However, its return in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning suggests otherwise, as there is seemingly no reason why Ethan would need to use a bioweapon in a fight against the AI villain The ...

Eventually, though, Phelps is revealed as Mission: Impossible’s main villain. He’s been pulling the strings on all kinds of evil deeds, including the elimination of those IMF agents.

Using Voight and the legacy of Jim Phelps as the basis for a major villain twist was revolutionary at the time of Mission: Impossible‘s release – and arguably still is, in a world where ...