Script - Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol

He uncuffs Brandt—not with a key, but by dislocating his own thumb. Pop. Brandt flinches.

(struggling against chains) This is suicide. You're not a ghost, Hunt. You're a corpse that hasn't stopped moving. I saw you die in Kiev. I wrote the report.

That's not us. Ethan, someone else is in the system. They're—oh God. They're framing you . mission impossible ghost protocol script

And no one will admit we exist.

(pulls up a file) Enter "Ghost Protocol." Section 12, Paragraph 4. If the IMF is disavowed and senior command eliminated, any surviving agents may operate without sanction. No oversight. No backup. No extraction. He uncuffs Brandt—not with a key, but by

Ethan standing on the edge of the Burj, dawn behind him. A helicopter arrives. Not extraction. Arrest.

He pulls a crumpled photo from his pocket: Hendricks. On the back, scrawled in Russian: "Kremlin. Next: Dubai. Burj Khalifa." (struggling against chains) This is suicide

Ethan loads a magnetized GRAPPLING HOOK. No parachute shown.

ETHAN HUNT (40s, haunted but precise) scales a sheer glass wall inside the KREMLIN. No gloves. Sweat drips into his eyes. Below, a dozen Russian soldiers pass within feet.

Translation: he believes the only way to prevent nuclear war is to start one . To prove deterrence is a lie. He's acquired a Russian broadcast module—think a dead man's switch. He can launch a missile from any phone.