"Mission Impossible" does not have a great track record when it comes to female characters. The franchise relies on tired tropes and gender stereotypes at the expense of its female leads.

Losing Ilsa Faust as a character was damaging to the Mission: Impossible franchise, but her death was also poorly received by fans for its connection to a controversial trend. Very quickly ...

As part of its July slate, the world’s most popular streaming service has added Ethan Hunt’s first five missions. While ...

It’s easy to forget that the Mission: Impossible movies are rooted in an old TV show. After all, today the franchise is known for Tom Cruise’s elaborate stuntwork, not constant reminders of ...

It’s 10 a.m. in Sydney, where Hayley Atwell is preparing to walk the red carpet as the “Mission: Impossible” crew’s newest member, joining producer and star Tom Cruise and writer-director ...

Tom Cruise in “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (Credit: Paramount Pictures) Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) Tom Cruise returns as our hero Ethan Hunt, having played the character since 1996.

The Mission: Impossible franchise hasn’t always been kind to its female characters. Granted, spy films on the whole are still trying to account for a world that sees women as capable, even ...

The new Mission: Impossible suffers from double fridging: the female characters in the movie don't seem to live beyond Ethan Hunt's character arc.

For instance my character in the Mission Impossible franchise, or pick any other female character from the film, all the women are distinctive. They’re not one thing, ...

The Mission: Impossible movies try out a lot of different roles for women, indulging in stereotypes and sometimes riffing on them, too. Many of them work cleverly if imperfectly in the moment.