With his “Mission: Impossible” films, Tom Cruise alias Ethan Hunt ensures high tension. We show you how to see the action films in the chronologically correct order.
Before Tom Cruise plunges from cliffs in “The Final Reckoning” again and trains, it is time for a top-class cinematic warm-up. Eight films, countless stunts and an Ethan Hunt, who always looks at the impossible.
But in what order do you look best? We lead you through the complete “Mission: Impossible” universe so that you experience every turn, every twist and every explosion exactly when it pops the most.
“Mission: Impossible”: The correct order of all 8 films
The order in which the “Mission: Impossible” films have appeared also corresponds to the chronological order. So there is actually only a correct order that is suitable for newcomers and Rewatcher.
However, “Mission: Impossible 2” is actually unnecessary, the other films have no reference to him and the second film is generally considered the worst “Mission: Impossible” part. Some team members get to know spectators in the first and third film, but with Part 4, “Mission: Impossible” received a small fresh cell cure.
If you want to be prepared for the 8th film and have little time available, you could get in with just a few difficulties of understanding in part 4.
Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part one (source: tmdb.org)
The two -part is no longer a novelty in Hollywood. “Harry Potter”, “Twilight”, “The Hungeries of Panem”, all took an existing story and divided into two films. Also “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning” tell her story in two films.
As the reason for the two films, director Christopher Mcquarrie cited the diversity of history. No figure from “Dead Reckoning” should be too short and there should also be enough space for action and emotions.
What does “Dead Reckoning” mean?
Translated directly, “Dead Reckoning” in German “Dead Billing”, but “Dead Reckoning” is actually the English term for “coupling navigation”. U-boats or aircraft that lack the navigation of optical guidelines, confidence in coupling navigation.
- Kinos start in Germany: On May 21, 2025, “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” starts in German cinemas.
- Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) faces his greatest challenge to date: Together with his team, he has to stop a dangerous AI called “Entität”.
- In addition to Tom Cruise, well -known faces such as Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Vanessa Kirby are returning.
The eighth part of the “Mission: Impossible” series no longer bears the title “Dead Reckoning Part 2”, but was renamed “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”. Originally, both parts were planned as a coherent story that were to form the grand finale of the Saga around Ethan Hunt.
But after the publication of “Dead Reckoning Part One”, it became clear that the film with a global pick -up result of round $ 571 million The expectations remained, especially in view of a budget of around $ 291 million.
In view of these figures, Paramount decided to remove the “part one” designation from the title and no longer market the successor as a direct second part. Instead, the eighth film was in “The Final Reckoning “renamedto position it as an independent work and not to deter potential viewers by the idea that they must have seen the previous film.
The eighth part of the “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” must answer all open questions and solve the puzzle with some characters. Ethan fights an ultimate threat that is evil than all villains in front of it. For Tom Cruise, the shooting meant another effort because he made all of his stunts himself.
It remains to be seen whether “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” is actually the last part of the series. But can the “Mission Impossible” series work without a Tom Cruise?
“Kobra, take over” & “in a secret mission” Kobra, take over (source: Themoviedb.org)
In the 1960s and seventies, seven seasons of the series “Kobra, take over”. The original title of the series was “Mission: Impossible”. A new edition followed in the eighties, which kept the same title in the United States, but in Germany the series was renamed “in secret mission”.
The series, which the “Mission: Impossible” films are based on, are not important for understanding the films. The character Jim Phelps, who is played in Jon Voight's first film, comes from the series, all other figures were specially developed for the films.
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