Rewatchables Reference

• The fake CNN broadcast / fake Wolf Blitzer scene to trick the nuclear physicist.
• The HALO jump scene.
• The entire Paris sequence – pushing the car into the water, motorcycle chase, crashing into the boat.
• Craig: The rooftop run – 'the greatest Cruise run of his career,' a 20-second uncut sprint.
• Chris: The Paris bathroom fight – Cruise, Cavill, and Liang Yang destroying everything.
• The ending sequence – helicopter fight, cabin fight, cliff fight, rock climbing.

• Alec Baldwin as the 10-minute man – always great in small doses.
• Paris as a filming location.
• Vanessa Kirby doing Vanessa Redgrave from the first movie – 'That's your mom!'
• Rebecca Ferguson – 'She's just always aged the best for me.'
• The strong group of women: Kirby, Ferguson, Monaghan.
• The score from Lorne Balfe.
• The 'Eyes Wide Shut' callback at the funeral/gala scene.

The 'Mission: Impossible' theme song over the opening credits.

Wes Bentley as Erik (Julia's new husband) – completely oblivious, inexplicable presence. 'Now really funny because he's Yellowstone Wes Bentley.'

• Wes Bentley's character Erik.
• The Luther speech explaining why Julia and Ethan split up – 'that speech is fucking terrible.'
• Sean Harris's fake-looking beard as Solomon Lane.
• Ving Rhames has clearly slowed down.
• The title 'Fallout' – falls short compared to Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation.

• The camera falling backwards out of the plane with Cruise during the HALO jump.
• The silent flash-forward where Ethan imagines killing all the cops.

• Chris: Is this movie diminished by 'Top Gun: Maverick'? Maverick is more streamlined with real emotional depth.
• Bill: Tom Cruise is the greatest close talker of our generation.
• Craig: Henry Cavill is way too hot to be an incel/anarchist.

• Jeremy Renner was supposed to be in the movie but couldn't due to Avengers: Endgame.
• The bathroom fight originally had a third famous actor, but he couldn't keep up with Cruise and Cavill.
• After MI:3, the franchise was going to transition to Renner, but Cruise changed his mind.

• Sean Harris as Solomon Lane.
• Wes Bentley – 'before Yellowstone, he was a that guy.'
• Liang Yang (the bathroom fighter) – a stuntman they decided to use as an actor.

• Vanessa Kirby – only in about three scenes but 'throwing like a hundred.' A revelation.
• Alec Baldwin – the ultimate 10-minute man.

Ving Rhames – 'Ving definitely put a stamp on this performance,' particularly the Luther speech about Julia.

• Solomon Lane: Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Shannon, Benedict Cumberbatch, or Ewan McGregor instead of Sean Harris.
• Jon Bernthal for the Wes Bentley part.

• The Cavill mustache saga – Justice League had to digitally remove it at great expense.
• The HALO jump used a RED Weapon camera with an IMAX lens mounted on a stuntman's helmet.
• Cruise drove the BMW M5 himself, nailed the 180 emergency brake spin in three takes.
• Rebecca Ferguson was seven months pregnant during filming.
• The inspiration for the Paris chase is the short film 'Rendezvous' from the 1970s.

• 'Mission: Impossible' franchise: Probably still the first movie.
• Cruise as an insane person: 'This might be Apex Mountain' for insane Cruise stories from a set.
• Bathroom fight scenes: 'This might be the greatest bathroom fight scene I've ever seen.'
• HALO jumps: This and 'Point Break'.
• Christopher McQuarrie: This and 'Top Gun: Maverick' together, though 'The Usual Suspects' is also notable.

• No bruises for anybody after the bathroom fight.
• The 15-minute nuclear countdown lasts 22+ minutes on screen.
• Why did they need to HALO jump to get into the nightclub? They just change into suits and walk in.
• Diminishing returns on the mask switcheroos – too many of them.
• They can build faces and do HALO jumps but can't break a six-digit phone passcode.

Jon Bernthal replacing Wes Bentley as the new husband – 'ten times better.'

Wade Eastwood, the stunt coordinator – leads to a discussion about the Oscars needing a Best Stunt category.

• Does Cruise want to die? Does he actually have a death wish?
• What city would you choose for the single best car chase location?

• Craig: The plutonium ball or the detonator.
• Bill: The BMW M5.
• Chris: The copy of The Odyssey (the self-destructing message).

• Stay vigilant – if your wife's mysterious ex shows up with a fake job and there's plutonium and helicopters, have some questions.
• 'The great suffering brings great peace' – from the John Lark manifesto.

• Rogue Nation – the direct predecessor with Solomon Lane.
• 'John Wick: Chapter 2' – the only thing challenging MI in stunt coordination.

Tom Cruise – unanimous.