First of all, Ghost Protocol is my favorite Mission: Impossible movie. This fourth film in the franchise marked a turning point and began the era of M:I we know and love today. This also meant the promotion of Simon Pegg’s Benji, and that, mixed with the film’s spy tech, is where the brilliant humor comes in.

Tom Cruise (and the marketing for The Final Reckoning) has heavily implied that he's saying goodbye to Ethan Hunt this year, which makes it a great time to watch the Mission: Impossible movies in order.

Impossible’ took the cast to Norway — where they experienced “polar-bear-related shutdowns,” says director Christopher McQuarrie

Known for its vicious villains, the franchise sports its Biggest Bad yet: an AI known as The Entity that's bent on wiping humans off the planet. Mashable Senior Creative Producer Mark Stetson sat down with the cast (Simon Pegg,

The Final Reckoning, which is now in theaters. Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoningacts as the long-awaited finale to a franchise nearly three decades in the making. The eighth installment of Tom Cruise's thrilling spy saga,