Empire Magazine April 2025 Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning Daredevil Charlie Cox

When it comes to Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise doesn’t compromise. The death-defying adventures of Ethan Hunt have, in tandem, given us the death-defying adventures of Cruise himself – and with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, he’s raising the stakes even more impossibly high than ever before. Just see the cover of Empire’s world-exclusive The Final Reckoning issue, which finds Cruise at a… well, cruising altitude, clinging to the wing of a yellow Boeing Stearman biplane at 10,000 feet in one of the new film’s most breathtaking stunt-fuelled sequences. Hold on tight; the fuse is lit.

This month, Empire goes on set of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, getting up close and personal with Cruise and his director Christopher McQuarrie as they attempt to pull off their most dangerous Mission yet. Inside, Empire speaks to Cruise and McQuarrie – plus Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff and more – on the film’s insane ambitions, the reaction to Dead Reckoning, how it connects to Missions past, and whether or not it’ll mark Hunt’s last bow. Plus, it’s packed with never-before-seen images, on-set insights, and a conversation with Cruise looking back at every single Mission movie so far. It’s the ultimate inside access, that does everything but strap you to that plane next to Hollywood’s greatest daredevil.

And that’s not all – this month’s issue also goes deep with De Niro on his new gangster epic The Alto Knights; ventures further into Pandora with another all-new look at Avatar: Fire And Ash; goes to Hell’s Kitchen and back with Daredevil: Born Again; and pays tribute to the late, great David Lynch. Prepare for take-off and order your copy today.