Cruise, who has played Ethan Hunt since 1996’s “Mission: Impossible,” has said repeatedly that “The Final Reckoning” marks the end of the franchise. “ It’s the final,” he told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May. “It’s not called ‘Final’ for nothing.”

Tom Cruise keeps raising the bar with his own stunts — though he revealed some left him dangerously close to disaster. In a bonus feature for the digital release of Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning,