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Top 10 Mission: Impossible Stunts and Set Pieces (Part 2 of 3)
Our trip down Impossible lane continues with four more of the series’ most daring, stunning, breathless action sequences.
In case you missed it, you can check out the first part of this countdown, Numbers 10, 9 and 8 right here, and work your way forward.
#7. Bridge Drone Assault (Mission: Impossible III)
Halfway through M:I III, Ethan and his team have successfully acquired their target, international black market arms dealer Owen Davian. But, chillingly, after Ethan interrogates Davian about the film’s MacGuffin, and possible “anti-God”, the Rabbit’s Foot, Davian confidently tells Ethan he’s going to find the person closest to him and hurt her.
Mere moments later, as Owen is transported via armored vehicle, a drone takes out a large chunk of the bridge they’re going over, and their escort. A helicopter with armed assailants also arrives on the scene to extract Owen.
Ethan and his team are outnumbered and outgunned. What stands out about this scene, is that…
