Some SPOILERS are forward for the entire Mission: Inconceivable motion pictures, now streaming with a Netflix subscription (aside from The Last Reckoning, which is in theaters).
I’m nonetheless in shock over right here. Are the Mission: Inconceivable motion pictures actually over and accomplished with? Watching Tom Cruise dangle off a biplane and attempt to recuperate a module within the depths of the ocean on the large display actually woke up one thing in me. And that one thing was going again over the Mission: Inconceivable motion pictures now that they lately joined the 2025 Netflix releases.
And I’ve to say… I actually forgot what number of extremely gifted actors have proven up within the motion pictures over time! In fact, I had remembered Ving Rhames’ Luther being there from the start, and it solely made understanding his dying in Last Reckoning hit more durable. And, there’s no manner I’m ever forgetting Philip Seymour Hoffman’s position as Owen Davian. However, there have been fairly just a few appearances that genuinely shocked me. I’ll break them down beneath:
Jon Voight
Beginning with the primary Mission: Inconceivable film, it just about felt like I used to be watching it for the primary time once I kicked it on first. I’ll be sincere, the final time I watched it earlier than this, I discovered it boring compared to the newer installments, so I sort of have been sleeping on it, however I actually loved going again to fundamentals with it this time round.
One of many causes I really determined to look at it was as a result of Last Reckoning had a flashback to Jon Voight’s position because the chief of the IMF, Jim Phelps, and I had no reminiscence of him within the film. However, what an incredible position for the Oscar winner. He performs a wonderful first villain for the M:I franchise.
Emilio Estevez
And, early within the Mission: Inconceivable, I didn’t have it on my bingo card to see The Breakfast Membership’s Emilio Estevez! He performs an IMF agent who dies in an elevator shaft, however what a deal with. It’s a enjoyable little position for the actor as a result of each Cruise and Estevez have been in The Outsiders collectively over a decade earlier.
Kristen Scott Thomas
One other nice shock within the first Mission: Inconceivable was Kristen Scott Thomas as one other IMF agent. I’ve seen her in a ton of films and TV exhibits over time, however I simply didn’t notice one of many first motion pictures I possible noticed her in was really the primary Mission: Inconceivable.
Jean Reno
And Jean Reno? I used to be actually going by means of my viewing of the 1996 first movie, gasping left and proper on the checklist of expertise. Reno is an achieved French actor at first, however I’ve cherished English-language motion pictures like Léon: The Skilled or The Pink Panther with Steve Martin. He’s so stable in Mission: Inconceivable as an ex-IMF agent who’s the person who’s holding up Ethan throughout his iconic scene the place he’s suspended by a wire.
Henry Czerny
The final one I wish to deliver up from the primary film is Henry Czerny. The character of Kittridge, the director of the IMF, is clearly in The Last Reckoning after being in Useless Reckoning as nicely, however I had sincerely forgotten that he was really introduced again from being within the authentic movie. Rewatching the primary film after Last Reckoning is actually so satisfying as a result of they added so many callbacks from the primary film, that it’s even higher as a result of the final film exists.
Brendan Gleeson
I moved on to Mission: Inconceivable 2 subsequent, which I do know isn’t a favourite amongst followers, however really remained in my reminiscence much more clearly than the primary for some purpose. I completely remembered Dougray Scott and Thandiwe Newton’s key roles within the John Woo movie. However the first actor that caught me without warning was seeing Irish actor Brendan Gleeson of the Harry Potter motion pictures, The Banshees of Inisherin, and 28 Days Later. He performs a CEO who will get kidnapped within the 2000 sequel.
Anthony Hopkins
The opposite shocking actor in Mission: Inconceivable 2 was none aside from Anthony Hopkins on the very finish of the film. I by no means would have guessed him exhibiting up late within the motion film simply to play Mission Commander Swanbeck for a little bit scene with Tom Cruise, however it undoubtedly exists. I learn that he was really uncredited within the film with a purpose to give audiences on the time a shock when he made his look, and I discover that enjoyable.
Laurence Fishburne
Transferring on to J.J. Abrams’ Mission: Inconceivable 3, I assumed I had this one discovered, however but once more I used to be short-sighted by just a few sudden actors within the combine. It is a nice rewatch as a result of it has the primary look of Simon Pegg’s Benji, and I cherished seeing Ethan and him work together for the primary time. However Laurence Fishburne being the IMF director? It’s actually excellent casting, and I had no reminiscence of it.
Aaron Paul
One other enjoyable one in Mission: Inconceivable 3 is Aaron Paul being in a key scene simply a few years earlier than he formally turned Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Unhealthy. He performs Ethan Hunt’s future brother-in-law, Rick, whom he calls throughout a pivotal scene the place the agent is frightened concerning the security of his fiancée, Julia (performed by Michelle Monaghan). Rick is totally clueless; he simply aids the film’s villain in capturing his sister, however Ethan finally saves her, so all of it seems OK.
Léa Seydoux
The final film I watched is one among my favorites, Ghost Protocol. And, I’ve seen this one so much. I had remembered that Misplaced’s Josh Holloway briefly exhibits up to start with and dies, as a result of I used to be obsessive about that present on the time, and that Paula Patton and Jeremy Renner have been a part of Ethan’s workforce. Someway, I forgot the insanely gifted Léa Seydoux performed an murderer named Sabine. This film one way or the other virtually got here out fifteen years in the past? Seeing Seydoux wanting a lot youthful made me notice that, however yeah, she’s nonetheless an ideal match for M:I. I solely want she have been in it extra!
What a blast of a mission for me. The M:I motion pictures actually maintain up. They proceed to be thrilling, unexpectedly humorous, and filled with nice expertise which have continued to do some nice work after being in these motion pictures.