In a win for Paramount, “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” has landed a May 30 release date in Chinese theaters.

With the fate of the world once again on the line, Tom Cruise aims to deliver a cinematic spectacle rooted in suspense and spirit of old-school filmmaking.

Impossible character Ethan Hunt gamely takes on the burden, ad nauseam, of saving the world, Cruise genuinely thinks he can save cinema. His optimism is touching, if unrealistic. But as hard as he, and we,