The Impossible

Theatrical - Wide 2025-05-17

Cast Tom Cruise Hayley Atwell Ving Rhames Simon Pegg Esai Morales
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Written by Sergio Sánchez

Box Office Gross: $598,767,057

Running Time: 170 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, TC Productions

Genres: Action Adventure Thriller

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Synopsis

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world’s governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt’s past on their trail. Joined... See more by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

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