Hired to compose a theme for CBS' new spy-themed series Mission: Impossible, Schifrin came up with a piece of music with an unusual 5/4 time signature that cheekily kicked off with the letters M ...

The new Mission: Impossible suffers by making similar moves. It struggles to make sense of Hunt’s story as one long saga, yielding an awkwardly paced, lethargic-in-stretches film.

John Woo's Mission: Impossible II has garnered a cult following since its release in 2000, but looking back on the grand scale of things, Ethan Hunt is a completely different character in the movie.

Being a spy is like watching paint dry. And they don’t have to be in the best shape. The tooth capsule thing? Real. A former spy tells us what Tom Cruise gets right and wrong in the franchise.

After Mission: Impossible II, Hunt’s use of handguns greatly diminishes. But this movie has one of the best openers, Cruise free-climbing up the side of a butte in Utah.

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is now available to preorder as a 4K steelbook or on standard 4K. Its release date is still to be determined.

Argentine pianist and composer Lalo Schifrin, best known for his scores for Mission: Impossible and more than 200 other films and TV shows, including Bullitt, Mannix and Cool Hand Luke, has died.