Mission: Impossible 4 Rescued The Series (& Tom Cruise’s Career)

arrived six years later and is notable for being J.J. Abrams’ directorial debut and while not regarded as one of the franchise’s best, it’s a solid spy adventure with a great villain performance by the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman. While Mission: Impossible 3 was a success, its less than $400 million box-office haul was seen as a disappointment. The movie’s performance also saw Paramount cut its long-standing relationship with Cruise, with the actor’s public persona being specifically cited as a reason for the sequel’s underperformance.