The New Yorker’s Tyler Foggatt on how the actor’s death-defying physical performances are essential to the success of the series.

Tom Cruise's world-saving Ethan Hunt returns in the eighth installment, 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning'The eighth installment starring Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is in theaters nowCruise's Ethan Hunt sets out to save the planet one more time in what's believed to be his final outing in the roleCostar Simon Pegg has called the film "an end of sorts" but the door is open for future adventuresMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is finally here.