When we watch the actor’s stunts, we are watching someone defy death, over and over again. It’s impossible to look away.

Whether he's scaling the world's tallest building, holding his breath for six straight minutes, or jumping from plane to plane in the latest installment, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, there's nothing Tom Cruise won't do to entertain us.

That’s just part of what bogs down The Final Reckoning. In fact the movie is slow out of the gate as it has to set up what has happened in the two months between the end of Dead Reckoning, the basics of the plot and a quick “best-of” clip from the franchise before things really get going.