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Tom Cruise advises you to go see these 3 films competing with Mission Impossible 7 at the cinema



Nothing is impossible for Tom Cruise. The Hollywood actor, who has made it his mission to save movie theaters from bankruptcy and encourage people to go to theaters to see the latest feature films, takes his role very seriously. This honorary role of “savior of cinema”, which director Steven Spielberg himself attributed to him thanks to the resounding success of Top Gun: Maverick, is particularly close to his heart. In this sense, Tom Cruise has tried, through his films, to offer ever more interesting cinematic experiences for the public, in order to encourage them to break away from streaming services and go to cinemas .

The protagonist of the sagas Impossible mission And Top Gun goes even further in this project, going so far as to promote and recommend three films to see at the cinema this summer, even though they will enter into direct competition with the film in which he plays the main role, Mission: Impossible 7, which is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 12. The 60-year-old actor thus positions himself almost as a film critic, and, after having highly recommended a superhero film currently in theaters, he did not hesitate to give his opinion on another long-awaited release. Tom Cruise surprised everyone by promoting the cult adventure saga Indiana Jonesincluding the last part entitled Indiana Jones and the Clock of Destiny was unveiled last Wednesday in cinemas. The American actor thus congratulated Harrison Ford for his interpretation of the adventurer Indy, and for his longevity (more than 40 years!) in the skin of one of the most iconic characters in the history of cinema.

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We ranked all the Mission Impossible films, from worst to best



Over the years, Impossible mission has established itself as the most constant and enjoyable saga born in Hollywood. From episode to episode, the franchise led with an iron fist by Tom Cruise has never ceased to amaze us with its breathtaking intrigues and its spectacular stunts (a large majority of which are carried out by the actor-star , At his own risk). Where James Bond has regularly experienced weak times during his long eventful history, the journey of Impossible mission approach flawless.

7. Mission: Impossible 2

Budget : $125 million
Worldwide box office : $549 million
Where to see it : on VOD

Four years after the success of the first opus, Tom Cruise and Impossible mission return with a highly anticipated second opus. Entrusted to Hong Kong director John Woo, Mission: Impossible 2 is a perfect summary of what an early 2000s blockbuster could look like. For better and (too) often for worse. Epileptic montage stuffed with clippesque slow motion, clumsy romanticism and a horrible nu metal rereading of the musical theme by Limp Bizkit: this second part looks like the perfect parody of what Impossible mission represented. Even if Tom Cruise, of all things, climbs a cliff with his bare hands and wants to prove to us that Impossible mission don’t make fun of us with the show. Despite incendiary reviews, the film was a hit in 2000, rising to the top of the most lucrative productions of that year, ahead of Gladiator by Ridley Scott and Alone in the world by Robert Zemeckis.

6. Mission: Impossible 3

Budget : 150 million dollars
Worldwide box office : $398 million
Where to see it : on Paramount+ and MyCanal

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In Mission Impossible 7, the indestructible Tom Cruise is afraid of nothing except the future



At the very beginning of Top Gun: Maverick, the ultra-lucrative sequel to Tony Scott’s film released in 2022, the hierarchical superior of the hero played by Tom Cruise warned him. Intrepid pilots of his species, the hotheads of the air, were on the verge of extinction, threatened by the increasingly ruthless competition of technology. Soon they would be replaced by machines, cold and devoid of all emotion, systematically obeying the orders given to them. A pessimistic forecast to which Pete “Maverick” Mitchell then responded with his characteristic casualness: “Perhaps so, sir, but not today”. This short exchange, over-commented on and analyzed by a good number of journalists as an obvious echo of the career of Tom Cruise and his constantly contested aura, made us smile but also reflected a certain anxiety in the superstar, that of a future on which he has no control over.

Faced with the growing place given to algorithms and other artificial intelligence in the creative space, what would happen to those who, like the actor, have tried all their lives to keep intact the brilliance of the cinema with which they were born? ? Top Gun: Maverick, more melancholic than brazen, did not rule on this question. But Joseph Kosinski’s film employed all its striking force in the idea that, for there to be belief in cinema, there must be an almost supernatural investment of its artisans in their creation – multiplying the cascades and the high aerobatics, in search of the kinetic thrill, was the illustration of this. That at the time of superheroic franchises, canned at the same rate as a can at the factory, the spectator could only see the difference in the face of the diktat of the green screen and the infectious digital rejuvenation. The gamble had paid off but perhaps its success had only been based on the nostalgic joy of spectators at rediscovering a cinema that many felt had been buried for a long time. Something romantic for some, puritanical for others, both joyful and perfectly anachronistic.

Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1, the seventh part of the saga, confirms what we previously glimpsed about Tom Cruise. Already, the actor remains insatiable, as if transcended by the acquisition of this new status of “savior of Hollywood” awarded by Steven Spielberg himself. The sharp turnaround at the end of the 2000s and the few barrels during the following decade now seem like distant memories. Also, although he tries to make us believe the opposite, like the good conjurer he has become, time has a hold on him. Now aged 61, the all-powerful producer of the spy franchise is working, within the story that transformed him into a Hollywood icon, a second narrative thread which now takes up all the space in this new film: that of a hero who has run out of enemies, having no choice but to fight with himself or almost invisible threats. In 2013, oblivion already orchestrated the fight between Tom Cruise and his clone. Ten years later, Tom Cruise is pursuing a faceless enemy, a demiurgic power called The Entity. This has no form, only a mercenary at its service, and anticipates each of the moves imagined by agent Ethan Hunt and his acolytes.

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Why Mission Impossible is Hollywood’s best saga



27 years after his arrival on the big screen, Impossible mission has become one of the most enduring sagas in the history of cinema. One of the few, with the inexhaustible James Bond, to have survived the multitude of upheavals that Hollywood has experienced in recent decades, to have witnessed the emergence and then the invasion of superhero films in popular culture but also the arrival of streaming platforms and their new method of producing feature films.

Storms, Impossible mission and his actor-stuntman-producer-mindmaster Tom Cruise went through some but they were not of that order: failed collaborations (David Fincher for Mission Impossible 3), unexpected divorces (Paramount breaking its contract with Tom Cruise in the mid-2000s) and other pitfalls which did not, however, threaten the existence of Impossible mission At the movie theater.

This Wednesday July 12, a week before the duel of titans which is announced in the dark rooms between barbie by Greta Gerwig and Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan, the seventh installment of the adventures of Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part 1, arrives on French screens. Third collaboration between Tom Cruise and director-writer Christopher McQuarrie within the saga, this new opus concentrates some of the most formidable charms of Impossible mission. Those who made it today, and let’s not be afraid of words, the best saga in Hollywood. Do you doubt it? We understand, but listen to the arguments we have concocted to convince you.

A spy saga still connected to its time

One of the great strengths of Impossible mission, and especially its last opus, is to have constantly updated its themes and its antagonists. And this even if, since the broadcast of the original series in the 60s, there has always been a scent of the Cold War and stubborn resentment between the United States and Russia (at the time USSR). The franchise led by Tom Cruise has always evoked the persistence of anxieties linked to the use of nuclear weapons or the threat of artificial intelligence in the world’s geopolitical issues.

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In Mission Impossible 7, Tom Cruise’s sunglasses are 10 times better than Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro headset



It’s go again ! Tom Cruise is back in Impossible mission this Wednesday July 12 for the seventh film in one of the best Hollywood sagas. This Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part 1 is of very good quality, finding itself in the middle of our ranking of Impossible mission. A purely subjective ranking which nevertheless includes a totally objective element: Tom Cruise’s XXL performances.

Without the American actor now aged 61, the franchise Impossible mission wouldn’t be what it is today: a real machine for making exciting action films that are a hit all over the world. Feature film number 7 has barely been released when the forecasts are incredible, in terms of revenue in dollars. In these films, Tom Cruise performs almost all of his stunts, from car chases in Paris or Rome to jumps into the void on a motorcycle, climbing buildings several hundred meters high or stunts in the sky on planes and helicopters. To succeed in these ultra-dangerous actions, Tom Cruise can count on his talent and his amazing duo: Luther Stickell and Benji Dunn. The two men guide him in his almost impossible missions, which often gives rise to a few touches of humor acting as breathing space between two fast-paced scenes. This is still the case, obviously, in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part 1, including the scene at Abu Dhabi airport.

Tom Cruise’s glasses VS. Apple’s Vision Pro headset

We are in the first part of Christopher McQuarrie’s film and Ethan Hunt must find a key that will allow him to unlock a mysterious secret. Except he doesn’t really know who he’s looking for. Fortunately, his two sidekicks have concocted some magical sunglasses for him. This aviator model, which is of course reminiscent of the Ray-Ban Aviators, allows them to scan everyone they see and follow everything that happens in the airport. He can also pose as someone else to those who seek him, giving him a valuable head start on his enemies. We’re not going to tell you everything in every detail (go watch the film!), but we can guarantee that this pair of glasses, in addition to being chic with its gold frames and double bridge, is the best never seen in the cinema. In life, the closest thing to it is the Vision Pro headset unveiled by Apple on June 5 and which we were able to test. We really liked it, especially with the eye tracking pushed to its maximum, but we must admit that having access to a host of data from sunglasses like those of Tom Cruise is more practical, and more discreet, than walk around with the 500 grams on the head of the helmet (mask) from the Cupertino company. Even if we suspect that the pair of the actor Impossible mission thus technologically transformed would cost as much or more than Apple’s Vision Pro, announced at $3,500.

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The car driven by Tom Cruise in Rome in Mission Impossible 7 is the one we all dream of having to go on vacation this summer



Tom Cruise never stops. In Mission: Impossible 7, the 61-year-old actor once again demonstrates his love for well-done stunts… by himself. Always at the top of his form thanks to meticulous training, he leaves it to no one to hang himself in the void, to fight on a speeding train, to jump on a motorbike from a cliff (precisely to land on a train), to get into a plane in mid-flight (then to exit with a parachute a short distance from the ground), to climb buildings like the glass wall of the Burj Khalifa in Mission: Impossible 4 (which is on the podium of the best films of the saga, in our opinion), to ride a motorcycle like a madman in the streets of Paris or to jump from building to building, always in Paris, at the risk of breaking an ankle. In short, Tom Cruise does everything in Impossible mission (as in his other action films). And it obviously continues in Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning, part 1seventh feature film with agent Ethan Hunt at the helm.

Tom Cruise with his BMW and Fiat in the streets of Rome

If you have already seen the film released on July 12, there is one thing that is indisputable: you have been amazed. This allowed you to forget the soporific Indiana Jones 5 with Harrison Ford and to experience real action scenes interspersed, it is true, with slightly longer (and therefore very forgettable) moments during which the characters in the film exchange their thoughts on their lives, their memories, their regrets. In Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning, part 1, Tom Cruise is looking for a magic key. He’ll start looking for her in the big Abu Dhabi airport, relying on his cool aviator sunglasses to catch everyone’s eye. But it won’t be enough. He will soon have to go to Rome to further accomplish his mission.

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Tom Cruise’s Futuristic Glasses in Mission Impossible Are Incredible (And Maybe Coming Soon)



Two-wheeled chases, climbing skyscrapers with your bare hands, fights of all kinds: stunts are part of the DNA of Impossible mission and the final installment of the franchise — Dead Reckoning, part 1 — lived up to our expectations with a completely crazy cliff jump. A stunt that would not have fit with the identity of Impossible mission without the funky glasses worn by the actor. Because let’s be honest: Tom Cruise has accustomed us to looks that are totally badass.

With a budget of $291 million, a film like Dead Reckoning, part 1 leaves nothing to chance. Between the motorcycle choreographies and the design of the equipment, every detail counts. And obviously, the production of the blockbuster did not go looking for Tom Cruise’s glasses at Decathlon: it called on the pros, namely Oakley, an American brand founded in 1975 to equip athletes.

The pair designed for the film in question is of rare simplicity: it is transparent, minimal, almost invisible. A result that required a lot of work as Nick Garfias, vice president of design at Oakley, explains: “The glasses had to be safe, practical, efficient and on top of that, they had to fit the identity of Tom’s character. Cruise in the movie. We therefore needed a thin frame, in a single block and light, both visually and in terms of weight”.

This is not the first time that the actor has collaborated with the Oakley brand. He had worked with her on other Impossible mission, and in particular on the Romeo glasses worn in the second part of the franchise. Nick Garfias explains that the film’s props designer, David Cheesman (whom he calls his “partner in crime”), and Oakley’s in-house team played a central role in the process of creating Ethan Hunt’s new glasses: the hero of Impossible mission needed an “impossible” pair suited to the “impossible” missions he was going to accomplish.