As the 2025 movie schedule sees Tom Cruise’s action mainstay choosing to accept one final mission, the end of an era has arrived. And as we honor Mission: Impossible 8 truly marking the finale, Cruise himself has highlighted the event through a heartfelt social media tribute to all who took part in,

Designed to underscore the “impossible” aspect of the job, the timelines don’t really mean anything to the actual events, particularly since star Tom Cruise is going where he hasn’t been before.

Impossible took four films to fully establish its franchise must-have: the ever more blurred lines between its death-defying, stunt-loving star, Tom Cruise, and the superspy he plays. For more than a decade,