
John Woo (2)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
J. J. Abrams (3)
Mission: Impossible III (2006) Brad Bird (4)
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol(2011) Christopher
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation(2015) McQuarrie (5–8)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout(2018)
Produced by Tom Cruise
Future
Paula Wagner (1-3)
Cast and characters
J. J. Abrams (4-8)
Additional crew and production details
Bryan Burk (4-5,7-
Reception 8)
Box office performance
David Ellison (5)
Critical response
Controversy Dana Goldberg (5)
Don Granger (5)
Change to theme music
Christopher
References
McQuarrie (6-8)
External links
Jake Myers (6-8)
Starring (See below)
Films Distributed by Paramount
Pictures
Release date 1996-present
Running time 769 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget Total (6 films):
$828 million
Box office Total (6 films):
$3.570 billion
 Film U.S. release date Director Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s)
David Koepp David Koepp
Mission: Brian De
May 22, 1996 and Robert and Steven
Impossible Palma
Towne Zaillian
Ronald D.
Mission:
Moore and
Impossible May 24, 2000 John Woo Robert Towne Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner
Brannon
2
Braga
Mission:
J. J. Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and
Impossible May 5, 2006
Abrams J. J. Abrams
III
Mission:
Impossible - Josh Appelbaum and André Tom Cruise, J. J. Abrams and
December 16, 2011 Brad Bird
Ghost Nemec Bryan Burk
Protocol
Mission:
Christopher Tom Cruise, J. J. Abrams, Bryan
Impossible - Christopher
July 31, 2015 McQuarrie and Burk, David Ellison, Dana
Rogue McQuarrie
Drew Pearce Goldberg and Don Granger
Nation
Mission: Christopher Tom Cruise, J. J. Abrams,
Impossible - July 27, 2018 McQuarrie Christopher McQuarrie and Jake
Fallout Myers
Christopher McQuarrie
M:I-7 July 23, 2021 Tom Cruise, J. J. Abrams, Bryan
Burk, Christopher McQuarrie and
M:I-8 August 5, 2022 Jake Myers

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Ethan Hunt is framed for the murder of his IMF team during a botched mission in Prague and accused of selling government secrets to an arms dealer
known only as "Max". On the run, Ethan seeks to uncover the real traitor and clear his name.

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

Ethan sends international thief Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton) undercover to stop rogue IMF agent, and Nyah's former lover, Sean Ambrose
(Dougray Scott) from stealing a deadly virus to start a pandemic and sell the antidote to the highest bidder
.

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Ethan, retired from being an IMF team leader and engaged to be married, assembles a team to face the elusive arms and information broker Owen
Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who intends to sell a mysterious dangerous object known as "The Rabbit's Foot".

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol(2011)

Ethan and the entire IMF are blamed for the bombing of theKremlin while investigating an individual known only as "Cobalt"Michael
( Nyqvist). He
and three other agents are left to stop him from starting a global nuclear war
.

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation(2015)

Ethan Hunt comes under threat from the Syndicate, a near-mythical organization of rogue agents who kill to order. Faced with the IMF's
disbandment, Hunt assembles his team for their mission to prove the Syndicate's existence and bring theganization
or down by any means necessary.

Mission: Impossible – Fallout(2018)

When an IMF mission to recover plutonium ends badly, the world is faced with the threat of the Apostles, a terrorist organisation formed by former
members of the Syndicate. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill the original mission, the CIA begins to question his loyalty and his motives.

Future
In January 2019, it was announced that both a seventh and an eighth Mission: Impossible are in
development with Christopher McQuarrie returning to write and direct both films. The projects will
reportedly film back-to-back, and are scheduled for July 23, 2021 and August 5, 2022 release
dates.[2][3][4]

Cast and characters

Official teaser logo, as released

by Tom Cruise upon the
announcement of the back-to-
back production for Mission:
Impossible 7 and Mission:
Impossible 8.
 Films
Mission: Mission:
Mission:
Character Mission: Mission: Mission: Impossible – Impossible –
Impossible –
Impossible Impossible 2 Impossible III Ghost Rogue
Fallout
(1996) (2000) (2006) Protocol Nation
(2018)
(2011) (2015)
Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise
Jim Phelps Jon Voight
Eugene
Henry Czerny
Kittridge
Emmanuelle
Claire Phelps
Béart
Franz Krieger Jean Reno
Ving Rhames
Luther Stickell Ving Rhames (uncredited Ving Rhames
cameo )

Kristin Scott
Sarah Davies
Thomas
Vanessa
Max
Redgrave
Sean
Dougray Scott
Ambrose
Nyah Nordoff- Thandie
Hall Newton
Richard
Hugh Stamp
Roxburgh
Billy Baird John Polson
John C. Brendan
McCloy Gleeson
Dr. Rade
Nekhorvich Šerbedžija
Philip Seymour
Owen Davian
Hoffman
Benji Dunn Simon Pegg
John
Billy Crudup
Musgrave
Declan Jonathan Rhys
Gormley Meyers
Lindsey Farris Keri Russell
Zhen Lei Maggie Q
Theodore Laurence
Brassel Fishburne
Michelle
Michelle Monaghan Michelle
Julia Meade
Monaghan (uncredited Monaghan
cameo)

William Brandt Jeremy Renner

Jane Carter Paula Patton
Kurt Michael
Hendricks Nyqvist
Ilsa Faust Rebecca Ferguson
Solomon Lane Sean Harris
Alan Hunley Alec Baldwin
August W alker
Henry Cavill
/ John Lark
 Erica Sloane Angela
Bassett
Alanna
Vanessa
Mitsopolis /
Kirby
White W idow

Additional crew and production details

Film
Mission: Mission: Mission: Mission: Mission:
Crew/detail Mission:
Impossible Impossible Impossible – Ghost Impossible – Impossible –
Impossible
2 III Protocol Rogue Nation Fallout
(1996)
(2000) (2006) (2011) (2015) (2018)
Brian De J. J.
Director John Woo Brad Bird Christopher McQuarrie
Palma Abrams
Danny Hans
Composer Michael Giacchino Joe Kraemer Lorne Balfe
Elfman Zimmer
Christian Maryann
Wagner Brandon
Editor Paul Hirsch Paul Hirsch Eddie Hamilton
Steven Mary Jo
Kemper Markey
Stephen H. Jeffrey L.
Cinematographer Dan Mindel Robert Elswit Rob Hardy
Burum Kimball
Skydance Productions
Production
Cruise/Wagner Productions TC Productions
companies
Bad Robot Productions
Distributor Paramount Pictures
110 123 126
Running time 133 minutes 131 minutes 147 minutes
minutes minutes minutes

Reception

Box office performance

Release Box Office Gross All Time Ranking

Film Budget References
Date Domestic Foreign Worldwide Domestic Worldwide
Mission: May 22, $80 [5]
$180,981,856 $276,714,503 $457,696,359 247 236
Impossible 1996 million
Mission:
May 24, $125 [6]
Impossible $215,409,889 $330,978,216 $546,388,105 175 173
2000 million
2
Mission:
May 5, $150 [7]
Impossible $134,029,801 $263,820,211 $397,850,012 439 287
2006 million
III
Mission:
Impossible December $145 [8]
$209,397,903 $485,315,477 $694,713,380 186 114
– Ghost 16, 2011 million
Protocol
Mission:
Impossible July 31, $150 [9]
$195,042,377 $487,671,890 $682,714,267 213 116
– Rogue 2015 million
Nation
Mission:
July 27, $178 [10]
Impossible $220,159,104 $570,956,000 $791,115,104 158 83
2018 million
– Fallout
$828 [11]
Total $1,155,020,930 $2,415,456,297 $3,570,477,227
million
Critical response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore

Mission: Impossible 63% (57 reviews)[12] 59 (29 critics)[13] B+[14]

Mission: Impossible 2 57% (148 reviews)[15] 59 (40 critics)[16] B[14]

Mission: Impossible III 70% (221 reviews)[17] 66 (42 critics)[18] A−[14]

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 93% (240 reviews)[19] 73 (47 critics)[20] A−[14]

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation 93% (305 reviews)[21] 75 (46 critics)[22] A−[14]

Mission: Impossible – Fallout 97% (395 reviews)[23] 86 (60 critics)[24] A[14]

Average 79% 70 A−

Controversy
Some fans of the TV series were upset that Jim Phelps, team leader in the series, became a traitor in the first film, selling the details of government
agents to an arms dealer. Actor Greg Morris, who portrayed Barney Collier in the original television series, was so disgusted with the film's treatment
of the Phelps character that he walked out of the theater before the film ended.[25] Martin Landau, who portrayed Rollin Hand in the original series,
was equally negative concerning the films. In an MTV interview in October 2009, Landau stated: "When they were working on an early incarnation
of the first one – not the script they ultimately did – they wanted the entire team to be destroyed, done away with one at a time, and I was against
that", he said. "It was basically an action-adventure movie and not 'Mission.' 'Mission' was a mind game. The ideal mission was getting in and getting
out without anyone ever knowing we were there. So the whole texture changed. Why volunteer to essentially have our characters commit suicide? I
."[26]
passed on it. The script wasn't that good either

Change to theme music

The television version is in a rarely used 5/4 time (an unusual time signature with five crotchets to a bar) and is difficult to dance to,[27] as was
proven by a memorable segment of American Bandstand in which teenage dancers were caught off-guard by Dick Clark's playing of the Lalo
Schifrin single release.

The opening theme music for the first six films are stylized renditions of Schifrin's original iconic theme, preserving the 5/4 rhythm, by Danny
Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino, Joe Kraemer and Lorne Balfe, respectively. Most of the versions included in the score also retained the
5/4 time signature.[27]

However, for Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr.'s version featured on the first film's motion picture soundtrack, the time signature was changed to
standard pop 4/4 (four quarter-notes to a measure) time to make it more dance-friendly, although the intro is still in 5/4 time.[27] Also, the Limp
Bizkit song "Take a Look Around" from the soundtrack to the second film was set to a similar 4/4 modification of the theme, with an interlude in 5/4.

References
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2. McNary, Dave (February 1, 2019)."Tom Cruise 'Mission: Impossible' Movies Dated for Summers of 2021, 2022"(https://variety.co
m/2019/film/news/tom-cruise-mission-impossible-movies-2021-2022-1203126749/) . Variety. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
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4. Cruise, Tom (January 14, 2019)."Summer 2021 and Summer 2022pic.twitter
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8. "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)"(https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mi4.htm). Box Office Mojo.
9. "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)"(https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mi5.htm). Box Office Mojo.
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16. "Mission: Impossible II Reviews"(https://www.metacritic.com/movie/mission-impossible-ii). Metacritic.
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