Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
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Continuity mistake: During Paris and Gabriel's fight in the train, the dead guy behind has his eyes open all the time except for a brief shot where they are closed. A shot later they're open again.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Ethan and Grace are in a car chase, trying to get away from Paris. The Fiat Ethan and Grace are driving makes a left turn, and you see a dark blue car parked at the corner. Paris is driving the armored vehicle and makes the same turn, but the dark blue car has disappeared. (01:07:36)

Raphael Melendez

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Continuity mistake: During the Venice scenes, Ethan's hair length is always the same, except for scene number 1 where he and the team are on a boat arriving in Venice, and scene number 3 where he and Ilsa are on a balcony. In both these scenes, his hair is very short.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the submarine is hit, the centre is blown into a million pieces. In the next shot, the submarine floats gently to the sea floor untouched. Then it semi-crumbles as it lands.

Continuity mistake: When Grace crashes with the Italian police car, the door is opening up on the top because it was dented. When she puts it in reverse, the door is back in a normal state.

Continuity mistake: On the roof of the train, Hunt is on top of Gabriel, with a blade right next to his neck. Gabriel says "I know what the key opens," and right then the blade is either touching his skin or inches away, depending on the shot.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: In the desert, when Ilsa is shooting with her eye patch on, a strand of hair on her forehead suddenly disappears between shots.

Sacha

Factual error: Gabriel kills the engineer and sets the train to full speed, then locks the control room. Without the engine being resupplied with coal it would lose power and stop before too long, never getting as far as the bridge.

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Suggested correction: It is known for firemen to fill the loco up to allow it to run for 15-20 minutes without new coal. However, it could not run that long at that speed without the boiler being refilled with water, so the boiler would have exploded well before the fire reduced.

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Eugene Kittridge: Your days of fighting for the so-called greater good are over. This is our chance to control the truth. The concepts of right and wrong for everyone for centuries to come. You're fighting to save an ideal that doesn't exist. Never did. You need to pick a side.

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Trivia: The actor playing new IMF agent "India Zulu 254" is Alex James-Phelps - possibly a deliberate casting choice given a main character in the series and original film is called Jim Phelps.

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Answer: He's not a bad guy to the extent of murdering and plotting against the good guys, but he's not exactly morally upstanding either. Kittridge doesn't want to destroy the Entity like Ethan; he wants to gain control of it on behalf of the US government and is happy to deal with the White Widow or anyone else to achieve that end. His appearance on the train isn't especially nefarious; he's just the highest bidder.

Jon Sandys

Answer: He's either.

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