In this deeper behind-the-scenes look at Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the focus shifts to the extreme precision behind Tom Cruise’s insane jump flip — and the custom-built Snorri Rig that made it possible. With every move calculated down to the millisecond, this feature reveals how survival on set comes down to details, discipline, and total commitment. From timing his body rotation mid-air to staying perfectly locked with the camera rig, Cruise once again proves why he’s the king of real stunts.
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00:00We're going to go 10,000, but if we can get 12,000, we'll go 20 knots forward.
00:09What I'd like to do is accelerate the next jump, and I'd like to kind of do it as quickly as
00:14possible the next one, and I'll build up to it, go faster, faster, faster, put myself into a
00:18worst-case scenario, and how fast does it take me to recover, which all of these cases are
00:24recoverable. Here, let's put this on, please. I'm going to check the frame again. That's
00:30my hand position. Your hand position is good. There you go. You can even hold it a little
00:34lower there. Just know I'm going to be like this. My hand will be like this. That's better.
00:41It gives you a lot more margin for error. Let's talk about safety. I'm going to do the same
00:45exit. I'll be in an accelerated spin. Really, what do we want to see in this frame? We want
00:49to see me falling, and then I throw it. It's like, hold. Okay, let's do it, guys.
00:54Okay, three, two, one, go!