Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning lives up to its name, bringing nearly three decades of explosive storytelling to a gripping, full-throttle conclusion. The film connects the dots across all seven previous installments while showcasing a digital glimpse of a younger Tom Cruise—nostalgia meets next-generation danger.

In an early party scene, he gives us a brief soliloquy, delivered with Cruise’s patented help-me-help-you rectitude, about traffic patterns: “It’s amazing. It’s like a living organism.”