Impossible film series, Tom Cruise has continually raised the stakes with his impressively wild stunts. His new release, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, is a high-stakes, stunt-filled adventure that proves once again the actor’s willingness to do whatever it takes to create the perfect action shot.

It's difficult to imagine anybody other than Alan Ritchson in the role of Jack Reacher, but, not too long ago, the character was played in two theatrical movies by none other than Tom Cruise. Reacher creator Lee Child wasn't exactly a fan of Cruise's casting as the famously towering character,

Cruise's lone collaboration with Martin Scorsese came in this pro-pool drama — a sequel to 1961's The Hustler with Paul Newman reprising his role as "Fast Eddie" Felson, the hard-edged mentor to Cruise's cocky nine-ball whiz Vincent.