Everything is on the line for Tom Cruise as he reprises the role of the unstoppable action hero Ethan Hunt in the latest teaser trailer for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Released courtesy of the official Mission: Impossible Twitter account, the new footage finds Hunt and his team running from, well, everybody as he once again risks his life in car chases, fist fights, and, of course, driving off a cliff. Check out the new teaser for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One below.
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission, yet in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, tracking down a terrifying weapon that threatens humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious and powerful nemesis named Gabriel, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One promises a whole lot of punching, driving and, of course, running for Tom Cruise as he gears up to bring the story of IMF Agent Ethan Hunt to an action-packed end. Featuring all manner of action sequences and death-defying stunts, which the latest footage teases in spades, Cruise and the rest of his Mission: Impossible crew shoot at anything that moves, drive quickly away from anything that chases them, and make ludicrously dangerous leaps to escape.
As he has done so many times before, Cruise runs, and runs, and runs all over the world in the name of stopping the bad guys and saving us all. The footage teases several of the major set pieces that have long been known to get in Ethan Hunt’s way as he attempts to obtain the latest MacGuffin, including what looks like an extended sequence on a train (which will intentionally rekindle memories of the very first Mission: Impossible outing) and a leap from a motorcycle off a mountain. Something which we have known Tom Cruise would be performing for some time, the epic footage of which is used to close out the trailer.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the First Part of the Conclusion to Ethan Hunt’s Story
Alongside all the action movie excitement and chaos, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One will also bring back actor Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge, the former director of the IMF last seen in the first Mission: Impossible. Based on the footage, Kittridge will play a major role in proceedings, with he and Hunt facing off several times in the trailer as the sleazy figure from Hunt’s past challenges the IMF Agent’s beliefs more than ever before.
Kittridge and a familiar sequence atop a train are likely just some of the ghosts from Hunt’s past returned to haunt him in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. The movie, along with its sequel, is expected to bring the legacy of Ethan Hunt to an end, with Tom Cruise retiring from the role. A role that he first played way, way back in 1996. With this in mind, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and Part Two will no doubt be more explosive and dramatic than ever, with the intention to bring the Tom Cruise franchise to a fitting conclusion and cement both the Mission: Impossible series and Ethan Hunt as one of the action movie greats.
Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Frederick Schmidt, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Shea Whigham, Esai Morales, Rob Delaney, Charles Parnell, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, and Cary Elwes.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is scheduled for release in the United States on July 12, 2023, by Paramount Pictures. The sequel, Dead Reckoning Part Two, is set to be released on June 28, 2024.