Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One | Canadian First Time Watching | Reaction | Commentary 

Ethan cares SO MUCH because it's the RIGHT THING TO DO. That is the key to understanding Ethan Hunt's moral compass. They made this point very effectively when Alec Baldwin's character said “Some flaw deep in your core being simply won't allow you to choose between one life and millions. You see that as a sign of weakness. To me, that's your greatest strength.”

When George asked, "I wonder why Ethan cares so much for someone he just met," i didn't see it that way. I saw it as something he would of done for anyone. Every movie he risks his life for people he has never met by saving the world. He always puts his team before himself also.

He didnt just jump twice. He did the jump 6 times to get the full coverage needed.

My only trivia from this movie: Rebecca Ferguson wore the eye patch because she can’t close her left eye. She can apparently close both but not one. So this way with the patch she looks cool instead of dopey.

So cool finally seeing Kittridge back from the first movie

The fake bomb in the airport used the series of riddles to get Benji to say specific phrases, so that the entity could learn how to imitate Benji.

The bike stunt was filmed in Norway, near the town of andalsnes. It's as picturesque as it looks in the film.

Tom Cruise learned the slight-of-hand trick with the disks from Langley in the first MI movie also.

Fun Fact: The real reason Ilsa wears an eye patch is because when they tried to shoot the scene without it - she couldnt close one eye properly or rather didnt know how to close one eye and aim so it just looked aesthetically confusing like she was trying to wink but failing. The fix? Eyepatch which is pretty clever given the circumstances and the setting she was in

The Key, he bought out of thin air scene in the Abu Dhabi airport scene, along with Atwell (Grace) is a callback to the first movie in the series, where he did the same thing with a floppy disc containing NOC list. Also, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 2 releasing on June last week, 2024.

Ethan had the ultimate work wife

When you guys laughing about the “little knife” being stabby stabby fully knowing what that knife does to Rebecca Ferguson’s character; I was like, "This is going to be heartbreaking". Also, Kitrich is the IMF 'suit' from the very first film who was trying to root out the rat from the IMF. I'm also not sure if you're aware that the White Widow is the daughter of Max (Vanessa Redgraves character) from the first movie

Ngl, I was amazed at how much Pom Klementieff was the highlight of the movie. Unhinged psycho assassin at first, with such twist in the end.

Seeing this in IMAX was incredible. Before IMAX films for the past year or so, they showed a featurette of how he did the stunt of driving the motorcycle off the cliff. It was real, on top of a big mountain, but they built a huge ramp for him to drive up to go off the edge, and digitally removed it in the film. A Helicopter and drones filmed the stunt.

The thing about Ethan caring more about her life than his, isn't about her specifically, it's about the team, he's the team lead and he puts their lives before his own.

The whole time Benji was in that car with autopilot, I was expecting The Entity to take over and crash him.

13:03 i often laugh whenever i hear someone say a movie had "too many heroes" or "too many villains" or "too many [whatever]" as to why it was bad. its not necessarily the number of characters or plotlines that determines the success/failure of a film, its the management or mismanagement of them. 'Dead Reckoning Part One' is one of those films that handled them all amazingly. 'Snatch (2000)' is another and there are others.

I think the mask Gabriel is wearing in the trunk, is probably an oxygen mask so he doesn't suffocate inside it

When I saw the beginning bit in the desert all I could think was "Ah yes, Tom has to fetch Rebecca off the set of Dune to be in this movie."

George: "Ethan Hunt has a type" Me: "Michelle Monaghan ... Rebecca Ferguson ... Hayley Atwell ... Pretty sure Ethan Hunt's "type" is based on my browser history."

I really like the inclusion of Kittridge. I love that they don’t forget about the first few movies despite having wildly different vibes!

I really liked this one. As it is a part 1, it feels a bit busy as it needs to lay out the pieces engaged in this new threat but I think it does a good job in balancing the amount of new information with good callbacks and character returns from the previous movies to show that this is a continuous story, not just a standalone part one action movie. Grace is a bit annoying at first but I do think this is quite intentional. She is not an agent as the rest of the team or trained to be understanding of the threats and risks. She is a thief who ends up being part of something crazy and way beyond what she is used to. She does not know Ethan or the rest of the team, she received a picture of him and she does not comprehend all of the situation so, it feels kind of normal for her not to trust him in a way. He helps out but she does not know to which extent and for what as we, the audience that is following him for a while, know. After Ilsa's death, she starts to see the team as an actual team that will really help her, and she begins to understand the stakes of it all.

The reason, they gave Rebecca the eye-patch is, that she cannot blink. If you watch back the Opera scene in Rouge Nation, you will see, that she snipes with both eyes open.

Marvel actually made a comic series in the 80's about the crews who have to come in and clean up after superhero battles. It's called Damage Control

Ethan refuses to let innocents die, he chose grace because he had to trust Ilsa to survive on her own because Grace probably couldn’t

35:18 Fun Fact: ever insistent on convincing realism, Tom Cruise did the parachute jump through the train 47 times to knock over that guy. The first 28 times he missed the train entirely (he didn't do the motorcycle jump every time...he's not an idiot, but the train was traveling at 70 miles an hour each time), it took another dozen times to get the right car, and then he finally knocked over the guy on the last day of shooting. The guy is a legend.

You asked why he cares so much, but you answered your question just a minute earlier; he's lawful good. 27:53

Rebecca Ferguson wears a eye patch in the intro scene because she can't wink or close one eye to use the scope.

You know things get real when they bring back Kitridge from the first film. So basically the "Entity" is basically the A.I. from Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty.

Gabe's mask was to give him oxygen because he was put on the train as luggage, not a passenger. He's just drifting through society by hidden meanz - just like the footage of him being erased at the airport in realtime.

23:53 Never thought "Digital Sauron" fits the entity's description 😂👍🤟

I absolutely love this film and reaction, and George pointing out the Bullet Train similarities was literally what I was doing. I was also comparing it to Fast X the entire time with the Italy scene being basically the exact same, I swear it was even on the same stair case in a car scene with innocents all over.

I remember back in 2019 when Paramount, Skydance and Cruise himself announced back to back sequels:part 7 for 2021 and part 8 for 2022. The pandemic pushing back everything. Production on Part 1 wrapping up, the first trailer dropping and announcing the beginning of the end to the franchise was exciting. This was definitely worth the admission. Brilliant story, even better cast and plenty of shockers. These action sequences are all incredible and steady keep you on the edge. Well constructed for Cruise to do his thing and other actors getting into the action as well. Henry Czerny returning as Eugene Kittridge (ex-IMF director/now-director CIA director) was a nice addition and ever since M:I-1, he realizes that Hunt as an leader can still get things done. I did see this on IMAX and enjoyed every minute. This was one of the better films out among many failing blockbusters. Dead Reckoning Part Two was hallway through filming when the actors' strike started. Now that it's over, they've pushed the release date to 2025. Another long wait (perhaps) and it'll be worth it like the last one. Did y'all notice the callbacks to the first film: 1. Bravo Echo One One is Ethan Hunt's Identification Code. First heard after he lost his team in Prague. 2. Sleight of hand with the keys pieces. Ethan did that with The NOC List. 3. Luther being referred to as 'The Net Range'r & 'Phineas Freak'. His known aliases as an tech genius prior to meeting Ethan and planning The NOC List heist.

The plot is more or less just the same as in the series Person of Interest, a REALLY good show

I love when movies are filmed in Italy. Such great architecture and history. Another very good and underrated movie that never took off into the series that it was supposed to is "Jumper" with Hayden Christensen and Jamie Bell. That too had a unique action scene in Italy.

When Gabriel (Esai Morales) screamed "Ethaaaaaaan!" people in the theater laughed and applauded. 😁

11:46 the magic trick was from the first film, he did learn it 25 years ago.

Really bummed this didn't do better at the box office, I really liked it

26:48 like that moment literally made me check out of the movie for 5 minutes in disbelief.

37:37 Wow! So much willpower of George to NOT comment that Star Trek reference. ( K H A A A A A N ! ! ! ) Great Reaction to a very entertaining movie. The female cast was so well written and acted, with Vanessa Kirby really winning it when she played a Hayley Atwell-version of herself. Cruise & McQ did it again! Thanks from Stockholm, Sweden.

Fun trivia, Rebecca Ferguson uses an eye patch because she cannot close only one eye.

I know it's kinda cliche, but I love all the call back from past Mission Impossible movie in this! And I like got the actor who played the IMF Director from the first movie back. Makes wonder who will come back in the future! Didn't like that Ilsa died, though. That part sucked! But I can't wait for part two, which should hopefully come out next year!

11:45 I think the magic is a callback to the first MI movie where he does a little magic with the NOC list disc. Remember. When he’s messing with Ving Rhames?

6:30 I swear this woman pops up in every British series I watch, she be working 😂

I think the reason why this is part 1 and 2 is because this is the finale - the last mission impossible movie.

The motorbike jump off the cliff was heavily publicized before the movie came out. I saw another movie months before this one was released, and mixed in with the previews was a ~7 minute behind-the-scenes featurette about the making of this stunt.

In an interview I read with the director he said during the very first conversation he had with Tom Cruise about the concept for this movie he asked Tom what he wanted to do. Tom said "I want to jump a motorcycle off a cliff and parachute away". Tom then asked the director what he wanted to do and the director said "I want to blow up a train". When that's the very first conversation you have about a movie then you know you're in for a wild ride!

How does no one else comment on the fact when Grace doubles for the White Widow they have completely different body shapes and EYES. Grace retains her big brown eyes when doubling the Widow who has grey/blue eyes. They actually cut straight from 1 to the other in the train and it is so noticeable! But the Widows brother doesn't notice? Nevermind the stunts and plot armour, believing Grace can double White Widow is mission impossible.

The train going over the wrecked bridge was shot in a gorge in the county of Derbyshire, about 10 miles from where I live 👍🏼

The location for the bike jump is real but there was a ramp from where Cruise jumped, that ramp was later covered in post production with the rocks you see in the final cut. These movies have a huge amount of VFX despite the marketing saying the contrary.

35:13 The guy is pointing a gun directly at her. He only has to move his finger 1cm to cause her death... yet he orders his henchman to "kill her" :D

George said he wanted to see a spoof of the people who clean up after action-movie fight scenes and stuff. It isn't exactly the same but there was a TV show a few years back called Powerless that was about an instance firm that dealt with claims made after super-hero battles. Starred Vanessa Hudgens and Dani Pudi. It was short lived but i enjoyed it.

This movie was awesome in the theater! Can't wait for part deuce.

WOOOOW I worked on this movie! 1st one I got a credit on.Glad you liked it. Part 2 should be even bigger as you said 2 part movie 😅

The jump was in Norway, cliff is real. It had a ramp takeoff that was CG'd to look like the mountain. He did multiple jumps as usual.Loon!

and she didnt betray him after, the entity literally said she would, meaning she wasn't always fully bad and the fact that Ethan didn't kill her in the alley

Feels like most people dont rexognize Kittridge from the first movie... maybe it's too old now for most people?

I wish they had released this movie in August so it had a chance to be a bigger hit, instead of pitting it against Barbie and Oppenheimer which pretty much buried it.

The Ferg! Yeah, I've been crushing on the Ferg for a while -- but also the Hayley. Thank you, guys.

The jump was real but the ledge he jumped off of was a metal ramp that was CGI'd to look like the cliff edge. Theres a full youtube video thats the official behind the scenes of prepping for the jump

There's a behind-the-scenes video out of the work that went into that motorcycle jump scene. It's crazier than you can imagine.

George was right when he said the jump location was a fusion of real and fake. The location is real but the ridge he jumps off of is a constructed ramp covered by VFX. Other than the CGI'd ramp, it's a real stunt in a real location

There's a 2 player VR game "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes" one person is disarming a bomb in VR while the other person is giving them instructions based on a convoluted printout instruction manual. Might be fun.

10:30 Having spent literal hours walking the shopping centre that doubles for the airport in this sequence will never stop being weird to me.

Haley Atwell is 41 years old, the events that brought Ethan to the IMF happened 32 years ago.. so no lol not related 😂 I think the theyre definitely supposed to be romantically involved in the next film, and the fact that Tom and Haley dated during the shooting of the movie.. makes that father daughter question even more creepy lol

34:08 - he is jumping off a constructed ramp, which they CGI'd over with the rock & cliff.

I can understand with him saying that he wishes that they didn't include "Part One" in the title, but I think that was for the best. The same summer this came out, two other big movies came out that were two-part movies - Across the Spider-Verse, and Fast X. Both of these films ended on a cliffhanger with "To Be Continued" on the screen, and most people did not know that was coming, and there were negative reactions to that. Of course Cruse and the studio had no way of knowing that reaction would be there for those films, but it's almost like they did because they wanted the audience to know going in that this was part one of a two part story, so everything would not be wrapped up before the film was over, and they'd have to wait for the next film to see how everything ends. Also, Cruise said publicly that even though this was a part one, he wanted an ending of sorts, even though the story would continue. He knew the audience would be disappointed if the first film's plot didn't have a satisfactory ending (even though the story would obviously continue to the second film).

Simone’s arms-crossed, angry pout after the bridge fight tickles me so.

I saw this film in IMAX. It was a great experience. Great reaction! 👍🏿

For the jump they computer mapped his trajectory etc taking into account wind etc so he wouldn't hit the cliffs. Rebecca is credited with being in part 2 on IMDB:) Hopefully this is not just because there is like one flash back scene featuring her character

I loved this movie for naming it Part One. So many movies to come out recently have been cliffhangers (I'd just seen the last Fast and Furious), I'd have been furious if the movie ended and I didn't know there would be more.

This had more comic relief than the other films. Had me laughing hard. 😂

Waiting several years. Now you know what that 15-year old watching _A New Hope_ before it was called that, had to go through.

the video of the making of the motorcycle jump scene was bananas

7:55 Throwback... KITTERIDGE: "I understand you're upset." HUNT 2023: "I'm not upset." HUNT 1996: "You haven't seen me upset!"

The cliff was real minus the ramping up part. That was a built ramp covered with CG landscape.

Good timing given all of the rumors about OpenAI having internally achieved AGI with Q* over the last couple of days. I wonder how far real AI will develop by the time part 2 comes out.

It's funny you would mention wanting to see a show about clean up crews. Marvel had a comic called Damage Control which dealt with the subject of clean up after super hero events. Also, NBC had a short lived sitcom called Powerless. Which evolves around the company Wayne Security, providing products and insurance for the citizens of Charm City. To protect them and their property from death and collateral damage of super hero and villain fights.

Both parts were filmed together so actually the wait might not be so long

I was under the impression Esai was in the box with the mask as a means to smuggle him in

Tom actually jumped in to the window

Part 2 is in post right now, and is slated for release in 2025. I was hoping it was coming out this next year, basically a year after this film. OH WELL!!!!!!

When I saw Ethan do the close up magic trick, I thought, what are all the skills that Ethan possesses? Example of a few: hand-to-hand combat, weapons training, free solo rock climbing, excellent driver, speaks multiple languages, unlimited speed and endurance, can fly helicopters, can sky dive, rides motercycles, etc. What other skills does Ethan possess?

I really liked the italian car chase which I'm sure is a reference to Lupin 3rd. I mean, thieves in a Yellow Fiat 500 followed by a lot of cops with comedic stunts ? it can't be a coincidence. Right ?

To Simone and George. Rebeca Ferguson could not close her right eye to sight the scope so she used the eye patch!

If this is gonna be Cruise's last, my guess for Dead Reckoning 2 is that in the end Ethan makes it to the Entity, and is about to sacrifice himself to kill it, like they're on that sinking sub or something, but instead he offers it a choice to get a purpose and put that all that power to do good as he has. Then the final scene is the complete disbandment of the IMF, but with the Entity essentially becoming the head of a shadow IMF and across the world, it identifies agents, thieves, etc. talented but lost souls like Hunt was set up as at the beginning of this film and offers them choice that Hunt was given, who then in turn offered it to the Entity to put their talent to maintain the greater good. It's how Hunt operates, ignoring the politics, the consequences, and the cost that comes from each decision point as all plans invariably fail or change, and only focusing on what's in front of him, getting to the next step. It's a poetic form of Dead Reckoning, figuring out where to go based solely on what's just come before.

So along with the jump, they also built that train

I'm not going to watch this video just yet because I want to rewatch Dead Reckoning again now the DVD is out but I will say this, I remember the opening scene when I saw the movie in cinema and I felt a bit unnerved because submarines just creep me out me for some reason! I can't be the only one who thinks like that, right? I also remember upon my initial reaction not liking Dead Reckoning as much as I did Fallout but I'll see if that changes on my second viewing! ALSO, ALSO... After months of lurking on this channel I finally subscribed! I think Simone's guilt tripping finally broke me! 😂😂

Cool reaction as always Simone & George, you both take care and have a nice day

"Human misjudgments defy predictive models." - Legion

31:17 the eye colour gives away which is which.

George's expression when Ilsa died was my exact expression. 🙁

Hopefully this is really obvious: White Widow is Max's daughter. And both are Vanessa to boot.

"I'm glad they don't exist in real life" (on the IMF). Who can prove they don't???

This may be the best one. Definitely best soundtrack. POM!!!! Next 5 movies!!

That sleight of hand with the keys, Tom Cruise had to have a stunt double for that.

Hey, the captain of the submarine is a very recognizable actor... in Poland.

5:07 “I hate sand, it’s coarse and rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere!”

'...because it's a two-parter.' The 'digital Sauron' remark made me think, what if it's 6 parts?

If I was badass thief Grace, I wouldn't immediately trust Ethan either.