History Film / MissionImpossibleFallout

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Neither Creator/WesBentley nor Sian Brooke are anywhere to be found in the advertising.

Followed by ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne''.

* SceneryPorn: During the chase sequences in Paris and London. The mountains of Kashmir are also quite pretty (though the film makers didn't actually go to Kashmir: it's two different loactions in New Zealand and Norway).

* WorldOfBadass: ''Everyone'' in this movie kicks ass. Not just the obvious Ethan Hunt, Ilsa Faust, and August Walker, but also Luther, [[BadassBookworm Benji]], The White Widow, Solomon Lane, and even Director Hunley get a fight scene or two. The only major characters who don't do any fighting are Erica Sloane (who never participates in field ops herself), [[spoiler: Julia, and her new husband.]]

* DeconReconSwitch: Of the SamaritanSyndrome trope. On one hand, Ethan's tendency to try to save as many people as he can results in a lot of problems that could be avoided had Ethan make the hard decisions and focus on TheNeedsOfTheMany. He tends to derail a safer, more efficient plan in favor of a way riskier one if it means he could avoid a few casualties, and always focusing on protecting the lives of his teammates over the success of the mission. Many characters see this aspect of Ethan as a FatalFlaw and call him out on it. Villains don't hesitate to exploit it. And all of these is taking a heavy toll on Ethan. On the other hand, all his attempts at protecting people ''does'' pay off in the long run. His teammates are [[UndyingLoyalty unquestioningly loyal]] to him and will follow him into a SuicideMission without hesitation because of this quality. [[spoiler:He manages to complete the mission in Paris against all odds with zero police fatalities, showing that while a non-violent solution is difficult, it ''is'' possible to do. And him deciding to leave his marriage life with Julia means he's able foil many world-threatening plans in missions that nobody else could do. And the knowledge of every life he's able to save is what keeps Ethan going no matter how impossible the mission is. Contrast this with the villains John Lark and Solomon Lane, both of whom are driven to villainy because they've killed and let so many people, even innocents, die in the name of "the greater good", they finally stopped caring about human life in general and became murderous sociopaths.]]

* EngineeredPublicConfession: It appears Ethan has to [[spoiler: knock out Hunley to pull off a trade with Benji disguised as Lane. It turns out the real Lane was taken and it's Benji in the mask to trick Walker into revealing he's Lark and Hunley was in on it.]] The confession gets transmitted to his boss Sloane.

** August Walker, the CIA assassin placed on Ethan's team to eliminate him if goes rogue also serves younger, more brutal counterpart to Ethan. [[spoiler:Walker also turns out to be one of the BigBadDuumvirate.]]

** The CIA's decision to put an ''assassin'' on Ethan Hunt and his team, with orders to execute the lot of them if they go rogue again, might seem extreme, until you consider what Ethan's done every other time he's gone rogue, including: selling a list of all the CIA's {{Deep Cover Agent}}s to an arms dealer, stealing an extremely dangerous biological device for another arms dealer, giving authentic Russian nuclear launch codes to a terrorist, and nearly funding a multi-national terrorist syndicate. Sure enough he also goes rogue here.

* ForcedFriendlyFire: Hunt uses a passenger of the helicopter he hi-jacked to [[DisposablePilot kill the pilot]] who himself was about to shoot Hunt.

** [[spoiler:When Ethan told Walker how to catch John Lark, he used the mask maker gadget to scan Walker's face in order to show how he plans to do the same with Lark. Which foreshadows that August Walker & John Lark are one person.]]

* GayParee: A cliché about Paris/France in the form of the song [[Music/EdithPiaf "La Vie en Rose"]], which is sung by the bunch of Frenchmen who annoy the hell out of Ethan and Walker while they are busy scanning a knocked out John Lark's face in the toilets of the Grand Palais.

* HasAType: During a quiet moment, Luther mentions to Ilsa that Ethan had only really cared for two women, the first being Julia. He implies that Ilsa is the second. So does the camera, when we get both women in the same scene and notice their similar facial structure, hairstyles and (eventually) personalities.

* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: The nuclear devices depicted in the film would not have been capable of achieving anything close to the claimed 5 megaton yield. First, there was no evidence of a secondary fusion stage that would be necessary to achieve megaton class yields. [[note]]The largest pure fission nuclear device was ~500 kilotons and required the use of hundreds of pounds of nuclear material.[[/note]] Second, the plutonium cores showed no evidence of a hole for the insertion of tritium gas to "boost" the efficiency of the reaction. An unboosted plutonium sphere of that diameter would likely only be capable of producing an explosive effect of between 20 and 40 kilotones.

* AudibleSharpness: Hunt's sedation device gives off a swoosh sound. Also when the White Widow wields her knife.

* BehindTheBlack: When Walker is about to get a shot at Hunt during the shootout in the catacombs, Hunley does a surprise attacks from his right. Walker would have had a clear view of this area.

* BigBadEnsemble: The remnants of the Syndicate, now named the Apostles, are looking to break their leader Solomon Lane out of custody, and are now on the payroll of mysterious anarchist John Lark, who is looking to use stolen plutonium to carry out a massive nuclear attack that only Ethan's team can stop. Further complicating matters are the White Widow, an arms dealer who's brokering the deal between Lark and the Apostles to break Lane out of custody in return for the plutonium, and August Walker, a CIA assassin assigned to oversee Ethan's mission and possibly kill him if he goes rogue. [[spoiler:In the end, it is revealed that the White Widow was actually collaborating with the CIA from the start, and Walker is the true identity of John Lark, with the real deal with the Apostles being framing Ethan in exchange for Lane providing him with nuclear bombs.]]

** In one of the first scenes, the team confronts Nils Debruuk, a scientist who loves to laugh annoyingly. Debruuk states that it was two weeks ago he was run over by a car, but Luther responds by saying that it wasn't. Then, some minutes later, Luther finally reveals that it wasn't two weeks ago, it was a couple of hours ago. Specifically and exactly this happened in the episode "Operation Rogosh" in the original ''Series/MissionImpossible'' TV Series.

** [[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Once again]], the latex mask-creating machine gets broken mid-mission and Ethan is forced to go meet the target without a mask, hoping that the target and the person he was going to impersonate haven't known each other's faces yet. The target in both cases are also very alike: a mysterious blonde-haired DarkActionGirl.

'''Luthor''': Oh you know, same old Ethan.

* ChekhovsGun: When they carry the knocked out Lark decoy into one of the bathroom stalls, his gun drops and gets some focus by the camera. It proves to become plot-relevant later during a GunStruggle between the fake Lark and Hunt.

*** In the climax of that film, [[spoiler:Ethan uses elbow strikes in a fight against Davian. He does the same in Paris against the John Lark decoy, and is similarly saved by outside intervention.]]

** A villainous version. Upon making contact with Lane, [[spoiler:Lark can't help but be frustrated at the former Syndicate leader about making everything so damn complicated. The Apostles could have just killed Ethan and completed their contract to carry out Lark's plan in the opening of the film, but won't due to their leader's desire to make Ethan suffer.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: The series was never "kids' movies" to begin with, but ''Fallout'' takes this to levels not seen since ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''. The color palette is overall much more muted and gritty than that of ''Rogue Nation''. Solomon Lane has completely abandoned any sympathetic traits he may have initially had, becoming a borderline DeathSeeker entirely fixated on ruining Ethan's life. The action is much less flashy and stylized than that of ''Rogue Nation'' or ''Ghost Protocol'', instead opting for [[BloodierAndGorier the most brutal combat in the series thus far, and some of the most graphic kills in the series thus far]].

* DissonantSerenity: While waiting for the black market dealer to turn up, Benji gets annoyed over Ethan's calm demeanor despite Ethan asserting that he's nervous as well, which he's clearly doing just to troll Benji.

** Another one for Walker comes earlier than that, when Ethan tries to delay their HALO jump because of a thunderstorm directly below them, Walker rips out Ethan's oxygen tube so he won't delay him, then dives into the storm anyway. When Ethan saves his life and they both land safely, rather than thank him, Walker sarcastically points out that Ethan seems to have lost his oxygen tank, showing that he's utterly fearless, doesn't play well with others, and doesn't really care who dies in the course of his mission. [[spoiler: Which makes sense when you consider what his ''true'' mission is as John Lark.]]

* HellishCopter: Ethan is forced to hijack a helicopter (mid-flight!) to pursue the villain. And both aircraft end up crashing. Into each other and then the side of a mountain.

** During his fight with Ethan and Walker, Lark pulls a drainpipe from the wall to use as a weapon.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: [[spoiler:Eric, Julia's new husband, tells Ethan -- who pretended to be a volunteer doctor -- that they have already treated the smallpox virus outbreak in the village now and that he's sorry that "Ethan" comes all this way for nothing. Eric was talking about the smallpox virus, but the look on Ethan's worried face tells that he takes it as [[BeCarefulWhatYouSay a very bad omen]] because it implies that Ethan and the team will fail in their mission to stop the nuclear bombs and everybody will die.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Lark's plan is to cause a terrorist attack so huge the world governments will have no choice to give peace a chance. His "bigger the suffering the bigger the peace" is basically trying MiseryBuildsCharacter on a global scale and in practice [[spoiler: he is gonna kill one third of the world population and permanently ruin Asia's biggest water source with radiation]] in hope something good will come from it.

* IveHeardOfThatWhatIsIt: Ethan and Ilsa realize their missions conflict:

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ethan is clearly still in love with Julia but [[spoiler: divests himself from her life so he can keep saving the world and while it clearly hurts him, he seems happy for her having found love with a kind doctor.]]

* MagicCountdown: The 15 minute nuclear bomb countdown lasts for over 22 minutes on screen, although we do cut between three different parts of the team.

** Also Lane when they extract the tracker from his neck.

* MovingTheGoalposts: First the White Widow only wants Hunt to extract Lane in exchange for the plutonium. After he delivers she demands Ilsa on a plate because she believes Ilsa killed her men.

** Later, [[spoiler:after they have Solomon Lane]], they are accidentally spotted by a young lady police officer, who sees what is obviously a kidnapping going on and pulls her gun on them. They don't really have time to explain who they are or the real nature of their mission to her, and Walker begins readying his own gun to shoot her. Ethan, having a history of seeing young, promising women being executed in front of him, really doesn't want to see this happen again and tries to convince her to walk away. [[spoiler:He is spared from taking direct action when the officer is shot non-fatally by the White Widow's brother's hit squad when they suddenly arrive. As they prepare to finish her off Ethan guns down the hit squad instead. Then he helps the officer use her radio to call for backup, and reassures her that she will be all right before leaving with his team to continue the mission.]]

** And of course Tom giving a BigHeroicRun like the taxman found him. If anything, they're parodying it at this point. It's still fairly awesome.

* ProlongedPrologue: The prologue sequence before the opening credits is the longest in the series. It starts with Ethan's nightmare, him waking up and receiving a briefing for the mission to buy the plutonium from a black market arms dealer before the Apostles (which failed) and ended with an elaborate plan to trick a nuclear extremist into unlocking his phone to get the data within it. In total, it takes almost twenty minutes before the fuse is lit this time.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: The climax rolls during the 15 minutes before two nuclear bombs detonate. And of course it goes down to the last seconds!

** Walker regularly tries to introduce himself to the others only to receive no name in return. Usually they snark at him instead.

** Also in regards to the film's MacGuffin, [[spoiler: a case of plutonium that's later used to make a pair of 5 megaton nuclear bombs that, when detonated in the Kashmir, will irradiate the water supply of one-third of the world's population]].

* ShootOutTheLock: Defied and Justified. [[spoiler:In the climax, Benji tries to find the second nuke that he believes to be hidden inside one of the radioactive equipment boxes at the medical camp. At first he tries to pick the lock but realizes he can't get it done fast enough, so he pulls out a gun and prepares to shoot it out. ''Then'' he realizes that shooting a box that migh have a nuclear bomb in it is probably a bad idea. So Benji puts the gun away and grabs a nearby fire extinguisher to smash out the lock instead.]]
* ShootTheHostage: [[spoiler:In the opening, Luther is taken hostage by the Apostles, who demand that Ethan hand over the briefcase containing the three nuclear cores. Ethan instead shoots at Luther, who's wearing a BulletproofVest, to drop him so he could shoot the hostage taker. Unfortunately, while Ethan and Benji check that Luther's okay they leave the nuclear briefcase unguarded and it is stolen anyway.]]

** During the initial chase in Paris, Ethan and Walker drive their vehicle into an alley that keeps getting narrower and narrower until their vehicle gets stuck between the walls, then they proceed to kick out the front windows and continue the escape on the bikes prepared nearby. Almost the same thing happened in the opening chase scene of ''Film/TheManFromUncle'', which Creator/HenryCavill also starred in and his character happened to be a passenger in the vehicle of that film as well.

* AStormIsComing: The opening exchange between Ethan and an IMF courier has the "I Am The Storm" quotes attributed to Jake Remington. Also a BadassBoast. Bonus points as it's actually raining during the scene.

* SuicideMission: What Hunt and co. acknowledge their outing to [[spoiler: Kashmir is.]] Also one for [[spoiler:Lane, [[IChooseToStay who chooses to stay]] at the blast site rather than easily escape.]]

** A HALO jump is dangerous enough as it is. It's an even more terrible idea to jump straight into a storm cloud crackling with lightning. [[spoiler:Walker cockily does exactly that (''after disconnecting Hunt's oxygen!'') and almost instantly gets stunned by a lightning strike, nearly dooming him and Ethan who has to save his ass.]]

** [[PlayedForLaughs In a more lighthearted example]], restrooms (especially those near a party) are not a private space where Ethan and his target can be isolated indefinitely. Several times during the apprehension of "John Lark", Ethan is bothered by unrelated civilians who come and go and risk ruining the mission by discovering the mess they've made. He is notably pestered by a group of drunks who can see their feet under the stalls doors, and assume than Ethan is having an orgy with Walker and Lark.

** "John Lark" is possibly the most physically capable character in the whole franchise, easily defeating both Ethan and Walker with little effort. How does he die? Ilsa simply shoots him in the head and he dies instantly. Being an unstoppable badass does not make you bulletproof.

* UniversalDriversLicense: Ethan ends up hijacking and piloting a helicopter by himself, and his reaction to the control scheme is largely confusion. He figures out a few features, but primarily starts red-lining the aircraft so he can [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram the enemy helicopter]] (it doesn't take a genius to see the flashing red lights as a bad thing).

* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Walker hands Sloane a brand new phone, claiming it was the one they took off of "Lark" when the phone Ethan took was damaged. It shows that Walker is framing Ethan.]]

* DudeInDistress/HangingAround: During the cabin fight, Benji is hanging from the ceiling and must be rescued by Ilsa.

* DudeInDistress: During the cabin fight, Benji is hanging from the ceiling and must be rescued by Ilsa.

** The plan to decrypt Debruuk's phone ends with this exchange from the [[Film/MissionImpossible first film's]] mission before the opening credits, only Ethan's role is reversed.
--->'''[[Film/MissionImpossible Claire]] / Ethan:''' Did we get it?\\
'''[[Film/MissionImpossible Ethan]] / Luther:''' We got it.

The film was released in the USA on July 27, 2018. [[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas Not related to the]] ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} video game series]], asides from the occupational hazard of handling nuclear weapons. Also not related to ''Film/TheFallout'' either.

* NiceGuy: [[spoiler:Julia's new husband]] is a borderline saint, dedicating himself to helping others as a doctor and being a warm, friendly person. He also seems to figure out pretty quickly that Julia and Ethan have a past and that Ethan is not who he says he is, but is still okay with the whole situation.

* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:Julia has moved on from Ethan and married someone else, but there's absolutely no bad blood between the two of them and both are happy for each other.]]
** The "Amicable" part gets really emphasized when the two characters are able to communicate in coded statements despite what is canonically described as years of separation. They may no longer be together, but they ''clearly'' get each other.

** Also, the team's unexpected SixthRanger, [[spoiler:Julia]].

** In all fairness, it's far more likely that [[spoiler: the team in the boat was already waiting for Ethan in the aqueduct, underneath the grate that they cut open for him to jump down into and avoid being captured by the police.]]

* LightningBruiser: When Hunt and Walker attempt to apprehand John Lark in the Parisian bathroom, they quickly get their [[CurbStompBattle arses handed to them]] even at a 2 to 1 advantage due to their target's incredible strength, speed and skill in hand-to-hand combat.

The film was released in the USA on July 27, 2018. [[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas Not related to the]] ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} video game series]], asides from the occupational hazard of handling nuclear weapons.

->''"'Your mission, should you choose to accept it' -- I wonder, did you ever choose not to? The end you've always feared is coming, and the blood will be on your hands. The fallout of all your good intentions."''

* ThemeMusicAbandonment: In ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation Rogue Nation]]'', the tune of [[Theatre/{{Turandot}} "Nessum Dorma"]] as a recurring {{leitmotif}} to represent Ilsa, referencing the opera scene where she and Ethan have their second encounter. Despite Ilsa returning in ''Fallout'', this motif is not carried over due to the change in composers between films.

''Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' is a 2018 {{action|Genre}} {{spy|Fiction}} {{thriller}} film and the sixth entry in the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' film series, written and directed by Creator/ChristopherMcQuarrie (''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', ''Film/TheUsualSuspects''), who is the first director to return to the series, and starring Creator/TomCruise as Ethan Hunt once again.

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Julia, but not with Ethan. She found new love with a kindhearted doctor. Her husband realizes that the two have a past when they meet and that Ethan is not who he says he is, but he seems okay with it.]]