All good things must come to an end, and while the guy with the need for speed isn’t going gently into the night just yet — coming soon: Tom Cruise in Literal Outer Space — he’s ready to retire the brand on a high note.

Picking up from Dead Reckoning Part One, Cruise’s Ethan Hunt now holds the key to confronting the formidable AI known as the Entity, his most perilous adversary yet. The film propels the plot forward as Hunt must gather his team to locate the sunken Russian submarine containing the Entity’s source code, the key to its destruction.

The 'Final Reckoning' filmmaker partook in a masterclass at Cannes, which featured a surprise appearance by Cruise, who declined to state if the latest 'Mission' would be his last: "I'd rather just people see it and enjoy.

The four-time Oscar nominee was in the city as a recipient of the BFI's highest honor, the award of BFI Fellowship. To celebrate the occasion, Cruise took the stage at BFI Southbank for a conversation moderated by DJ and presenter Edith Bowman.