Netflix: In a few days, it will be impossible to see this famous action saga on the platform

Have you been planning to rewatch the entire Mission: Impossible saga before the seventh installment Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning hits theaters (July 12)? In this case, you better hurry, because the films of the franchise available on Netflix will leave the platform’s catalog on June 30!

Adaptation of the successful series of the 60s Mission: Impossible saga began in 1996 with the first part of Brian De Palma. Tom Cruise already played the role of special agent Ethan Hunt, the sole survivor of a mission in which members of his unit were destroyed by a double agent.

While the first installment highlighted its plot twists, the franchise saw a turning point with the second film, directed by John Woo, with a more action-oriented narrative, with high-stakes sequences shot without Tom Cruise. Overlooking the waterfall.

Jumping in the void, chasing water, chasing on the roofs of London, climbing naked on the tallest tower in the world… for Tom Cruise, no challenge was “impossible” during his adventures!

This breathless aspect gradually became the red thread of the saga, from the third episode of the JJ Abrams saga, which fans saw as a semi-reboot with the creation of a team of allies that accompany Ethan Hunt in each of his games. missions.

To date, the Mission: Impossible license spans a total of six feature films, soon to be joined by the two installments of Dead Reckoning (Part 1: Next June 12, Part 2: June 26, 2024).

Not all of the first six films in the saga are available on Netflix, but the platform still offers the last four opus to date, namely JJ Abrams’ Mission: Impossible 3, Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, as well as Mission: Impossible. – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout by Christopher McQuarrie.

So there will be no need to delay your M:I retrospective programming until the new film comes out, as these four feature films will finally leave the Netflix catalog on June 30th. Note, however, that six Mission: Impossible movies are now available on Paramount +!

Discover the list of movies currently available on the platform!