CinemaMission: Impossible 8: spectator ‘almost had a heart attack’ during action scene, says director

A spectator who has been to a screening of Mission: Impossible 8 claimed he “almost had a heart attack” while watching an action scene, the film’s director said Christopher McQuarriewho was present at the session.

In an interview with the magazine Empire (via NME), McQuarrie commented on the public reaction after the session. According to the filmmaker, he overheard an audience member saying he nearly suffered a heart attack while watching an intense action scene.

“We had a little screening, and someone said, ‘I was choking the whole sequence. I almost had a heart attack.’ And I thought, ‘I think we did something right,'” he said. McQuarrie to the magazine.

About the sequel

Mission: Impossible – The Final Hiteighth chapter of the action franchise starring Tom Cruiseis scheduled to debut in theaters on May 22, 2025.

Details about the novel’s plot have not been released, but it is a direct continuation of Mission: Impossible – Reckoningreleased in 2023. In the previous feature, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) embarks on his most dangerous mission to date, to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands.

With the fate of the world in our hands, Hunt He still sees old enemies getting closer and starts a deadly race around the world, which forces him to consider that nothing is more relevant than his new mission – even the people he loves most in life.

In addition to Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Holt McCallany (Mindhunter), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction: Time of Violence), Simon Pegg (Everyone Almost Dead), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3), Esai Morales (How to Get Away with Murder) and Henry Czerny (Scream VI) are also in the film.