When the idea was first mooted at the back-end of the 20th century, making a big-screen adaptation of the hit 1966-73 show Mission: Impossible smacked of studio IP-grab desperation, the kind of lazy thinking that,

Underwater and high in the sky, Tom Cruise's stunts are fantastic, but Cannes we get past the running exposition? A rapturous French premiere says that mission is quite possible.

It’s been nearly 30 years since Tom Cruise stepped into the role of Ethan Hunt, pulling off one death-defying stunt after another. With Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning expected to be the actor’s swan song, it’s only apt for things to end off on a bang, which, in Geek Culture speak, means an exclusive fan screening.