Mission Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One

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Mission Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One

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Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One is the seventh film in the Mission: Impossible franchise, released in 2023 and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. The series, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, features intricate stunts, often performed by Cruise himself. This installment sees Hunt and his team confronting a dangerous artificial intelligence known as the Entity. The franchise, based on the 1966 TV show, has evolved from internal agency conflicts to battling global threats and advanced AI. The films are known for their high-stakes action and complex plots, with Dead Reckoning Part One and its upcoming sequel, The Final Reckoning, serving as a two-part finale to the series.1

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Tom Cruise
A-list star of the 1990s and 2000s
2015, 2018, 2023, and 2025.
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2015, 2018, 2023, and 2025.
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Rebecca Ferguson
Dune and later credits
…of the Mission: Impossible series, Dead Reckoning Part One. She also starred in the Apple TV+ series Silo (2023– ). The sci-fi drama was based on Hugh Howey’s dystopian books about people who live in an underground bunker and know little about the outside world. In the feature film Peaky…
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…of the Mission: Impossible series, Dead Reckoning Part One. She also starred in the Apple TV+ series Silo (2023– ). The sci-fi drama was based on Hugh Howey’s dystopian books about people who live in an underground bunker and know little about the outside world. In the feature film Peaky…
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Vanessa Kirby
Mission: Impossible and roles from the late 2010s
…Impossible series (as well as Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One [2023]) and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbes and Shaw (2019), a Fast & Furious franchise spin-off. She also starred onstage, in the Royal National Theatre’s 2018 production of Julie, a contemporary rewrite of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie.
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…Impossible series (as well as Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One [2023]) and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbes and Shaw (2019), a Fast & Furious franchise spin-off. She also starred onstage, in the Royal National Theatre’s 2018 production of Julie, a contemporary rewrite of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie.
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Simon Pegg
Career
(2015), Mission: Impossible—Fallout (2018), and Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). He also played the role of Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in the rebooted series of Star Trek films, including Star Trek (2009), Star Trek into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016), for which he also contributed to the script.
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(2015), Mission: Impossible—Fallout (2018), and Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). He also played the role of Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in the rebooted series of Star Trek films, including Star Trek (2009), Star Trek into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016), for which he also contributed to the script.
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