Will this be the film that sinks Cruise?

You seem to be obsessed with his looks.
I think most people would agree, he has aged quite well, and is a good looking man.
He's also very fit and stays in great shape. Haggard? Jowly? Nah, he looks great.
Does he still look 30? No. Does he look great for 59? Yes.
So....what's the problem?

When Sean Connery was nearing 70, he looked awesome as an older man in his roles. For example, in The Rock, he wasn't trying to play a 30 year old. He looked every bit a man in his late 60's....but he looked good, and he could still pull off the action scenes.

Likewise Liam Neason.......likewise Harrison Ford......likewise Mel Gibson.....likewise Sly Stallone, etc, etc.....

Cruise doesn't need to look 30 to look good.

What is it, Foot-in-Mouth....are you feeling your OWN mortality, and thus feel the need to project?

Today and because this is a glorious parody post.

Why is the MCU your immediate thought?
Considering the quality of "Top Gun: Maverick" and considering how bland and stale phase 4 of the MCU has become of late, I think joining the MCU would be a bit of a downgrade. To play which character, exactly?

Anyway, he had a chance to play Iron Man back 2008 and he decided not to. The role, of course, went to Robert Downey, Jr.. I don't think he'll go that way if offered today. He likes to control the projects he stars in and I don't think that's feasible anymore with Marvel, because of all the interconnectivity between movies and TV shows.

No, what I meant is that he'll continue to do the opposite of "sinking", which he has been doing for years (even decades). He has been producing the projects he stars in. He has the two upcoming M:I movies which, apart from the second one, have been top quality films. He still has the other project on the ISS with Doug Liman. And the rumored/announced sequel to "Edge of Tomorrow".

Adjustment? One must never adjust the recipe to Lorenzo’s Oil, otherwise it won’t work. I’m starting to think that you haven’t seen the film.

Why would they think ‘the gigs up?’

This film is set 36 years after the first film, they’re not trying to hide how old Maverick/Cruise is supposed to be in this one. He literally gets called ‘pops’ and ‘old man’ by his trainee fighter pilots at a bar before they find out he’s their instructor.

After 2 more Mission: Impossible films he’ll probably retire from action roles, at least roles that will physically push the limits of his body with the stunt work he does.

At the moment though he’s leaving behind a legacy as Hollywood’s greatest action star and Paramount Pictures are more than happy to let him do it.

Mission: Impossible is the 16th highest grossing film franchise of all time, Paramount’s second highest grossing film franchise (after Transformers) and is widely considered by film critics to be one of the best action franchises in cinema history I doubt they’re thinking ‘the gig is up’ just yet.

Give it a few more years though and I definitely see Cruise just doing drama films. I highly doubt he’s going to become like Liam Neeson in the ‘Taken’ films where they have to have shaky cam and quick cuts for the fights to try and make Neeson look like a badass and not the old timer that he is.

Yeah, doesn't matter what you say you said.

Your bias against Cruise is front and center.

Doesn't take any gymnastics, just common sense.

Time will tell....

So you were posting a rhetorical question to lead off a message board thread? 🤔

And yes, I don't believe there is a statute of limitations on whether one should be riding a motorbike or smiling at their age.

You said this film would sink his career so yes you are a dumb fuck