

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
Direction
John Woo's doves-and-dual-wielding maximalism peaked here.
Stunts
Cruise did that cliff climb for real. No wires. Insane.

Director
John Woo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The cliff opening was shot at Dead Horse Point, Utah—not Australia. Cruise insisted on doing it without a safety net for certain shots.
This was Woo's only American film with final cut, and it shows: Hong Kong bullet ballet meets Hollywood excess. The studio hated the romance-heavy middle; Woo didn't care.