Pom Klementieff steals a few scenes as a mysterious assassin, as does Esai Morales as a glowering enemy from Hunt's past. There are some intriguing new characters, too, including a wily thief, well played by Hayley Atwell, who draws Hunt into an extended game of cat-and-mouse. You may also remember Vanessa Kirby, reprising her Fallout role as a ruthless arms broker and giving, in a single sequence, perhaps the movie's best performance. If you're kept up with the series, you'll recognize those friends here, including Hunt's fellow operatives played by Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson. That trauma was formative it explains why, in movie after movie, Hunt has repeatedly put his life on the line for his friends. Here, he seems to be paying sly tribute to that 1996 original, even evoking its horrific early setpiece in which Hunt watched helplessly as his IMF teammates were murdered, one by one. Coronavirus Updates Sorry, Tom Cruise Fans - New 'Top Gun' And 'Mission Impossible' Movies Delayed Again
