The official trailer for Tom Cruise‘s next Mission: Impossible movie – titled Dead Reckoning, Part One – was released early on Wednesday morning.
The heart-stopping, high-speed clip from director Christopher McQuarrie showed plenty of action scenes with the Hollywood actor, whose film Top Gun: Maverick was a massive summer 2022 hit.
Cruise performs some of the most daring stunts of his long and varied career. There is an on-the-edge-of-your-seat chase scene on top of a moving train and he also rides his motorcycle off a cliff.
This is Tom’s seventh MI film, and there is a talk of an eighth one on the way as well.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One will be released in theaters on July 14, 2023.
He is back: The official trailer for Tom Cruise ‘s next Mission: Impossible movie – titled Dead Reckoning, Part One – was released early on Wednesday morning
Another summer blockbuster? The film is poised to make a fortune; here is the new poster shared Wednesday
Cruise stars as special agent Ethan Hunt who works for the Impossible Missions Force (IMF).
Also returning to the sequel are his usual sidekicks – veteran Hollywood names Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Vanessa Kirby.
Henry Czerny, who appeared in the original 1996 Mission Impossible as IMF director Eugene Kittridge, is also back for more thrills with the A list star.
The newcomers are Hayley Atwell as Grace and Eighties Latin heartthrob Esai Morales as the movie’s main villain.
Dead Reckoning is the seventh entry in the spy thriller series.
The film is expected to become a box-office dynamo this summer in the same way that Top Gun 2 was last summer.
IMF man: Cruise stars as special agent Ethan Hunt who works for the Impossible Missions Force (IMF)
His gal? Also seen is stunning brunette star Hayley Atwell as Grace; Tom and Hayley have been romantically linked
Explosive: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One will be released in theaters on July 14, 2023
More to this: Also returning to the sequel are Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Vanessa Kirby
On a boat for their new mission: Pegg is behind the wheel while Rhames and Ferguson take the back seats
Cruise takes pride in performing almost all of his movie stunts.
And this sequel is packed with them.
Some of the highlights include a shoot out during a terrifying sand storm as Cruise tries to ride away on horseback.
There is also a physical fight with plenty of fists flying inside a nightclub, where naked women dance on table tops.
Where is Tom goigng: The actor is seen speeding toward a rocky cliff while on a two wheeler
This could end very badly: One of the best stunts is seeing Tom ride his motorcycle off a cliff and falling with his parachute on his back
Tom is in the sky: The snowy mountain tops can be seen in the background as Cruise starts to fall
There is a chase and a desperate attempt not to fall off a moving train.
And Cruise speeds around a European town in a tiny yellow car that can barely keep its wheels on the road.
One of the best stunts is seeing Tom ride his motorcycle off a cliff and falling with his parachute on his back which ends the clip.
And then there is the evil that lurks.
‘Your days of fighting for the so-called greater good are over,’ says Czerny, who played the IMF director Eugene Kittridge in a previous MI film.
‘This is our chance to control the truth. The concepts of right and wrong for everyone for centuries to come. You’re fighting to save an ideal that doesn’t exist, never did. You need to pick a side.’
Cruise’s Ethan does not look too happy with the speech.
Easy getaway: At one point a Fiat appears out of nowhere and Cruise, with Atwell, decide to jump in
Cozy car: Cruise speeds around a European town in the tiny yellow car that can barely keep its wheels on the road
The look of terror: Tom has on a shirt, tie and vest as he puts a hand up to brace himself during the thrill ride
He has the need for speed: Here the actor grits his teeth as he braces for what could be a crash
The very first look at MI:7 came during Paramount’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas in late April.
The action star was seen at the event in a pre-recorded message filmed on a red airplane from the South Africa set of Mission: Impossible 8.
Then a trailer for the sequel was shared, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In the message, Cruise – the ex-husband of Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes – was on top of a red biplane.
‘Hey everyone,’ Cruise said, his voice hard to hear over to the rushing wind. ‘Wish I could be there with you. I’m sorry for the extra noise. As you can see, we are filming the latest installment of Mission: Impossible.’
Man on train top: And Cruise is seen in all black as he lays low while the train goes at top speed
Taking a jump: A person is seen hoping from car to car as the train keeps chugging along the tracks
That sure is a close call: Cruise’s Hunt helps a woman from falling off the train and onto the tracks
Derailed: The train goes off its tracks and looks headed for doom with trees in the background
This will not end well: Here the train is seen leaving the bridge as it plunges down into a valley below
Dark force: And then there is the evil that lurks. ‘Your days of fighting for the so-called greater good are over,’ says Czerny, who played the IMF director Eugene Kittridge in a previous MI film. ‘This is our chance to control the truth. The concepts of right and wrong for everyone for centuries to come. You’re fighting to save an ideal that doesn’t exist, never did. You need to pick a side’
A name: Cruise’s film Mission: Impossible 7 was first seen at Paramount’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas in late April
So much beauty: Cruise’s Hunt is seen on his motorcycle as he cruises through a very green forest area alone
Since its debut in 1996, Mission: Impossible has become one of Paramount’s most successful franchises with its six films raking in a total of $3.57billion in box office sales.
The last MI film, 2016’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout was the franchise’s highest-grossing movie to date, bringing in $791million worldwide.
