While Cruise and McQuarrie say the right things about respecting each other, it’s clear how much power Cruise has over the “Mission” franchise, now in its eighth iteration.

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is the eighth and presumably final installment of Cruise’s Mission: Impossible film series, which kicked off in 1996.

Tom Cruise and the cast of "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" leave the Cannes premiere.