Starring: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton
Genres: Action
IMF Secretary: The president has initiated Ghost Protocol. The entire IMF has been disavowed.
Brandt: The rope isn't long enough!
Ethan Hunt: No shit!
Ethan Hunt: Mission accomplished!
Benji Dunn: [showing a glove.] Now remember: blue is glue.
Ethan Hunt: And red?
Benji Dunn: Dead.
Ethan Hunt: The countdown isn't helping.
Brandt: I'm just saying.
Continuity mistake: When Ethan wakes up in the hospital he realises he's handcuffed to the bed. In the closeup of his right hand, the handcuff is around his wrist with its single metal bar facing out and the double bar facing Ethan, but when the nurse moves his gurney the handcuff is around his right wrist the opposite way, with the double bars facing out. Quite impossible for this to occur. (00:31:50)
Trivia: At one point in time, this was going to be the final entry in the series to star Tom Cruise. As originally intended, Cruise (Ethan Hunt) would have retired from field work at the end of the film and become the new head of IMF, while Jeremy Renner would become the new series lead. This was reportedly in part due to several infamous incidents involving Cruise in the mid-2000's, including his notorious Oprah Winfrey interview. These events caused issues during the promotion of "Mission: Impossible III," and the studio was still nervous about them years later. Eventually, cooler heads prevailed, and Cruise was thankfully allowed to stay with the series.
Question: In the automated car garage, why did Hendricks jump to his death holding the briefcase rather than just dropping it down?
Answer: As a way to prevent Ethan from quickly stopping the countdown. It's a big distance Ethan would have to drop in quick amount of time in order to stop the detonation. He was most likely going to die, so he takes his own life in order to (unsuccessfully) prevent Ethan from stopping the detonation.
Yes, but it's the same whether he 'accompanies' the briefcase or not. He rather wants to die now than be captured by very pissed-off people and experience a nuclear war.
Answer: Knowing he was trapped, he may not have wanted to be taken alive, preferring death over capture.
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