Ethan Hunt is a modern knight of cloak and dagger

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Starting from 1996, the viewer, together with this secret agent of American intelligence, participated in the disclosure of many conspiracies, unraveled more than one state secret and several times saved the world from global catastrophes. It would seem that what could be new in the spy detective genre? How many real heroes have the audience already seen on the screens, but few have fallen in love with. So how does the hero of the Mission: Impossible film series differ from his less fortunate colleagues? Critics are mixed in their conclusions. Some praise films for an interesting plot and saturation with dizzying stunts. Others believe that all this is banal and has become boring for a long time, and fans of the exciting story, despite all the reviews, continue to wait for a meeting with their favorite hero of the Mission Impossible tapes. Tom Cruise in the image of Ethan Hunt is not a classic hero of the spy genre, an infallible and inaccessible superman. This is an ordinary guy with his own advantages and disadvantages. Its distinguishing feature isit is a great sense of duty backed up by knowledge, resourcefulness, physical fitness and well-coordinated teamwork with other agents. Therefore, empathizing with the main character, the viewer understands that a person can do everything, the main thing is to really want to.

About the main character

Ethan Matthew Hunt was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the only child of Margaret and Nathan Hunt. He spent his childhood on a dairy farm in Middlefield, New York. He was fond of sports, played for the baseball team of the school. Upon graduation, Ethan enlisted in the infantry with the intention of becoming a ranger. After completing basic and airborne training, he was trained in the ranger training program. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Daniel David Briggs. On duty, he participated in military operations during Operation Desert Storm. After four years in the Army, Ethan Hunt is studying at the University of Pennsylvania to double major in mechanical engineering and international relations.

Secret Service

On the recommendation of Briggs, who already held a high position in the CIA, Ethan was offered a job in the agency immediately after graduation. After numerous screenings, exams, interviews, and psychological tests, management concluded that Hunt was ideally suited for covert work outside the agency. The best management instructors were engaged in training the candidate in all espionage tricks. When the training was over, Ethan Huntbecame an agent of a top-secret government organization called Mission Impossible. Hunt began his career in the service with a group of five men led by senior agent Jim Phelps. The task of the team was to infiltrate heavily guarded facilities, capture important intelligence, destroy dangerous data and equipment, and neutralize the enemy as needed without leaving any traces. Ethan entered the group as a key figure with the legend "transport analyst for the US Department of Transportation." The secret group of Phelps differed from most of the rest in the freedom in the execution of the assigned task. The means of achieving the result did not matter, so Hunt and his colleagues could act by any means, but in the event of a mission failure, the official service denied any connection with the team members and their actions.

Mission Impossible Movie

The picture was filmed in 1996 by director Brian De Palma. The protagonist of the film, CIA agent Hunt, finds himself in a very difficult position - he is suspected of betrayal. It is known that Ethan's team was sent to Prague to prevent the leakage of information about American secret agents in Eastern Europe. It turns out that one of the US diplomats decided to sell the full list of agents to the head of the illegal arms trade syndicate - a certain Max. The purpose of the operation was to stop the traitor, but everything did not go according to plan. As a result, the team and its leader, Jim Phelps, died. Only Ethan Hunt and Phelps' wife survived. Agent Claire. Meeting Kitridge's contact at a cafe, Hunt learns that the list was fictitious and meant to catch a traitor in the Secret Service. Since Ethan is considered the only survivor, suspicion falls on him, and in order to regain his trust and an honest name, Hunt needs to find the real "mole". To do this, he contacts Max, reveals that the list is fake, and offers a deal - the real list in exchange for the name "mole". Max agrees and gives the disgraced agent a cash advance to carry out a plan to seize data from the fortified CIA headquarters in Langley. With this money, Hunt hires a team of former secret agents, develops a plan and goes to Langley. He manages to fulfill his plans thanks to the well-coordinated work of the team, the latest technologies and excellent physical preparation. In the course of further events, Ethan Hunt learns that Phelps is alive and is a mole, and Kittridge and Claire are also involved in the conspiracy. With incredible efforts, he manages to neutralize the conspirators and clear his name. While returning home on board the plane, a flight attendant approaches Hunt and sends him greetings from the leadership of the secret service in coded phrases. The center admires his work and is interested in his readiness for the next task.

Mission: Impossible (Parts 2, 3)

After the plot was uncovered, Ethan was promoted to the position of team leader. Now he is not only a "senior field agent", but also an intelligence legend. There is no such mission that would not be up to him. In the second film about the adventures of Agent Hunt, filmedDirected by John Woo in 2000, Ethan will have to save the world from a global catastrophe. Terrorists threaten humanity with a new bacteriological weapon, but when Agent Hunt gets down to business, the success of the operation is guaranteed.

In 2006, the third part of the epic film was released, directed by JJ Abrams. The viewer meets the beloved hero in an uncharacteristic setting for a secret agent. Ethan is in love and intends to retire, he wants to get married, live happily ever after with his beloved. Ethan Hunt's future wife Julia Meade has no idea about his work in the Secret Service. Everything could have worked out, but the CIA again needed his help. Now Ethan has to save his student Lindsey Ferris. The vicissitudes of several operations in different countries finally break his plans for later life. The work of saving the world turns out to be more important than personal interests, besides, it poses a threat to Ethan's loved ones.

Mission Impossible (4, 5 parts)

The fourth film in the Mission: Impossible series, directed by Brad Bird, was released in 2011. Ethan and agents of his team are accused of involvement in the bombings in the Kremlin. The official leadership activates the "Phantom Protocol", all information about the team is eliminated, and Ethan and the agents are left without support. The team will have to act on their own to save humanity from the further actions of Professor Cob alt, who is the true culprit of the explosion in the Kremlin.

Rogue Nation directed by Christopher McQuarrie 2015 ontoday is the last of the Mission: Impossible series. It turns out that CIA policy has changed, the secret service has been disbanded, and Hunt is wanted. He and his comrades will again have to independently rid the world of filth. The Syndicate organization, consisting of highly professional agents, has spread its tentacles around the world like a cancerous tumor, its goal is a new world order, but Agent Hunt and his team block the path to another evil.