Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Movie, 2018, The Team, Set in 2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout is #8 of 10 in release order and #6 of 10 in chronological order in the Mission: Impossible.
The story
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout recap
Two years after Lane's capture, the Apostles, his followers, plan to set off three plutonium cores. In Berlin, Ethan Hunt chooses to save Luther and loses the plutonium. CIA director Erica Sloane sends her agent August Walker with Ethan to Paris to buy the plutonium from the arms dealer Alanna Mitsopolis, the White Widow, who wants Lane broken out of custody in exchange. Ethan, Benji and Luther free Lane in a violent convoy hold-up through Paris, while Ilsa wants Lane dead to be free of MI6. Walker reveals himself as John Lark, the Apostles' mastermind, and frames Ethan. In Kashmir, Lane and Walker plan to detonate the bombs at a medical camp where Ethan's former wife, Julia, now works with her new husband.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout ending explained
Ethan chases Walker in a helicopter battle through the mountains and kills him in a fight on a cliff edge, getting the detonator, while Benji, Ilsa, Luther and Julia defuse both bombs. Lane is taken into custody. Julia tells Ethan she is happy, and he heals with the team around him.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission: Impossible - Fallout is streaming on Paramount+, YouTube TV, and FXNow in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, before Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.
- Chronological order: after Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, before Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.
What to watch before Mission: Impossible - Fallout
In release order, the essentials before Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) are Mission: Impossible (1996), Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015).
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
- Henry Cavill as August Walker
- Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell
- Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn
- Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust
- Sean Harris as Solomon Lane
- Angela Bassett as Erika Sloane
- Vanessa Kirby as The White Widow
- Michelle Monaghan as Julia
- Wes Bentley as Erik
- Frederick Schmidt as Zola
- Alec Baldwin as Alan Hunley
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie.