“Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning,” a Paramount Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association for “bloody images, action, brief language, and sequences of strong violence.” Running time: 179 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

Impossible - The Final Reckoning" (opening Friday) is indeed the last entry in the juggernaut that is the Tom Cruise-led "Mission: Impossible" film franchise, then it may be just as well. This disappointing installment,