There really are no actors out there like Tom Cruise. The guy is the ultimate hero, and might be the ultimate movie star ever. He knows what audiences want and has taken that seriously. With the Mission: Impossible franchise, Cruise stepped into the producer chair as well, constantly pushing the production further, and doing his own stunts in order to make these event movies you have to see on the biggest screen possible. Today, I want to go over the best stunts he's ever done and talk about how cool they are and what he risked. Let's dive in. 10. The Ankle Breaker – 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' (2018)It turns out that jumping off a roof is pretty hard. In Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Cruise attempts a relatively straightforward transition from a taller building to a shorter building. But Cruise fell short and slammed his foot into the side of the concrete wall, shattering his ankle. What makes this legendary? He pulled himself up and ran past the camera to finish the take. Yeah, that's pretty amazing. McQuarrie kept the shot in the final film. 9. The Dead Horse Point Climb – 'Mission: Impossible 2' (2000)This is the stunt that cemented the modern Cruise daredevil mythos. It was all anyone could talk about in the '90s, because people were afraid he really could die trying it. The opening of M:I-2 has Ethan Hunt free-soloing a cliff face at Dead Horse Point in Utah. The guy is so jacked and swinging...
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