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,

In the 2006 J.J. Abrams-directed “Mission: Impossible III,” Tom Cruise’s alter ego, superspy Ethan Hunt, has retired from mask-pulls and gymnastic infiltrations.

Now in his 60s, he’s still running but also wing-walking (don’t ask), dropping to the bottom of the ocean and leading his team into more trouble than a red wire.