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2018 film

Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Craig Horlbeck

Aired December 27, 2022

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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.

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Cut footage, difficult production, a Cavill anecdote and a risky stunt are reported.

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The director’s reported test-screening explanation for the deleted love scene is repeated skeptically.
Reported hail, mudslides, altitude illness, eruptions, tear gas and the death of the body double are recounted; weight loss and a director outburst are also reported.
A story connects an extra’s request for advice to later actor Henry Cavill; the hosts initially express disbelief.
Just Cause on the wall is identified as the Panama operation, not a movie reference.
The actor is quoted describing holding a helicopter strap without a harness; the hosts doubt the claimed height while believing he made the jump.

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