Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation Page #5

Synopsis: CIA chief Hunley (Baldwin) convinces a Senate committee to disband the IMF (Impossible Mission Force), of which Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is a key member. Hunley argues that the IMF is too reckless. Now on his own, Hunt goes after a shadowy and deadly rogue organization called the Syndicate.
Production: Paramount Pictures
  6 wins & 23 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
PG-13
Year:
2015
131 min
$154,979,949
Website
14,355 Views


Look at this. Look how slow

you're going. Speed it up.

Who's this guy?

Sh*t!

Aww!

Go-go-go- Go!

I'm okay. I'm okay.

I'm okay.

Ho!

Whoa-whoa-whoa...

Here they come!

What're we gonna do?

Gun!

Do you have your seat belts on?

What?

You're asking me that now?

Hang on!

- Ah!

Aww!

Are you good?

Things...

got a little out of hand.

Aw!

Look out!

Okay.

We're good?

Oh, hi boys.

What did I miss?

Woo. That look sharp.

Careful, careful.

So, what do we do now?

Please tell me, you made

a copy of that disk..

Of course I made a copy.

So where are we going?

It's a ledger.

The Syndicate's entire infrastructure.

Who they are, the politicians they control,

and where the money comes from.

It's everything you want to know.

What makes you think this

so-called ledger is authentic?

Why would Lane want it so badly

if it wasn't authentic?

Why would he ever let you have it if it was?

Did you never stop to consider

he may want me to have it?

Misinformation, manipulation.

What he does exercise,

what he's trained to do.

Lane lies to you,

you sell his lies to Hunt.

Together, you both are compromised.

That's his ultimate objective.

This may be authentic.

But there's only one person I trust

to verify that information. You.

No.

My orders were to deliver you

information regarding the Syndicate.

Your orders were to

infiltrate the Syndicate...

...that we may learn more

about them first hand.

This isn't prove, it's a test,

like everything else.

The only way to pass,

is to go back.

I can't do that.

I betrayed Lane's trust too many times.

And in every instance, you

did so on you own volition.

He was going to tortured

and killed an American agent.

And you should've let him, and

you would still have Lane's trust.

This is the trade,

Hunt understands that.

I wasn't going to let him die.

He is our ally.

There are no allies in state craft,

Ilsa. Only common interest.

As it stands, Ethan Hunt

is a man without a country.

This makes killing him

decidedly less complicated.

Are you ordering me to kill Hunt?

Good god, no.

Nothing so crude as that, no.

Lane will order you.

And to regain his trust,

you will do it.

You sent me to do a job.

I did it.

Now, you bring me in.

Might I remind you, you're

without a country of your own.

The director of the CIA called me

inquiring about you personally.

Of course to protect your cover,

I had to lie.

So, as far as the Americans are concern,

you're a rogue assassin,

a target of opportunity.

A precious few people

know about your true identity.

It would be unfortunate if we forgot.

You see, there really is no choice, Ilsa.

You're going back.

Glad to know you're still with us.

What?

What's happening?

I can't open it.

What do you mean you can't open it?

I mean I can't open it, ever.

That's a red box.

A what?

- It's a red box.

The British government uses it

to transport national secrets.

Doesn't sound good.

Meaning it's triple encrypted.

You don't get into that thing...

...unless you have fingerprints,

retinal scan, and...

...a voice phrase spoken by

a specific individual.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain himself.

Yes, him.

So, what you're saying is,

there is no ledger.

Which means we have no proof

that the Syndicate even exist.

So, we're back to square one.

Only now, we're all wanted by the CIA.

I'm so proud of us.

What I don't understand

is why is there a red...

...box sat in a private data vault in Morocco.

And why would Lane want it

if he can't open it?

If Lane wants it, you can bet

that he has a plan to open it.

And we just help him steal it.

He's going to take the Prime Minister.

Yes, he is.

The question is how?

Well, we have to warn

the British government.

Yeah, MI6.

- No, no, Brandt.

Put down the phone.

Let's think about this.

We have a responsibility to

warn the British government,

and not gamble with

the Prime Minister's life.

Ethan, just so you can beat the guy...

...that's beaten you at every turn.

Is that what you think this is?

Brandt?

Is that what you think this is?

I think right now,

you're incapable of seeing

that there's another way.

And sometimes Ethan is the only one

capable of seeing the only way.

And if he's wrong,

then we have Vienna...

...all over again.

No, you don't know him.

If he wants something to happen,

there's no preventing it.

That's why we have to warn the British.

Maybe that's exactly

what he wants us to do.

Are you listening to yourself?

We're going to warn the British.

No. We're going to find Lane,

we're going to get him.

Before he takes the Prime Minister.

Okay.

Alright, Ethan.

We're going to find Lane.

But please tell me.

How're we going to do that?

All is forgiven.

That isn't a ledger, is it?

You didn't take a look for yourself?

Of course I did.

But the file was encrypted.

And why would I lie to you?

So that I would lie to Hunt.

But he wouldn't have stolen it

if he knew what it was.

And she wouldn't have helped him.

What is actually on that disk?

I'll be honest with you when

you start being honest with me.

And you and I, we both know

why you come back.

Don't we?

You're still alive because

I believe in your potential.

But I'm growing impatient.

Why do you continue to resist?

Well, if we're being honest,

You're a terrorist.

If that were true then my goal

would be to spread fear, but my...

...method is...

far more surgical.

You kill innocent people.

I helped my government killed many

innocent people and more, so much more.

Killing to keep things as they were.

And now I'm killing to bring about change.

I think Ethan Hunt would disagree.

Ethan Hunt is a gambler.

And one day his luck will run out,

And thousands of innocent people

will pay the price.

Which one of us will be the villain then?

Nothing here.

It's empty.

I'm interested...

...to see who you blame...

...for what happens next.

So, that's her?

That's her.

I have to say...

...you sure can ride.

Ethan.

- You're just doing your job.

That's all I'm going to say about it.

Atlee said you'd understand.

Atlee, your handler in British Intelligence.

And he didn't bring you in?

Even after you gave him the disk?

You knew perfectly well it was blank.

That's a lie. The disk she took from me

was an exact copy. I'm of it.

Was it in your possession the entire time?

Oh.

They don't care if you live or die.

But you knew I was going to take it to him.

I hope you would.

I hope it would be enough to get you out.

Whoa-whoa-whoa. That means Lane

doesn't have the disk, only we do.

I have a question.

If the disk was blank,

why is she still alive?

Unless, of course,

Lane wanted us to find her.

So, who're you working for now?

Lane, Atlee, your government,

my government, they're all the same

We only think we're fighting for the right...

...side because that's what

we choose to believe.

So what does that leave us?

The way I see it,

you have 3 choices.

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Christopher McQuarrie

Christopher McQuarrie (1968) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. A regular collaborator of director Bryan Singer, he co-wrote the screenplay of Singer's Public Access, wrote the screenplay for The Usual Suspects, co-wrote and produced Valkyrie and co-wrote Jack the Giant Slayer and Edge of Tomorrow. more…

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