Paramount Studios and IMAX offer fans a chance to watch Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning before the action film makes its wider theatrical release with a special opening day screening. However, movie lovers must plan visits to the popcorn stand or bathroom accordingly for the special event.
Per Collider, Paramount and IMAX have teamed up for an opening day fan event featuring the exclusive screening of The Final Reckoning on May 22 at 2 p.m. ET. However, this won’t be an ordinary screening as there won’t be any commercials or movie trailers airing before the lights are dimmed for the feature presentation. As soon as 2 p.m. hits, the opening credits on The Final Reckoning will roll.
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Tickets for The Final Reckoning opening day screening are available on the IMAX website’s landing page, plus exhibitor websites, the IMAX app and participating box offices. Fans in attendance will receive a limited-edition 14×20 dual-sided collector’s print, only available at these early IMAX screenings. The special event comes a day before the eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible film series hits cinemas across North America. Cruise recently stated the importance of The Final Reckoning being shot in IMAX, claiming that it will give audiences a full-fledged cinematic experience.
Cruise returns for The Final Reckoning as IMF operative leader Ethan Hunt, who leads his charges against the AI-powered villain, the Entity, and its liaison, Gabriel (Esai Morales), continuing their battle from the last Mission: Impossible sequel, Dead Reckoning. The Final Reckoning sees several familiar franchise faces return alongside Cruise, including Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn), Ving Rhames (Luther Stickell), Henry Czerny (Eugene Kittridge), Vanessa Kirby (Alanna Mitsopolis), Hayley Atwell (Grace) and Angela Bassett (Erika Sloane). The film also welcomes back Shea Whigham (Jasper Briggs) and Pom Klementieff (Paris) from Dead Reckoning, while new faces Hannah Waddingham and Bill Offerman also feature.
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Fans will have to wait until The Final Reckoning hits theaters to know if this is the final Mission: Impossible movie. Should it be the franchise finale, Cruise is going out with a bang as he continues to test every possible limit with his stunts. Cruise legitimately hangs off a plane at 8,000 feet during one crucial scene in The Final Reckoning and features in an underwater sequence which nearly suffocated him during filming. Cruise’s penchant for perfecting his stunts was so evident that director Christopher McQuarrie had to stop him from reshooting them.
Early Reactions Are Positive
Early reactions to The Final Reckoning have been positive following advanced screenings. Box-office projections have The Final Reckoning setting a franchise-best domestic opening record during Memorial Day weekend. Paramount will be hoping the fans turn out in droves for the potential Mission: Impossible closer, considering its reported $400 million budget.
The Final Reckoning opens in theaters on May 23.
Source: Collider
