To perform the scene of jumping a motorbike off a 1,200 m high mountain in “Mission: Impossible 7”, actor Tom Cruise prepared for 3 years. On the day of filming, the whole crew was ready to “possibly lose Tom Cruise” because it was too risky.

Mission 7: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Mission Impossible: Karma – Part 1) is commented by experts as elevating the risky scenes – which is the trademark of this series.

In particular, the scene where spy Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) crashes a large motorbike off a high cliff was commented by director Christopher McQuarrie as “The most dangerous thing we have ever tried” .

Tom Cruise plunges into the most spectacular scene in the movie.

According to the script, the male lead Ethan raced a motorbike against a high-speed train, choosing a suitable time to ride, open his parachute and sneak onto the train. Actor Tom Cruise did it himself, without using a stuntman. The director shared that if Tom Cruise swerved while driving down a steep road, a terrible accident could happen. The entire film crew was mentally prepared for this.

The scene is full of cinematic recklessness.

Before filming started, Tom Cruise was well-trained in skydiving and motorcycling. The actor is estimated to have performed 13,000 jumps from the car and 500 parachute deployments over the course of 3 years.

According to Tom Cruise, jumping off the top of the mountain requires precise camera angles, careful preparation and favorable weather conditions. He felt lucky because “God cooperated” and all parts of the film crew coordinated well.

Behind the scenes of the adventure scene.

Director McQuarrie highly appreciated Tom Cruise’s hard-working spirit. The director said that the actor actively participated in the scene design and scene staging process. The actor coordinated smoothly with each department in the film crew to make everything go smoothly and safely.

Another action scene reminiscent of the disaster in ‘Titanic’.

Mission: Impossible 7 offers audiences many other eye-catching and nerve-wracking action scenes. After the first few days of screening, the film received a score of 90% “fresh tomatoes” on the film review platform Rotten Tomatoes, making it the best-performing blockbuster of the 2023 summer film season. In Vietnam, the film grossed nearly 20 billion VND after four days of screening.