10 Movie Franchises With No Bad Sequels

2. Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible - Fallout Tom Cruise
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There are no bad Mission: Impossible movies. I don't particularly care for Mi3 - which I know is sacrilege given the performance Phillip Seymour Hoffman gives - but J.J. Abrams' direction can't compete with masters like Brian De Palma or John Woo, who by all accounts knocked it out of the park for the first two instalments.

Like Mad Max however, this is a series that has improved with time. 2011's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol by Brad Bird was brilliantly inventive, while filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie took things to a whole other level of 2015 and 2018 entries Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Fallout. These films have cemented Tom Cruise as a true "Movies Man" ambassador, accomplishing all kinds of wild stunts and taking time between shooting to emphasise the importance of the cinema as a venue.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - which is set to release later this summer - looks like it will continue this trend.

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