Unbelievable response to Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible sequel

It looks like Tom Cruise is onto another winner with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

The blockbuster film - which cost almost $400 million to make - has already been described as 'astonishing' by early viewers.

Following a series of press screenings, movie critics took to social media to gush about the latest instalment in the franchise, calling it 'the action film of the summer.' 

'Tom Cruise defies all odds with jaw-dropping action built only for Imax,' wrote critic Anthony Gagliardi.

'Every stunt, every set piece, every second is designed to blow your mind, A PULSE-POUNDING THRILL RIDE, and Cruise remains the king of spectacle,' he added.

Fandango's Erik Davis wrote, 'Absolutely astonishing action moments meet a sprawling story with many nods to past MI films. It's the biggest, wildest and most consequential Mission movie yet.'

Movie critic Dave Baldwin gushed, 'It's exceptionally entertaining with pulse-pounding stunts that will leave you gasping. Tom Cruise has done it again.'

While most of the feedback for the film was positive, there were a few minor critiques from some viewers. 

Brad Shanker said that it 'drags in the middle' while Gizmodo's Germaine Lussier described it as 'long, plotty, and repetitive.'

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning opens in the US on May 23.

While it was originally billed as the last instalment in the long-running franchise, Cruise has since hinted that the series may continue.  

Cruise previously admitted that he joined the franchise for Brian De Palma's first entry in 1996 because he hoped to transform the action genre after a string of critically acclaimed performance that raised his profile in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

'It was about looking at Mission and thinking, "What can we do with action?"' he said, via Deadline. 

'It was about how I can evolve action and storytelling and imbue that kind of storytelling with greater amounts of emotion. 

'That's my interest. So I studied stunts and different cameras to develop my abilities and develop the technology.'

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He added that, though he didn't have a formal education in acting or film, he was able to work closely with major filmmakers — like Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg — and iconic actors — including The Color Of Money costar Paul Newman — to teach him about his craft. 

Cruise noted that earlier in his career he would 'force the studios' to send him abroad on various projects so he could learn how movies were made outside of the United States.

'At the time, Hollywood was very Hollywood. It was about America, but I was very much about the global,' he said.

The Collateral star even claimed that he introduced Hollywood studios to the idea of holding red-carpet premieres in other countries to help promote and grow film culture across the world. 

He went on to recall his time working on A Few Good Men and his 'extraordinary experience' filming its climactic courthouse scene with Jack Nicholson.

Cruise said bigwigs from around Hollywood would drop by the studio in LA to see him and Nicholson sparring on stage.

He also explained his decision to turn down a sequel to his blockbuster action film Top Gun (1986) because he wanted to make different kinds of films and diversify himself as an actor.

'My goals are endless,' he reportedly said to hearty applause.