Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2023 quotes

Ethan Hunt

"We live and die in the shadows, for those we hold close... and those we never meet."

As most of you know, I am merely a broker. I connect a buyer and a seller, sometimes for money, sometimes for information, but mostly for friendship. I just want everyone to get along. With me, especially. But the world is changing. Truth is vanishing. War is coming. And the key to world domination is, of all things, a key.

Gabriel represents another interested party. In fact, this party was arranged by that interested party.

Gabriel

You could even say that this party is that interested party.

A self-aware, self-learning, truth-eating digital parasite... infesting all of cyberspace. Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later!

And the two halves of this key just might provide the means of controlling this... "Entity".

Meaning every government on the planet would kill us just to get that key.

Including our own.

Ethan

Exactly.

Putting us on an unsanctioned mission which has gone rogue before it even started.

Meaning this very conversation is technically an act of treason.

Or, as we like to call it... "Monday".

Briggs

Listen up. An American operative with a grievance against his country is missing and has malfunctioned. His agenda represents a threat to our national interests, and he must be neutralized at all cost. Anything in this man's possession is of vital importance and must be captured intact. The man himself is expendable. He is not to be underestimated. A master of infiltration, deception, sabotage, and psych warfare. For all intents and purposes, ladies and gentlemen... a mind-reading, shapeshifting incarnation of chaos. So, for your safety and the safety of those around him, do not consider him secure unless you have driven a wooden stake through his open heart. This is not a drill.

Briggs

You know, I'm beginning to wonder whose side you're on, Degas.

When it comes to the end of the world, I... Everybody, I guess.

What if he had a good reason?

Briggs

Who?

Hunt. What if he had a good reason for going rogue?

Briggs

He always goes rogue. Him and his merry pack of prankster circus freaks? That's all they do!

Who the hell is this guy?

That's classified.

I'm the goddamn Director of National Intelligence. What, exactly, is it I'm not supposed to know about?

The IMF.

Mister Kittridge!

The World Bank?

No, that's the International Monetary Fund.

Mr. Kittridge--

No, I mean the other IMF. Ours.

What does it stand for?

Impossible Mission Force.

...You're not serious.

I'm afraid he is.

And what do they do, exactly?

It's just as the name implies -- whatever the rest of us can't.

So let me get this straight: When there's a mission none of you can handle, you just "leave word" for a nameless man, and hope he gets the job done. Is that it?

When do I get my life back?

What life? I mean it. What life? I lived that life. We all did.

Nobody's making us do this, Grace. We're here because we wanna be.

I'll tell you what, I'll give you a one-off: I'll help you find the key, and your friends wipe my slate clean. A new name, little bit of walking around money, and I...

You'll be dead. Without a team, your life won't be measured in years, or even months...

...it'll be measured in hours.

But if I stay here, I'll be safe, you'll protect me. Is that it?

Yes.

Ethan

No. I can't promise you that. None of us can. But I swear, your life will always matter more to me than my own.

I understand, you're upset...

Ethan

I'm not upset, Kitteridge. You wanted me to listen. This is me listening.

Alright. I put the bounty on Ilsa's head. I also told you how to find her. But I didn't make her steal the key. She did that for reasons of her own. But that's the pattern, isn't it? You helped her out of trouble, and she always found her way back. I'm not gonna apologize to you, Hunt. It's my job to use you, just like it's your job to be of use. Did you accomplish your mission or not?

Ethan

Wherever the other half of this is, whatever the completed key unlocks, I will find it.

And then what?

Ethan

No-one should be trusted with control of the Entity. I mean to kill it.

Ethan, the next World War isn't gonna be a cold one, it's gonna be a shooting one. It's gonna be a ballistic war over a rapidly shrinking ecosystem. It's gonna be a war for the last of our dwindling energy, drinkable water, breathable air. Whoever controls the Entity controls the truth. The concepts of right and wrong can be clearly defined for everyone, for centuries to come.

Ethan

Do you even hear yourself?!

Your days of fighting for the so-called "greater good" are over. You need to pick a side.

Ethan

I'm on the same side I've always been on. Stay out of my way.

I can't do that. We're gonna be coming after you. The world's gonna be coming after you. And one way or another, this mission of yours is gonna cost you... dearly.

A new day brings a new burden. The key is only the beginning. Wherever it leads, whatever it takes to get there, you'll have to do it on your own. Should you fail in your mission, the Entity wins, Gabriel wins, and the world will pay the ultimate price. Should any members of your team be caught or killed, their sacrifice will have been in vain. So hurry; there isn't much time. The world doesn't know it, but they're counting on you. Good luck, Ethan...

Alright. I put the bounty on Ilsa's head. I also told you how to find her. But I didn't make her steal the key. She did that for reasons of her ow. But that's the pattern, isn't it? You helped her out of trouble, and she always found her way back. I'm not gonna apologize to you, Hunt. It's my job to use you, just like it's your job to be of use. Did you accomplish your mission or not?

Ethan, the next World War isn't gonna be a cold one, it's gonna be a shooting one. It's gonna be a ballistic war over a rapidly shrinking ecosystem. It's gonna be a war for the last of our dwindling energy, drinkable water, breathable air. Whoever controls the Entity controls the truth. The concepts of right and wrong can be clearly defined for everyone, for centuries to come.

Good evening, Mr. Hunt. It's been a long time. Our lives are the sum of our choices, and we cannot escape the past.