“ Tom Cruise has done it again!” That’s the very early verdict from press screenings for the Hollywood icon’s latest film, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, with the film variously described as “astonishing,” “jaw-dropping,” “insane” and the “action movie of the summer.”

Tom Cruise returns to Cannes with ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’. In this photo, Tom Cruise poses for photographers during the photo call for the film 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP) Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP

The stunts in Tom Cruise’s new film are earning all the praise but many have criticised the ‘dysfunctional’ story