🎬 Fact: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation follows Ethan Hunt as he goes on the run to stop a mysterious organization called the Syndicate. The movie was directed by Christopher McQuarrie and is the fifth film in the Mission: Impossible series. Tom Cruise performs many of his own stunts in the film, including the famous opening scene where he hangs onto the side of a real military plane during takeoff. The stunt was filmed for real with Cruise strapped