Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning confirmed an important connection with Mission: Impossible III with the return of Rabbit’s Foot, making for the film’s most exciting reveal yet. Since Christopher McQuarrie became involved in the action franchise, he has been working to connect all of Tom Cruise’s characters. Mission: Impossible films together to make the franchise feel more complete. This meant bringing back forgotten characters, resolving major plot threads, and building the world as a whole. This all helped put The final reckoning in a good position to close the Mission: Impossible franchise possibly.
The idea of ending the Mission: Impossible franchising puts extra pressure on The final reckoning be a huge success and give Cruise’s Ethan Hunt a proper send-off. But it also adds weight to any franchise connections to previous films it includes. It’s been a long time knew that the eighth installment would delve deep into the franchise’s lore to solve some central mysteries by bringing back William Donloe from the original 1996 film. However, the Mission: Impossible 8 trailer has now confirmed an extremely important Mission: Impossible 3 connection with Rabbit’s Foot.
The mysterious weapon is back
In a brief moment of the first Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning teaser trailer, it is revealed that JJ Abrams’ mysterious MacGuffin from the franchise’s third installment is returning. The recognizable Mission: Impossible 3The rabbit’s foot is seen when Ethan picks it up from a container. Although the Rabbit’s Foot played a central role in Mission: Impossible 3, the film left out the scene of Ethan stealing the potential bioweapon. There is no archival footage of this scene to The final reckoning to reuse, confirming that this is a brand new photo intended for The final reckoning.
This implies that McQuarrie filmed new footage for the eighth installment, showing Ethan stealing the Rabbit’s Foot in this previous mission. This decision and including the MacGuffin so clearly in the trailer provides evidence that Rabbit’s Foot influences Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningthe story somehow. There was no way this Easter egg would go unnoticed by viewers who are in touch with the action franchise’s history, so seeing Rabbit’s Foot in the trailer is intended to spark more theories about its role and purpose.
The franchise is bringing everything together
The fact that Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is making Rabbit’s Foot important again after Mission: Impossible 3 It’s incredibly exciting. The mystery of what Rabbit’s Foot really is has persisted for a long timeand now there’s a chance McQuarrie and Cruise intend to answer Abrams’ mystery box. But even if that doesn’t happen, the fact that The final reckoning is connecting Mission: Impossible 3 It’s still incredibly fun. The third part is often forgotten and underrated, but it is still an extremely important part of Hunt’s story.
Ethan’s search for the rabbit’s foot in Mission: Impossible III it was the first time he worked with Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg). The series made Benji, Ethan and Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) the core for future episodes. However, The final reckoning It could be the last time they are together, as the trailer shows Luther’s death, while Ethan’s death has been theorized. If Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning wraps up this era of the franchise for Ethan, Benji, and Luther, tying it back to where it began for them with Rabbit’s Foot and Mission: Impossible III It’s brilliant.