Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning teaser trailer

The first teaser trailer for Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning, the eighth part of the

Mission Impossible franchise

is here, which simultaneously evokes nostalgia and sadness in fans. Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise, is once again defying gravity and the odds while embarking on an adventure.
Tom Cruise took to X and shared the teaser trailer of the film. Along with the clip, he wrote, “Our lives are the sum of our choices. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. See you at the movies May 23, 2025.”
Watch the trailer here:

The teaser plays on the franchise’s nostalgia by showcasing scenes from the groundbreaking 1996 film ‘Mission: Impossible’, which was directed by Brian De Palma. A voice-over in the trailer states, “Our lives are not defined by any one action. Our lives are the sum of our choices. Everything you were, everything you’ve done, has come to this.” After all the edge-of-the-seat action shots, it concludes with Ethan saying, “I need you to trust me one last time.”

Under the teaser trailer, fans left nostalgic comments. One of them wrote, “When I was 20 years old, I watched Tom Cruise running in movies. Now that I’m almost 40 years old, Tom Cruise is still running in movies like there’s no tomorrow for him.” Another commented, “Director: let’s use CGI. Tom: I am CGI (Cruise going insane).”
Fans also got emotional as they left comments like, “Tom Cruise has put everything into these movies. One last ride. Thank You Tom Cruise,” and “I need you to trust me … one last time. Spoken directly to the audience. I will Tom!!” While one fan just wanted more footage of Tom running, another wrote, “”One last time” GOOSEBUMPS!”
Having helmed all of the films in the series since Rogue Nation, Christopher McQuarrie returns to direct this one. Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 were originally filmed as Dead Reckoning – Part One and Two, but the title was changed following the seventh movie.
Apart from Tom Cruise, the film also features Shea Whigham, Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klemetieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Greg Tarzan Davis, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, and Vanessa Kirby. On May 23, 2025, ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ will be released in theaters.