Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One will have no shortage of thrilling and practical action set-pieces, especially with daredevil Tom Cruise working his butt off to make sure audiences are entertained. The movie legend continues to deliver his amazing brand of stuntwork as the latest entry in the spy espionage series features the actor atop a bi-plane, hanging from a dangling train, making a cliff jump off of a motorcycle and doing his signature sprinting. The new featurette released by Paramount takes you behind the scenes of another sequence in which Tom and his co-star Hayley Atwell are being chased through Rome while handcuffed.
In the video, Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell and Christopher McQuarrie speak about the filming of a scene in which Ethan Hunt and a new character named Grace are being chased through the busy, cobbled streets of Rome as they’re pursued by the mysterious Paris, played by Pom Klementieff, known for Guardians of the Galaxy. The catch here is Ethan and Grace find themselves running from this assassin while handcuffed to each other. This makes it a challenge for Ethan as the position they settle into has him driving one-handed. And damn if Tom Cruise didn’t actually learn to drift in a speeding car with one hand.
The official synopsis reads,
“In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.”
Paramount has also released two specialty posters — one for Dolby and one for IMAX formats. The series has made great use of the IMAX screen expansion to enhance the scope of the action in an effort to immerse the audience into the film. Additionally, Christopher McQuarrie also champions the Dolby format, saying, “I’m devoted to a fully immersive big screen experience and no big screen experience is complete without the extraordinary detail, depth, power and presence of Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.”