The Final Reckoning is upon us, but unlike its contemporaries, the franchise won't reckon with its hero's end.

Impossible - The Final Reckoning could be the end of the road. So does Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt make it out alive?

During a couple of scenes in "Final Reckoning," viewers get a flash of the dossier of Ethan Hunt, the character Tom Cruise has played in the "Mission: Impossible" movies since the big-screen reboot began in 1996. At the top of the first page visible in Hunt's top-secret file is his place of birth — Madison, Wisconsin.