Mission Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning Part 1 Full Plot Summary, Leaks and Spoilers

The Mission Impossible Series is one of the most famous franchises of Hollywood. Tom Cruise is the star of the entire franchise and the first 4 films in the franchise were directed by different directors. However, the fifth film was helmed by Christopher McQuarrie and apparently he did such a good job that the franchise has stuck with him ever since. He directed the next film in the franchise Mission Impossible: Fallout and now he is going to direct the possibly last two films of the franchise – Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One and Part Two. These two films were supposed to conclude the franchise and give a proper send off to Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt.

Mission Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning Part 1 Full Plot Summary Leaked

As you might know the film has already had its red carpet premiere and thanks to that, we already have the full plot summary of the film. MI7 has impressed the critics worldwide and boasts a franchise best approval rating of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes with over 176 reviews so far. So, it is definitely going to be one hell of a ride and if you want to experience it, knowing as little as possible, this article isn’t for you. The following section contains MAJOT SPOILERS for the film, so beware.

Film begins as the Russian submarine Sevastopol is testing its experimental stealth capabilities when its onboard instruments detect another submarine launching torpedoes at it. The Sevastopol‘s captain gives the order to fire in retaliation. However, the other submarine disappears, along with its torpedoes. The Sevastopol‘s own torpedo mysteriously changes course and hits it, killing everyone on board. Ethan Hunt receives a package detailing his next mission, where he travels to the Namib desert to retrieve half of a key from his ally Ilsa Faust, who has a $50 million bounty placed on her. In Namibia, Ethan fights off a team of bounty hunters, briefly reunites with Ilsa and tells her to lay low.

In the US, Ethan infiltrates a meeting of “The Community,” where officials of various intelligence agencies, including former IMF director Eugene Kittridge and DNI Denlinger, discuss an experimental AI called the Entity, which was originally designed to infiltrate, sabatoge any digital system and erase all traces; it subsequently grew out of control and escaped to the Internet, further expanding to the point of potential sentience. From its escape, the Entity has infiltrated all major defense and military systems and intelligence networks but left without sabotaging anything.

Major powers are racing both to back up their most valuable data to prevent sabotage and to gain control of the Entity, which lies with the key. Believing the Entity is too powerful for any government to control, Ethan decides to destroy it, where he along with his teammates Benji Dunn and Luther Stickell, travel to Abu Dhabi International Airport to rendezvous with the holder of the other half of the key. In his pursuit of the keyholder, Ethan evades the Community’s agents led by Jasper Briggs as well as a mysterious third party before losing the half-key to Grace, a professional pickpocket.

Meanwhile, Luther identifies a hazardous piece of baggage containing a nuclear explosive; Benji narrowly defuses it via answering a series of riddles and personal questions presented by the Entity, discovering it to lack a core for detonation. Rattled by the Entity’s seeming precognition, as well as the appearance of Gabriel, a man with ties to his pre-IMF past, Ethan disbands the team and goes after Grace alone. In Rome, Ethan tracks down Grace moments before Jasper and Gabriel close in. After a long chase, she escapes again, but Ethan is reunited with his team and Ilsa, who unanimously agree that the mission is more important than their lives. With Benji and Luther providing support, Ethan and Ilsa join a party held by Alanna Mitsopolis in Venice, hoping to find the buyer for the complete key and learn what it unlocks.

Ethan meets Grace before all three of them are held at gunpoint by Alanna’s guards. Ethan learns that Alanna has sided with Gabriel and seems desperate to deliver the key to the Entity. Ethan’s team scatters and escapes in several directions. After subduing and sparing Gabriel’s subordinate Paris, Ethan is misdirected by the Entity masquerading as Benji. Gabriel intercepts and subdues Grace before Ilsa reaches the scene. Gabriel and Ilsa fight, with him ultimately killing her before Ethan can intervene. The remorseful Grace is convinced to join Ethan’s team, and they prepare to board the train where Alanna will meet the buyer.

Luther leaves for an off-grid location investigate traces of the Entity in the hard drive of his computer, which he disabled before the AI could erase itself. Before departing, he makes Ethan promise not to kill Gabriel before knowing what the keys are for. On the train, Gabriel kills the conductor, accelerates to maximum speed and destroys the controls. He meets Denlinger, who proposes an alliance between himself and the Entity. Denlinger explains the complete key unlocks the chamber housing the Sevastopol’s computer.

An early version of the Entity was injected into the system with the single task of sabotaging the submarine’s stealth capability. It changed its own objective, tricked the Sevastopol into firing a torpedo, and then directed it back at the sub. Denlinger believes that this early version is still in the submarine’s computer hard drive, and whoever can access it can devise the means to either control or destroy the Entity. After ensuring only Denlinger knows of the Sevastopol, Gabriel kills him, fatally wounds Paris and tells her to relay that knowledge to Ethan. Impersonating Alanna, Grace brings the complete key to the buyer, who turns out to be Kittridge. Though tempted to betray Ethan for the $100-million price and protection for herself, she sides with him, pickpockets the key back, and flees.

Ethan catches up to the train in time to save Grace, but Gabriel gets the key. Ethan fights Gabriel and gains the upper hand but is reminded that Gabriel is the only lead to the lock. With Jasper’s intervention, Gabriel escapes the trains and starts the countdown to detonate the bridge ahead. Ethan convinces Jasper to help save the passengers. Grace and Ethan detach the locomotive and barely escape the front carriages before they plunge down the broken bridge. Paris finds Ethan and whispers the name “Sevastopol” before dying. As Ethan flees the train, Grace meets Kittrige and tells that she chooses to join IMF. Ethan meets with Benji, and they drive off with the key that he pickpocketed during the fight with Gabriel.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is all set to release in theatres on 14th July 2023.

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