Mission: Impossible – Fallout The Rewatchables
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Apex Mountain

First Mission Impossible preferred for franchise impact; Cruise-stunt apex debated.

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  • The first Mission: Impossible is preferred to Fallout for franchise Apex.
  • Cruise is denied career Apex.
  • Whether this is the Apex of insane Cruise stories is disputed.
  • Knight and Day publicity, Ghost Protocol’s building, skydiving and hanging outside aircraft compete as extreme Cruise examples. Skydiving gets number-one support, while the aircraft stunt is recalled as hardest; hypothetical personal willingness differs.
  • Henry Cavill is denied Apex.
  • The nightclub is compared against John Wick and Collateral.
  • Bathroom fighting is given Apex.
  • HALO jumping is given Apex.
  • Helicopter action is given Apex.
  • Paris is denied Apex, with Last Tango in Paris raised.
  • Ving Rhames is denied Apex.
  • Simon Pegg’s Apex is disputed against Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
  • Dr. Rob Thorne is a joking Apex choice.