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Listen to our discussion of Mission: Impossible – Fallout here.

A wide-ranging discussion follows the release of the final Mission: Impossible film… perhaps. José doesn’t believe that they’ll stop making them, nor does he want them to, but he is glad that Tom Cruise appears to be hanging up his boots – he’s just too old now. While he reflects on Cruise’s career and stardom, Mike’s watched every Mission: Impossible film in anticipation of The Final Reckoning, and tracks changes in their aesthetics, sexuality, and comic tone, as the series worked its way towards finding the formula that’s become its signature.

With José Arroyo of First Impressions and Michael Glass of Writing About Film.