Why Tom Cruise’s Stunts Make “Mission: Impossible” the Best Action-Film Franchise Tom Cruise has never won an Oscar, but he has found a different way to set himself apart—by becoming the Daniel Day Lewis of stunt work. “It communicates to an audience when it’s real,” Cruise has said. “It’s different. There’s stakes.” When we watch the actor’s stunts, we are watching someone defy death, over and over again. On the opening weekend of “Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning,” Tyler Foggatt, a se