The Final Reckoning is so swept up in looking back at the franchise that it forgets to deliver a cohesive plot. It’s only in the latter half of the movie that Final Reckoning starts to come alive, thanks to its two stunning setpieces — one in the air, one in the water. Paramount PicturesYes, The Final Reckoning ends the Mission: Impossible series on a note of excitement, but it’s not the rigorously satisfying closer that the series deserves. Enough of The Final Reckoning is salvageable, and when it counts, it takes us on a bracing final ride. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14.