Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning,’ Tom Cruise's final case as Ethan Hunt after nearly 30 years, earned a 7½-minute ovation after its Cannes premiere.

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,

Impossible" series is getting just a little tired? All that running! All that flopping about of Tom Cruise's hair! All those endless rehashes of the (admittedly banging) theme music! All those faces being ripped off!