Tom Cruise remains one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, thanks in large part to the success of his blockbuster Mission: Impossible franchise. Admittedly, the most recent film featuring his Ethan Hunt character (Final Reckoning) was a bit of a mess,

Impossible 3 the most underrated movie in the franchise, but it also introduced the true love of Ethan Hunt’s life.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) hanging from a flying helicopter in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell looking grave in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

As soon as you put the word "final" into the title of a film in a franchise that has run for as long as Mission: Impossible has, it's hard not to think about a permanent end. Particularly with someone like Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), who has been dicing with death from the very beginning.