Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning,’ Tom Cruise's final case as Ethan Hunt after nearly 20 years, earned a 7.5-minute ovation after its Cannes premiere.

A.I. was merely a creeping threat in "Dead Reckoning." Here it’s a specter whose time has arrived, and that’s part of what makes this a more potent adventure.

Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, and more star in the eighth film in the stunt-filled action franchise, out May 23.