INT. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Ethan, Luther and Benji are talking.
ETHAN
The thing about Lindsey is she was brand-new. She was sweet.
Remember when you were sweet? Can you remember that far back?
Remember when you were sweet? Can you remember that far back?
LUTHER
Yeah, well, barely.
ETHAN
In Germany, you asked me what it is I see in Julia.What I see in
Julia is life before all this. And it's good. Benji, what have you got?
Julia is life before all this. And it's good. Benji, what have you got?
BENJI
Well, these hard drive platters are just fried.
ETHAN
Yeah.
BENJI
You know, they made a mess of them.It's just like...There's holes in
them and stuff.And it's got scorched all the way through. And then...
them and stuff.And it's got scorched all the way through. And then...
Look, this one's got a hole in it and stuff. I can't believe. I can't even
look at it.
look at it.
ETHAN
Benji. Did you recover anything?
BENJI
Yes. Yes.Despite the aforementioned conditions of the hard drive you
brought back,I managed to recover portions of two dozen e-mail files.
Also made what I believe to be a thoroughly promotion-worthy breakthrough.
brought back,I managed to recover portions of two dozen e-mail files.
Also made what I believe to be a thoroughly promotion-worthy breakthrough.
Your Mr. Davian is going to arrive in Rome the day after tomorrow and
attend a function at one Vatican City.
attend a function at one Vatican City.
LUTHER
What the hell is Davian doing at the Vatican?
BENJI
It's all got to do with the "Rabbit's Foot."
ETHAN
Rabbit's Foot?
BENJI
Yeah, well, I'm assuming it's like a code word for something he's about to sell
to an unspecified buyer,for $850 million, by the way. Or maybe it's not a code
word.
to an unspecified buyer,for $850 million, by the way. Or maybe it's not a code
word.
BENJI
Maybe it's just a really, really expensive bunny appendage.
ETHAN
You have no idea what it is?
BENJI
It's interesting. I used to have this professor at Oxford, okay?
Dr. Wickham, his name was, and he was like this massive, fat guy.
You know... Well, I won't tell you what we used to call him.
He taught biomolecular kinetics and cellular dynamics, and he used to
sort of scare the underclassmen with this story
sort of scare the underclassmen with this story
about how the world would eventually be eviscerated by technology.
You see, it was inevitable that a compound would be created, which he
referred to as the "Anti-God." It was like an accelerated mutator, a sort
of, you know, like an unstoppable force of destructive power that would
just lay waste to everything. To buildings and parks and streets and children
and ice cream parlors, you know? So whenever I see, like, a rogue organization,
willing to spend this amount of money on a mystery tech, I always assume it's
the Anti-God. End-of-the-world kind of stuff, you know? But, no, I don't have
any idea what it is. I was just speculating.
You see, it was inevitable that a compound would be created, which he
referred to as the "Anti-God." It was like an accelerated mutator, a sort
of, you know, like an unstoppable force of destructive power that would
just lay waste to everything. To buildings and parks and streets and children
and ice cream parlors, you know? So whenever I see, like, a rogue organization,
willing to spend this amount of money on a mystery tech, I always assume it's
the Anti-God. End-of-the-world kind of stuff, you know? But, no, I don't have
any idea what it is. I was just speculating.
ETHAN
Did you brief Musgrave on this?
LUTHER
Who, me? No, not yet.
ETHAN
Good. Don't.
BRASSEL
What?
ETHAN
Don't tell anyone about this.
BENJI
This took me ages.
ETHAN
If something goes wrong with the operation, I want Musgrave to have deniability.
That's great work, Benji.
LUTHER
What operation? That look in your eye is a pain in my ass.
You know that, right?
INT. HOSPITAL
Ethan goes to visit Julia. There is an announcement.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Any available resident to Pediatrics.
INT. JULIA'S HOUSE
Ethan and Julia are talking.
ETHAN
I have to go away again. On business. Two days.
JULIA
Two days?
ETHAN
Yeah.
JULIA
Ethan, what's going on? I keep thinking you just need time
to tell me whatever it is that it's...But nothing in my mindmakes sense.
ETHAN
Yeah.
JULIA
What's wrong? What are you not telling me?
ETHAN
I need to ask you for something. And it's the most...
Ethan hesitates.
ETHAN
I need you to trust me.
JULIA
Of course I trust you. Am I ever going to be able
to understand what this is?
Ethan shakes his head.
ETHAN
I need you to trust me.
JULIA
Yes. I trust you. Is it...Tell me it's real. I mean us. Tell me it's real.
ETHAN
Follow me.
Follow me.
INT. HOSPITAL
Ethan and Julia are getting married.
PRIEST
The vows you're about to take are not to be taken without careful
thought and prayer. This love is not to be diminished by difficult
circumstances and it is only to be dissolved by death.
Do you have the rings?
PRIEST
The vows you're about to take are not to be taken without careful
thought and prayer. This love is not to be diminished by difficult
circumstances and it is only to be dissolved by death.
Do you have the rings?
ETHAN
Yeah.
He takes out a plastic ring.
PRIEST
Repeat after me. I, Julia Anne Meade...
Repeat after me. I, Julia Anne Meade...
Julia and Ethan look at each other.
JULIA
"I, Julia Anne Meade..."
PRIEST
...hereby take Ethan Matthew Hunt...
JULIA
"...hereby take Ethan Matthew Hunt..."
PRIEST
...to be my lawfully wedded husband.
JULIA
"...to be my lawfully wedded husband."
INT. IMF HEADQUARTERS
ETHAN
Tomorrow may be the only time
we can predict where Owen Davian is going to be.
Tomorrow may be the only time
we can predict where Owen Davian is going to be.
INT. CONFERENCE ROOM
Ethan's team is talking about the next mission.
ETHAN
Charity event. Vatican City. Our mission is to get in and kidnap Davian.
LUTHER
I don't know why he's so happy. I did remind him that the Vatican is the Vatican.
which is monitored 24/7, with over 200 CCTV cameras.
ETHAN
That's not even what makes it a challenge. Getting Davian is good.
But getting his buyers is even better. If they realize he's been grabbed,
they'll disappear.
But getting his buyers is even better. If they realize he's been grabbed,
they'll disappear.
DECLAN
I'm sorry, what are you saying? No matter how we grab Davian,
ETHAN
No, they won't. Access point is here. It's a one-way street
adjacent to the Vatican wall. I'll need 30 seconds.
And we'll need a truck.
adjacent to the Vatican wall. I'll need 30 seconds.
And we'll need a truck.
EXT. ROAD OUTSIDE VATICAN
Declan and Ethan are in a truck. They are pretending to have
engine trouble. There are many angry Italians behind them stuck
in traffic.
DECLAN
Now we've pissed off every Italian in Rome,
go do what you got to do.
ETHAN
Don't forget the smoke.
Don't forget the smoke.
DECLAN
Yeah.
Ethan climbs the wall.
ETHAN
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
INT.WATER
Luther is in a scuba diving suit. He uses a blowtorch to breach a tunnel.
LUTHER
Alpha team, this is Bravo.Right on schedule.
We should have breach in 60.
Alpha team, this is Bravo.Right on schedule.
We should have breach in 60.
ETHAN
Roger that. Charlie team, report.
DECLAN
Well, I don't have anything to report, really.
Except I think I should be right on time.
ETHAN
We'll be waiting for you.
DECLAN
ETA two minutes.
ETHAN
Roger that. Charlie team, did you fire the tracer yet?
DECLAN
Stand by. Firing the tracer. Now.
ETHAN
Alpha, I'm in. T minus two minutes.
LUTHER
Roger that.
ETHAN
Charlie team, I see you.
I'm looping the security feed.
Stand by to move.
LUTHER
Roger that.
Ethan takes a picture and tapes it to a video camera.
ETHAN
Video is looped. Go.
LUTHER
Alpha team, catacomb video taken care of?
ETHAN
Taken care of. We're good to go.
DECLAN
Delta team, do you copy?
ZHEN
All I do is copy.
DECLAN
That's funny. Get ready to move into position.
ZHEN
I'm already there.
DECLAN
Really? ETA 30 seconds.
ZHEN
See you in 30.
ETHAN
Alpha team moving into position.
LUTHER
Bravo standing by for transmission.
ETHAN
Transmitting.
LUTHER
Got you.
EXT. VATICAN
Zhen drives up to the Vatican in a sports car. A guard stops her.
ZHEN
Miss Onia Demea. I should be on the list. Thank you.
GUARD
I'm sorry. Your name is not here.
ZHEN
There must be some mistake.
Declan comes out, dressed as a guard. He talks to Zhen.
DECLAN
Miss Demea? Just a minute.
Declan convinces the guard to let her through.
INT. VATICAN
Declan meets Ethan again.
DECLAN
She made it.
ZHEN
We have a photo opportunity.
Zhen takes a video of Davian's face and sends it to Luther.
LUTHER
Just give me the word. I'm standing by.
Delta, ready for upload. Delta team, download good.
Luther starts making a mask that looks like Davian's face.
He talks to Ethan.
LUTHER
Listen, man, I didn't mean to be so cavalier the other day
about you getting engaged.
ETHAN
I know that. Thanks.
LUTHER
But a normal relationship isn't viable for people like us.
ETHAN
I don't agree with that.
LUTHER
Then I'm smarter than you.
DECLAN
I'm going up. I agree with Luther. We can't have real relationships.
But you see, I love that.
LUTHER
Twenty-three months. That's as long as it'll last
when you got the baggage we do and the lifestyle we got.
ETHAN
Really?
LUTHER
Yeah, really. Look at me. I know what I'm talking about.
And you know I know what I'm talking about.
DAVIAN
Wait here.
ZHEN
Davian just picked up a briefcase. We're going to have to
move sooner than we thought.
ETHAN
Can you identify who made the drop?
ZHEN
Negative. How close are you guys?
LUTHER
We're just printing now. I'm not proud of it. I'm not happy about it
but I've lived with woman a few times and it doesn't ever make it
to two years.
ETHAN
Thanks for the advice, but it's different for me
than it is for you, you know? I'm not in the field any more.
LUTHER
Oh, okay. Here's a retirement present.
In our job,there's always going to be
something between you and a woman.
Always.
ETHAN
Luther, listen-
LUTHER
Dishonesty. A dishonesty that poisons everything.
ETHAN
I think I need to tell you something...
LUTHER
Stop talking. this isn't about you, Ethan.
And whoever this girl is, you're going to
end up messing up her life,too. Don't do it.
ETHAN
Jules and I got married two days ago.
LUTHER
Congratulations.
ETHAN
Thanks. Thanks.
ZHEN
He's walking. I'm going in.
ETHAN
Roger that. I'm on my way.
Zhen spills red wine on Davian's shirt. She apologizes.
DAVIAN'S SECRETARY
Ma'am. I need you to step back.
DAVIAN
No. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. I always spill red wine
on my white custom-made shirt.
DAVIAN'S SECRETARY
Okay. Step back.
DAVIAN
It's fine. It's fine. Bathroom.
Davian goes to the bathroom to wash his shirt.
ZHEN
Tell me you're on your way.
ETHAN
I'm on the move.
DECLAN
Move it. Come on.
ZHEN
His bodyguards are checking out the bathroom.
ETHAN
I'm almost there.
ZHEN
He's going in.
INT. RESTROOM
Ethan attacks Davian. He looks exactly like him. He holds a gun
to his head, and a paper for Davian to read.
ETHAN
Quiet. Read this. Slowly. Read it.
DAVIAN
The pleasure of Buzby's company is what I most enjoy.
He put a tack on Miss Yancy's chair when she called him
a horrible boy. At the end of the month he was flinging
two kittens across the width of the room. I count on his
schemes to reveal the...What the hell is this?
ETHAN
Finish.
LUTHER
Alpha, you're about to have a visitor.
ETHAN
Finish!
DAVIAN
...a way to escape my gloom.
Ethan knocks Davian out.
ETHAN
Got it.
Alpha, do you copy?
LUTHER
The guard's on his way. It's too late for that. He's in the hallway.
The bodyguard opens the door and looks at Ethan. He looks exactly
like Davian.
BODYGUARD
Sir, is everything all right?
LUTHER
Everything is not all right. Voice mask is still compiling.
I need 30 seconds.
BODYGUARD
Sir? Sir?
Ethan coughs a little to buy some time for the voice mask to be complete.
LUTHER
Six seconds, I'm uploading.
A way to escape my gloom. Okay. Go.
Ethan talks to the bodyguard.
ETHAN
I'm fine. Wait outside. See you in the sewer.
INT. VATICAN
Ethan goes out dressed as Davian. Zhen pretends to apologize to him.
INTERPRETER
She's sorry about your shirt.
ETHAN
That's no problem.
INTERPRETER
Her hotel has laundry service, and she'll happily take care of it.
ETHAN
You want to wash my shirt? What are we going to do
while we're waiting in your hotel room, and I'm not
wearing my shirt?
while we're waiting in your hotel room, and I'm not
wearing my shirt?
INTERPRETER
She'll think of something. She would like to drive.
ETHAN
Follow me to the hotel.
INTERPRETER
Sir, would you like us to watch the case?
ETHAN
No.
EXT. VATICAN
Ethan and Zhen drive out in her sports car. The car stops, and they
go out through the floor into a sewer.
INT. UNDERGROUND
Nice job.
ZHEN
Thank you.
They see Luther.
What's up?
LUTHER
LUTHER
Nothing. What's up with you?
ETHAN
Nothing. Blow the car.
ZHEN
Oh. It's such a nice car.
ETHAN
And yet, do it.
They blow up the car and leave the area in a boat.
INT. BRASSEL'S OFFICE
Brassel is listening to an announcement.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I direct your attention to the third satellite image in the
series forwarded to us by our friends...
BRASSEL'S SECRETARY
Mr. Musgrave to see you.
BRASSEL
Send him in.
MUSGRAVE
Ethan Hunt and his team just grabbed Owen Davian in Rome.
They're headed back now. I thought you should know.
They're headed back now. I thought you should know.
BRASSEL
You were aware of this operation?
MUSGRAVE
Yes, I was.
BRASSEL
Then good work.
MUSGRAVE
Thank you.
INT. PLANE
Ethan talks to Davian when he wakes up.
ETHAN
You're dead, Mr. Davian. There were witnesses.
DAVIAN
That was you in the bathroom.
ETHAN
Now, you're going to tell us everything. Every buyer you've worked
with. Every organization.
DAVIAN
What the hell is your name?
ETHAN
Names, contacts, inventory lists.
DAVIAN
You have a wife, girlfriend?
ETHAN
It's up to you how this goes.
DAVIAN
Because you know what I'm going to do next? I'm going to find her,
whoever she is, I'm going to find her, and I'm going to hurt her.
whoever she is, I'm going to find her, and I'm going to hurt her.
ETHAN
You were apprehended carrying details of the location of something
code named the Rabbit's Foot.
code named the Rabbit's Foot.
DAVIAN
I'm going to make her bleed, and cry,and call out your name.
And you're not going to be
able to do shit. You know why?
able to do shit. You know why?
ETHAN
What is the Rabbit's Foot?
DAVIAN
Because you're going to be this close to dead.
ETHAN
And who is the buyer?
DAVIAN
And then I'm going to kill you right in front of her.
ETHAN
I'm going to ask you one more time.ETHAN
DAVIAN
What's your name?
ETHAN
What is the Rabbit's Foot?
DAVIAN
Who are you?
ETHAN
And who is the buyer?
DAVIAN
You don't have any idea what the hell is going on, do you?
I mean, you saw what I did to your little blonde friend at the factory, right?
Well, that was nothing. That was
Davian gives a pause.
DAVIAN
fun. That was fun.
Ethan opens a hatch and tries to drop Davian out of the plane.
ETHAN
What is the Rabbit's Foot?
LUTHER
Ethan!
ETHAN
What is the Rabbit's Foot?
LUTHER
Ethan, stop!
ETHAN
What is it?
LUTHER
Don't do it! Ethan!
ETHAN
What is the Rabbit's Foot?
You tell me!
LUTHER
Ethan, stop! Don't do it. This isn't you, man! This isn't you!
We can use him, Ethan! You know that! No, Ethan! Don't do it!
Please, stop!
Ethan relents, and brings Davian back into the plane.
DAVIAN
What I'm selling, and who I'm selling to, is the last thing
you should be concerned about, Ethan.
Questions
1. What does Benji discover?
2. Why is Julia worried about Ethan?
3. Why does Ethan get angry on the plane?
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