Whether he’s leaping between skyscrapers or jumping on Oprah Winfrey’s couch, Tom Cruise has not let age (or gravity) slow him down. Even when those very same actions have had unpleasant consequences – Cruise breaking his ankle shooting on London rooftops for Mission: Impossible – Fallout and becoming the subject of global mockery for his exuberant declaration of love for former wife Katie Holmes to Winfrey in 2005 – he continues to throw himself into every activity with impressive zeal.

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,