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Movie · Action, Thriller · 2018 · PG-13

Mission: Impossible – Fallout: parents' guide

13+our pick

Best for ages 13 and up. Rated PG-13 for violence and intense sequences of action, and for brief strong language.

A breathless, very long spy thriller for teens who love big stunts. Ethan Hunt and his team chase stolen plutonium across Paris, London and Kashmir while double-crosses pile up. It is the most intense film in the series so far: brutal bathroom and helicopter fights, shootouts, stabbings, a man dragged to his death by a hook, and a nightmare of a nuclear blast, though blood is mostly brief. Language includes one f-word and several s-words, and romance is limited to a kiss. About 13 and up.

What's in it

Violence

Moderate

Frequent and hard-hitting: brutal fights through walls and mirrors, shootouts with many deaths, men stabbed in the chest, a woman hit by a car, and a man dragged off a cliff by a hook. One shooting leaves a pool of blood.

Language

Moderate

Plugged In counted one f-word and about six s-words, plus 'prick,' 'bitch,' 'damn,' 'hell' and a few misuses of God's and Jesus' names. Middle-finger gestures.

Sex and nudity

Mild

A seductive arms dealer kisses Ethan, and men outside a bathroom stall joke that the two men inside are having sex. No nudity.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Mild

Mixed drinks at a nightclub. Several people are knocked out with tranquilizer injections. No drug use or drunkenness.

Scary or intense scenes

Moderate

Constant peril: a nuclear countdown, a nightmare of a nuclear blast wiping people out, a teammate nearly hanged, a dangling fight on a cliff, and a terrifying helicopter chase.

Worth talking about

Ethan keeps risking the mission to save one person. Ask your teen when protecting a single life should outweigh the bigger plan.

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, the MPA, movieguide.org. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.