The MISSION IMPOSSIBLE STUNTS That Almost KILLED Tom Cruise - Every Stunt BREAKDOWN

[@ScreenCrush]

What's the best Mission: Impossible stunt?

[@marcaddow7326]

Burj Khalifa

[@marcaddow7326]

Well lol, The opening stunt for Rogue Nation, the plane stunt was extraordinarily dangerous. Due to the high pressure speeds and little fragments in the air. Tom Cruise had to wear contacts to prevent little debris from entering his eyes. The most minute details

[@Dan55888]

Hopefully whatever future one takes his cult figurehead life. The world would be a better place

[@GameOfDepth]

The London jump. I can identify with it and a feel my ankle snap in empathy.

[@GameOfDepth]

This goes back to Bladerunner when Harrison Ford scrapes against the fire escape. It was an injury I could identify with, and my empathy allows me to FEEL it.

[@Dark_eVader]

HALO is an acronym for High Altitude, Low Opening. Meaning, the jump is from a high altitude but the parachute is deployed when reaching the lowest safe altitude to open. The reason they don't open the parachute immediately is because the sky divers can pass out from lack of oxygen so they have to get to the lower oxygen rich altitude as fast as possible.

[@raydrexler5868]

I dream of doing a HAHO jump. I’m enamored of the idea of taking as long as possible to get to the ground.

[@Dark_eVader]

@@raydrexler5868 You're going to be using an oxcon or pom I presume?

[@flobbie87]

And here i thought it was all about not being detected by the enemy.

[@MusicLover-my6fo]

Tom Cruise should have a mountain of Oscars, he's one of the few actors that are literally willing to risk life and limb for the sake of entertainment. I remember he said he broke his left ankle filming a stunt scene for Mission Impossible Fallout and doctors said it would be a 6-month recovery and Tom Cruise was back filming in 6 weeks. The dedication.

[@BobK5]

I agree he should get an Oscar for his stunt work, if it is him and not a stuntman wearing a Tom Cruise rip off face 😎

[@joshuab3715]

The Oscar’s need a “best stunt” catagory.

[@codenamepsylocke]

Mission Impossible is probably the greatest movie series of all time specifically because it keeps reinventing itself and outdoing itself - and Tom Cruise is 90% of that drive. I absolutely adore these movies and love showing them to anyone who hasn't seen them. His stupidly dangerous dedication to doing as much for real, in-camera stunt work as possible is so awesome in this age of effects-driven movies and it comes through best in the Mission franchise. I'm gonna miss it when Dead Reckoning Part 2 says farewell to Ethan Hunt.

[@misterderp4566]

Let's not forget that Tom Cruise is 61 years old. I'm not even 40 and after a long walk I have to take a nap.

[@LtFoodstamp]

We are the same.

[@TCReyes]

The knife to the eye is straight up unnecessary lmao. The possibility of getting an eye stabbed out makes me squirm more than heights. The man is insane, but I respect his dedication.

[@paulherrick2071]

I'm guessing it was just a misreading of the script, but it did make me smile when he said they were falling at 2000 MPH. That would be over 2 times the speed of sound, or near the top speed of a modern fighter jet. I only have love for Ryan and Screen Crush. . . and Doug. Absolute favorite entertainment review channel!

[@joshnizzle]

Cruise may be crazy with Scientology but he’s an amazing actor.

[@TheDirtySouth404]

He’s crazy with that too 😂😂😂

[@matthewissa]

I kinda think his belief in scientology (humans all being Gods who can't die) might play a role in why he's so willing to do these stunts

[@greglr19751]

No crazier than all the other religions.

[@joshnizzle]

@@greglr19751 lol very true. I can’t get my mom to see my views on that. Even though she lost my dad to Covid after hours of prayers and begging for miracles he still passed. Now she’s left with a ton of debt and she never worked to bring money in since she raised 3 kids and has bad asthma these days. So she’s in a bad situation and I help all I can but it’s not enough. Dad left her with sooooo many bills. So if there’s a god that allows that or allows kids to suffer with cancer then I don’t want anything to do with em. That’s 💯

[@dead.inside.585]

@@greglr19751 precisely! People who complain about "a religion being crazy" refuse to realize that theirs are not different at all.

[@camaronshoultz6137]

I honestly believe it’s a travesty that Cruise doesn’t have an Oscar given everything he’s done to save the movie industry. I know the Oscar voters are movie snobs and usually vote for some obscure movie that nobody even goes to see. But his commitment to these stunts as his character is the highest form of acting in my opinion. Be nice if the Academy would recognize and award movies that people actually watch.

[@Gaminating]

He could very well get an honorary Oscar, and that’d be good enough.

[@pineapplepapercrafts]

They may not want to give him one due to his cult he is a part of. I personally wouldn't want to. Ya he is impressive but scientology is bonkers and they may not want to endorse him that fully.

[@strikerbowls791]

​@@pineapplepapercrafts Scientology is nothing compared to a lot of the actors they award

[@mrDingleberry44]

​@@pineapplepapercraftsI don't think that they care about Scientologists. Hell, Paul Haggis won as Director of Crash while he was still in the cult. I don't know why they'd care, while at the same time embracing so many pedos.

[@BobK5]

It might be that Tom is more stuntman than actor?

[@XinGraves13]

I've been saying this shit for YEARS, bro!! "Billion dollar bucket list" is absolutely spot on.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Tom is a real life Ethan hunt he takes impossible missions in filming sphere He is a legend.

[@3eEtranger]

First, and this stunt was really spectacular but if it almost killed Tom Cruise then I’m glad he lived, I love your content too

[@Dan55888]

Gross, he is a figurehead of basically the closest real life thing to an evil cult

[@j.a.velarde5901]

This is definitely one of your team's best videos. Well done!

[@CommandereON]

Tom Cruise’s top speed sprint scenes always seemed like he wanted to give himself a heart attack.😂

[@keithwaynemacgregor]

Love it! A quick correction... maximum head-first speed for free falls usually range from 150-180 mph, not 2,000 mph as stated around the 19-minute-mark... but, yes, really fast. :)

[@mykeljewell]

Ahh yes the famous acronym for a military parachute maneuver. The HALO, which stands for High Altitude Banana Treadmill. 😅😅

[@Marianojoey]

I don't think he'll be the last. He's inspiring a lot of young actors and actresses. Even for Fallout, Henry Cavill asked to be on the HALO jump, that he was willing to sign any waver so they let him, and Tom said: "Sorry, but no, you don't have the training yet. If we let you do it, and something goes wrong, we all die.".

[@AndrewNaranjo-dt7mr]

Tom Holland is the next Cruise in my opinion he’s the only actor in their 20’s who does all of his stunts. The stuff he does for Spider-Man and even the Uncharted movie is a good indicator

[@jaredbarber5823]

So cool, although falling terminal velocity is 120mph. Not 2000 mph. But still a great breakdown vid.

[@dddon513]

A person can go well over 120 at terminal velocity. The standard sky diving belly down position just limits it to 120. A head first dive can reach nearly 200.

[@jaredbarber5823]

@@dddon513 Interesting, suppose he meant 200, not 2000.

[@lyndabegay5585]

Thank you for sharing all of the Mission Inpossible 😊

[@Darth_Mom_2]

Saw Dead Reckoning last night and WOW!!! So good!! Amazing stunts and non stop action!!

[@haddonfieldradio666]

How about the fact that by Part 4, the studio was actually trying to phase Cruise OUT of the franchise by replacing him with the inclusion of Jeremy Renner because of the perceived declining profits starting in Part 3. Obviously, Cruise led Part 4 to the highest grosses yet for the M:I franchise and some of the series’ best reviews. If you notice in Part 5, it is actually Renner who gets phased out….

[@ramboluib2752]

Tom Cruise's credit line with death is so long right now he's almost immortal.

[@nardpuncher]

I never thought I would like these movies but they are so good and so clever too

[@Drrck11]

Tim Cruise's agent much be having heart attacks during these stunts.

[@balthazarasquith]

No matter what's said about Tom Cruise he's a legend of an actor if nothing else. It's like he's on the side of the audience

[@Dan55888]

No he is a cult figurehead

[@kikiwest2001]

“What’s up with this Tom cruise guy…is he nuts” 😂😂😂

[@jondonnelly]

I'm always blown away by those pictures of Tom on top of that tower in Dubai.

[@cpt.walker6273]

I saw part one Dead Reckoning. I get the feeling that part 2 will be Tom's last Mission Impossible movie.

[@amritajones3818]

Tom should have got Oscar for every movie he's done, stunt's are breathtaking full of entertainment.

[@camaronshoultz6137]

I love every single one of these movies! Even the second one!! Always super entertaining and I wish he could make these movies forever!!

[@NExclusivIL]

Thanks for saving cinema, Tom 🥹

[@tonychan8558]

Fun fact about the Prague Fish Tank in Mission 1: The the person who had the button to detonate the explosion, said: SO: Okay, so I'm going to push the button on 3. Okay, 3, 2, ...... TC: WHOA! Wait! You said 3. When do I go? On 1? On 0? When? SO: I don't know! Tom Cruise told this story on Graham Norton Show in the UK.

[@_TheViewer_]

I think the knife one really made me have the most respect, doh all the other stunts are crazy as well, that jump from MI2 for example 😂

[@MessiahRamsay]

Wondering if Tom Cruise might be somewhere on the autism spectrum. He’s so committed to the movies he makes and seems to be in love with the whole industry. It’s nice to see the perception of him shift away from ppl saying that he’s crazy and giving him the respect he deserves.

[@GaiaBuzz]

Definitely not on the spectrum, more like the highest paid adrenaline junkie in movie history. Nothing wrong with that, his life must be a grand event.

[@MolokoMinus]

Him being crazy and worthy of respect aren’t mutually exclusive. He is most definitely crazy for many different reasons, both good AND bad. But I’d say he’s worthy of respect for a lot of the GOOD crazy things he’s done

[@MessiahRamsay]

@@MolokoMinus crazy is a bit of a derogatory term. Kanye is struggling but even still I wouldn’t call him crazy. Tom cruise is eccentric. Both are talented. So no I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive but to slap that label on him definitely minimizes the fact that he’s not only an incredible dramatic actor but a smart producer and an extremely brave stunt performer. Neurodivergent people have been mocked and subjected to pop psych diagnoses for too long. I love Tom cruise and I love that he used force lightning on Oprah

[@MolokoMinus]

@@MessiahRamsay I’m calling him crazy based on what former Scientologists, who were lucky enough to have escaped, have said about him

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

I’m just fully prepared for Tom to go out on one of these stunts in the future. If it doesn’t I’d be grateful, we all would

[@LotanLevant]

That knife scene is insane, all of it is really.

[@annagornas3572]

Tom Cruise isn't human. He's gonna go out with a bang. If it's in space, so be it. His life has been one heck of a ride, he will be remembered. Now I have to go rewatch the whole series. Oh, and that rock climbing scene? Epic.

[@cz2165]

I think he did have a rock climber double for part of that scene in MI-2.

[@jakobbauz]

HALO stands for High Altitude Low Opening.

[@joshnizzle]

I said the exact same thing. Apparently he has not played metal gear solid 3

[@plissken2156]

18:32 - If HALO stood for High Altitude Military Parachuting, you would have HAMP. I think HALO stands for High Altitude Low Opening.

[@amirh4733]

Yes, thank you fellow MGS fan❤

[@heathstory9655]

Tom Cruise is a real life superhero!

[@TJWallasch]

"Henry Cavill joined Cruise in his suicide pact". Had me rolling

[@coachd13]

OMG, this video is so good!! I watched this 3 times just for fun. Great job, no matter what Paul says... lol

[@Oggy9156]

Best actor of his generation

[@marychocolatefairy]

MI 4 is still my fave of the series, as well as one of my faves of the whole 2010s. I love how it's non stop gogogogogo...with the only real pause being in Dubai when the non-Tom Cruise part of the team finally stands still for a few minutes to talk about Brandt's past. But even then Ethan Hunt is off running around amidst sandstorms and flying cars, lol.

[@storebrandryan]

I just rewatched 1, Rogue Nation, and Fallout again before seeing Dead Reckoning the other night, and I gotta say, Fallout is still my favorite. Dr had great sequences and performances, but Fallout and Henry Cavill's John Lark were amazing all around.

[@willevalle9371]

this guy is legend

[@mikeasimms]

Scaling that building in whichever one it was- it gave me anxiety and exhilaration in equal measure.

[@darthvulture]

Cruise is a crazy madman that also just knows action films. As you said getting the real deal just immerses us in a proper way. Just slightly annoys me that they do these incredible stuff in Norway only to place them in other countries in the film, just looking down the pulpit rock makes me uneasy so no idea how that madman can do these insane stunts.

[@StuntmanDanHemi]

It's almost like he wants to go out in one of these stunts, he doesn't wana die in his bed from old age, he wants to go out in the history books as the greatest action star of all times and no one ever able to top it. Just like James Dean dying in a car crash when he was on his way to a race, instant legend

[@zzkeokizz]

For me, The Dead Reckoning train stunt was upstaged by Harrison Ford in The Dial of Destiny. But that motorcycle stunt was Insane!!!

[@brucewayne1894]

Disappointing to see how a man puts his life on the line for our entertainment just for people to snub Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. What a weak box office! A masterpiece, which deserves a better audience. I'll be watching it for a 4th time in the coming days. Thank you, Tom!

[@nashpv]

Well it's studio mistake that they released in worst time

[@jogarretson6552]

I just about fell off my chair when I watched Dead Reckoning for the first time. I knew right from the get-go it was really Tom Cruise performing that stunt and my heart was right there beside him as he continued to fall and fall and fall. He has to be the one and only actor who goes to such great lengths to prepare for all these death-defying stunts. What other actor puts hundreds of thousands of hours into physically and mentally preparing for a film? From the beginning of time, I can't think of one. Tom Cruise is a man and an actor to be respected and held in AW. May his God be with him and protect him forever.

[@chain_sawyer7469]

My favorite stunt is and always will be that tall sky scraper scene in Ghost Protocol!!

[@masonfoxlow301]

Tom Cruise saved movies.

[@ctakitimu]

OMG!!! I'm 48 and this is the first time I've heard anyone (Tom Cruise) describe the same feeling I have when on a high height, I want to jump off. And I'm terrified of heights!

[@JamesBurnell]

“HALO stands for ‘High Altitude Military Parachuting’”….? Seems a little like: “SCUBA stands for ’Self Contained Underwater Mouth Nozzle’”

[@Dark_eVader]

Yeah unfortunately Ryan didn't do the research right. He just depended on the undependable wikipedia. HALO actually is an acronym for High Altitude Low Opening.

[@Satoshi__]

just watched it, the movie was awesome!

[@nasrirosman8220]

While The Fast and Furious series gets more insane in spectacle, Tom Cruise’s stunts get more crazy with every Mission Impossible movie

[@techphile3262]

U cant compare the fast and furious franchise to MI franchise in terms of realism

[@robbietitus]

Excellent content. Thsnk you SC team, ryan and Doug

[@stevenharsono9911]

Although Tom's action scenes is always great , seeing Rebecca Ferguson's character becoming a corpse is heartbreaking and hurt

[@KamillGran-ch5sb]

I love the MI movies but I do fear for Cruise’s life. The man is beyond amazing. He is truly a legend!

[@kicker2511]

“HALO stands for High Altitude Military Parachuting” - - - HAMP. Hahah

[@artgali9453]

😂

[@ERMAHGERDperl]

Absolute legend

[@TheReef84]

High Altitude Low Opening. And Tom Cruise is one of the few REAL Movie Stars

[@magheed_gaming]

That's one of the reasons why MI 1 is still in my top 3. That film was solid from start to finish and he was younger. If he did that same stunt again today he'd definitely die. Then again, running for your life puts things in perspective when a stunt will literally crush you if you're too slow.

[@sandinyourhair]

No one falls 2000 miles per hour. Sound travels at 765 mph, and terminal velocity for a skydiver is less than 200 mph. 19:11

[@catsithx]

I loved the second one. Yes i am john woo fan.

[@darktoylord]

I saw an old ScreeCrsuh video pop up on my feed last night. Forgot the topic but it was ALL voice over. Didn't see you at all. It was weird 🤣🤣

[@t.r.m.7862]

The biggest, most dangerous stunt Cruise could do would be to leave Scientology

[@iamlsusam]

My favorite one was climbing the burdge Califa skyscraper in Dubai!

[@xMuchAdox]

thanks for the video, but a couple of things. Terminal velocity is around 120 mph, not 2000. HALO doesn't stand for High-Altitude Military Parachuting. It stands for High-Altitude Low-Opening.

[@Thomaspanda]

Cant wait for Christopher Nolans Interstellar 2 where Tom Cruise will do what McConaughey couldn’t and go inside an actual Black Hole

[@jamesjackman4638]

I really love watching the mission impossible movies, and can't wait to see dead reckoning part 2 in 2024.

[@trumanhopper2493]

Extraction 2 didnt do a 20 minute, single take scene. They made it look like there weren't cuts, but there were a lot of different moments when the camera's view is entirely obscured by a person's body, or a concrete pillar, for a few frames. And those moments are when the camera cuts to allow the next minute long sequence to then be filmed and spliced into the sequence.

[@riandylie7817]

Now make one for jackie chan!

[@charlotteroach7781]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@stephenlozano2816]

Tom Cruise is a master class action hero. 👍🏼

[@dyersituationcosplayadvent3326]

The climbing of the Burj Khalifa is probably my favorite

[@peterbui3733]

You forgot about Tom Cruise's stunt double in MI2, Tom Crooze.

[@michaelfruchter732]

Great Video I really enjoyed it I’m A Subscriber Now Thank You

[@dfailsthemost]

I think he considers "big star that does crazy stunts" to kind of be his job now.

[@r107560sl]

Yeah, the last action hero in deed, well said. Great video and I enjoyed it.

[@dddon513]

Tom is dedicated and compared to regular people, is way beyond, but Jackie Chan makes Tom look like a legless man. It's not even in the same realm what Jackie has done vs Tom.

[@TheRepty818]

Not sure I'd call what Jackie Chan did, walking. Homeboy jumped multiple stories, hung off the side of a bus with an umbrella, and broke many bones.

[@omarwanace23_45]

18:33 that’s spells out HAMP 😂 it actually stands for high altitude, low opening

[@drdassler]

You just can't help but like the guy. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Dan55888]

I can easily hate him for what his cult does

[@drdassler]

@@Dan55888 ah, guilt by association, the way of the world. Why should followers of a bronze age death cult responsible for countless horrors get respect? I bet I could guess 'your opinion' on most major topics with 99% accuracy.

[@trailerwookie]

19:16 falling over 2,000 miles an hour! Lol. More like 200 miles an hour.

[@ChrisRichardsonwtfgamer]

I'm pretty sure that's not what HALO stands for. LOL! Fun vid.

[@onthevergeofvani11a21]

16 tones of water with most of its force dissipated after hitting the floor is now more than a small wave on the beach.

[@SuperAgentman007]

One of these days one stunt will cost Tom Cruise, his life I mean look at the movie triple X a stunt man actually died on the parachute scene at the end of the movie. Miss timed his parachute release, and slammed into the Paris bridge. Died on impact

[@craigsevery6274]

Mission impossible 6 Fallout is the best M.I. yet all others got number 1 on my list.

[@pcmacintyre]

19;15 They are not falling at 2000 mph in the Halo jumps. That's almost 3 times the speed of sound. Terminal velocity when skydiving is around 100-120 miles per hour. Faster if your head is pointed toward the ground.

[@Rheubie]

If HALO stood for "High Altitude Military Parachuting", the acronym would be HAMP. HALO = High Altitude Low Open. I suggest next time you read the entire Wikipedia article. If he jumped from 25,000 feet and he was travelling at 2000 mph, he'd hit the ground in about 8.5 seconds, at a speed of Mach 2.6. If you're going to use the numbers, at least calculate them correctly. Terminal velocity of a human in freefall tops out around 120 mph, and I don't see him catching fire at any point, so you're just... wrong.

[@Wallettography]

He wasn't falling at 2000mph out of the plane. Terminology velocity for a person is 120mph belly first and 180mph head first.

[@tracyyarbrough3358]

I don’t understand why you didn’t let the dog sign off too? I only watched this video because of the cute dog and Tom Cruise!

[@leonneldayoc5715]

I dont know why people hate MI2? the first trilogy is a great example of Ethan Hunt Maturing. MI1 Hunt is a new IMF agent wanting to prove himself to the org. MI2 Hunt became one of the best agent of IMF that is why he act so cool and carefree. MI3 because of his cool attitude on MI2 led to the death of an agent and the involvement of Julia on the mission, because of that the next trilogy he became a Heroic Man sacrificing his happiness just to keep the world safe from harm. Every one hate MI2 but in the year it was released that film is the only great action film in cinema.

[@nathanbyington2432]

I just watched Asteroid City and I need a breakdown video for sure

[@NicolineSteffi-qm1ne]

My heart is pumping 😂😂

[@SirTyJensen]

I seen most of the Mission: Impossible movies in the cinema starting with the third movie. I seen Ghost Protocol in IMAX my right palm got sweaty.