SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains massive spoilers for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1. If you have not yet seen the film, proceed at your own risk!
The Mission: Impossible franchise has never been one for strict, complicated continuity between its installments, but Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 is a different ballgame. As implied by the title, the new blockbuster provides audiences with only half of an epic, multi-part story – similar to what we saw from the conclusion of Fast X and the cliffhanger in Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. The action concludes with a setup for the direct sequel... and that means that there is a lot of narrative pressure on the end of Dead Reckoning Part 1.
