Ethan will always "figure it out", as he and his team repeat during Final Reckoning. He is but one man, but to save humanity he will plunge to the bottom of the freezing ocean; he will wrestle a plane to the ground with his bare hands. Ethan Hunt’s not giving up, are you?

Impossible character Ethan Hunt gamely takes on the burden, ad nauseam, of saving the world, Cruise genuinely thinks he can save cinema. His optimism is touching, if unrealistic. But as hard as he, and we,