The Mission: Impossible series has never been one for subtlety, but The Final Reckoning takes the cake as the most grandiose and self-indulgent movie of the lot. Its story is muddled and melodramatic, yet when the plot makes way for stunts and spectacle, the sheer dedication of Tom Cruise and co. is hard to resist.

Tom Cruise is the biggest Hollywood movie star in the world bar none, the M:I franchise has beaten its primetime namesake’s seven-year winning streak three times over, and his character, Ethan Hunt, is the poster boy for the whole kaboodle,