188. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning (2025)

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join the boys for another high-octane episode of Podcast Assemble! This week, they’re recommending Shōgun (for the feudalists among you) and The Fall Guy (for anyone still clinging to cinema’s charm offensive). Then it’s onto the not-so-final instalment of Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning—which, shockingly, is not the final reckoning. Timecodes: (0:00:22) - Intro (0:03:13) - What's been happening? (0:09:40) - What have you been watching? (0:29:10) - Stupid Plot Summary (0:29:52) - Cast & Crew (0:31:04) - Plot (0:39:16) - The World Setting (0:46:37) - Stunts and CGI (0:49:07) - Tones & Themes (0:52:15) - 3 Best & 3 Worst (0:55:29) - Critical Reception (0:56:16) - Better or Worse than Aquaman (2018)? (0:56:32) - !! SPOILERS !! (1:06:35) - Trivia True or False (1:09:22) - Wrap-Up Main Topic: Final Reckoning continues Ethan Hunt’s decades-long vendetta against gravity, logic, and retirement. Tom Cruise sprints, dives, and motorcycle-launches his way through Part Two of what might be the world's most polite apocalypse, courtesy of an AI villain with a vague name and even vaguer motives. It’s sleek, it’s loud, and it’s still asking us to care about a rabbit’s foot from 2006. Tommy’s all in. DL’s wondering when Ethan’s knees will file for workers’ comp. Is Final Reckoning a thrilling masterclass in action cinema—or just a three-hour reminder that Tom Cruise still does his own stunts? Let us know at [email protected] or hit us up on socials. Shout-outs guaranteed—disavowals optional. This podcast will self-destruct in 5.. 4... 3... 2... Website || Instagram || Twitter || YouTube || Email **************************** And while we've got you, we'd love it if you gave us a 5 star review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and let us know what you think of the show. #missionimpossible #finalreckoning #tomcruise #simonpegg #MI #movie #podcast