Ethan stalls his own prison break to free Bogdan
Benji runs a Moscow prison riot from a laptop while Ethan, timed to a Dean Martin song, detours to bring an informant out with him.
Ethan Hunt
Every Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol moment featuring Ethan Hunt, in story order. Played by Tom Cruise.
22 moments · 1h 17m
The phone-box briefing: break into the Kremlin
Ethan takes a mission to steal Cobalt's file from the Kremlin archive, and Benji's reaction to the target says it all.
Benji babbles his way into the Kremlin
Disguised as a general, Ethan walks the checkpoints with a starstruck, nervous Benji at his side, then slips into the archive.
The archive is empty and the Kremlin blows
Ethan finds the file gone, hears someone else on their frequency and aborts, seconds before an explosion tears through the Kremlin.
Framed for the blast, Ethan escapes the hospital
A Russian agent tells Ethan he will suffer for the bombing; Ethan breaks out of his restraints, flees through the window and calls for extraction.
The Secretary invokes Ghost Protocol
Inside an armoured car the IMF Secretary tells Ethan the agency is disavowed and hands him an off-the-books mission, then says goodbye.
Motorcade ambush and the plunge into the river
Gunmen hit the car mid-goodbye; Ethan drags Brandt out of the sinking wreck and outwits the shooters in the water.
The Burj plan, the helper, and the camels
Ethan sketches a two-room con in the world's tallest tower, Brandt is assigned the role of helper, and the car swerves for camels.
Ethan climbs the outside of the Burj Khalifa
With the server room unreachable from inside, Ethan scales the glass tower on failing gloves, then swings back down to the team with no line to spare.
Ethan pushes Brandt to hand over real launch codes
With a cryptographer arriving to check the fakes, Ethan argues the mission is Hendricks, not the codes, and dares the analyst to prove him wrong.
No masks: the double-room swap at the Burj
Without disguises, Jane and Ethan play Moreau and Wistrom to each other, bluffing through a tense exchange while the codes are copied.
Jane fights Moreau as the con falls apart
The deal turns deadly: Ethan chases Wistrom, the Russians catch up, and Jane's brawl with Moreau ends at an open window.
Sandstorm chase through Dubai
Ethan chases Wistrom blind through a sandstorm on foot and by car, tracking a beeping signal until a crash ends the pursuit.
The team turns on itself in the safe house
Brandt blames Jane for losing Moreau, Benji for the leak, and Ethan finally asks Brandt who he really is.
Ethan offers an arms dealer the future
Bogdan's cousin wants payment, but Ethan bets on a nuclear war being bad for business and gets the lead to Mumbai.
Jane asks Ethan if revenge helped
Doubting herself before Mumbai, Jane is told Ethan does not blame her, and she asks the question no one else dared.
Brandt learns he is jumping into an oven
The Mumbai plan has Brandt leaping down a 25-foot shaft onto a magnetic catch, and the details keep getting worse.
Pluto, Venus and the leap of faith in Mumbai
At Brij Nath's party Benji objects to his code name while Brandt is talked into jumping into the server shaft.
Jane gets the code as Hendricks seizes the satellite
Jane lets Brij Nath chase her upstairs, Ethan takes out Hendricks' men, and Brandt cooks in the relay room as the system is hijacked.
Ethan battles Hendricks for the launch case
With a missile in the air, Ethan fights Hendricks through an automated car park while the team races to restore power.
Ethan offers the team their next missions
Weeks later in Seattle the team swap jokes and wounds, and Ethan tells them the team was the only thing that worked.
Brandt learns the truth about Croatia
Brandt finally admits his guilt to Ethan, and Ethan reveals what really happened and why he went to prison.