Ex-CIA Agent Rates All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies | How Real Is It? | Insider
Former CIA intelligence officer Andrew Bustamante rates all the "Mission: Impossible" movies, starring Tom Cruise, for realism.
Bustamante looks at field-operation scenes in "Mission: Impossible" (1996), with Ving Rhames and Jon Voight; and "Mission: Impossible 2" (2000), with Thandiwe Newton. He breaks down spy gadgets and disguises in "Mission: Impossible III" (2006), with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Simon Pegg; and "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" (2011), with Jeremy Renner and Léa Seydoux. He compares Cruise's physical skills to real-life CIA training in "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" (2015), with Rebecca Ferguson; "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" (2018), with Henry Cavill; and "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" (2023).
Bustamante was a CIA covert intelligence officer for seven years. He worked in the National Clandestine Service, now-called the Directorate of Operations. He is the founder of EverydaySpy, an education and training platform that teaches espionage tactics for everyday life. He is also the host of "Everyday Espionage Podcast."
Dead Reckoning Part One, starring Tom Cruise, is in theaters July 12.
You can find more about Andrew and EverydaySpy at: everydayspy.com
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Ex-CIA Agent Rates All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies | How Real Is It? | Insider
Glad he confirmed "a spy is just a thief with a government paycheck". 😂
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Yup. Love it. Seems a pretty level-headed dude.
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I thought there was something fishy about those revenue officers. 🤔
For the motorcycle base jump scene, I thought for a moment he'd say : "We don't discard our equipment on the field because it leaves a trail of evidence."
lol same. “Come on, Tom, how many times do I have to say don’t leave evidence behind?”
But was it really his to begin with, for example, in Goldeneye, when Bond jumps the bike to get to the plane, neither one of them are property of British intelligence? *Solid Snake:* _"What's the insertion method?"_ *Colonel Campbell:* _"We will approach the facility by sub."_ *S.S:* _"Weapons and Equipment OSP (On-Site Procurement)?"_ *C.C:* _"Yes. This is a top secret black op."_
@@PACKERMAN2077 He borrows a bike in Skyfall too. This guy should break down Bond and how he acquires tools in the field.
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@@MediaNocte3000 “Bond gets the girl? 0/10 for spy craft realism.”
"I was rooting for the bad guy." SAME. That interrogation is probably the most intense and frightening thing I've ever seen. So freaking well performed by all the actors involved. It gives me chills watching it.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was just in a league of his own. It’s a shame he passed before his time.
Chills? Okay soyjack
@@based8223 Ok boomer.
"probably the most intense and frightening thing I've ever seen" You gotta get out more.
best mi opening.
I love that, unlike most other videos, he finds the similarities instead of the differences. It makes it so much more entertaining
The fact that this guy looks nothing like what you’d expect a CIA agent to look like makes him the PERFECT CIA agent.
He doesn't? Other than the hair and being unshaven (from being retired for a while): he's obviously in good shape but not a body-builder, optimal genetics and immune system (symmetrical features, despite his age, minimal skin malformations), strong jawline, strong brow. This dude looks exactly what I would expect an agent to look like. XD
Looks like he teaches slackline down at the park.
@@greyaye8565 No, you couldn't tell
@@greyaye8565 you just described most rich people who are conscious of their health.
He was operating in South America, that's a really good fit for him - he looks like he belongs there. Would be quite easy for him to work for a drug cartel. He wouldn't fit into London or any upscale society with his wild hair, that's true :O)
Great stuff, but I can't believe he rated the Henry Cavill fight without discussing how realistic it is to reload your arms during a fight.
it is but in cia its different probably
And grows a beard
He couldn't comment on that. That is a classified technique. The only reason it was allowed to be in the movie is that nobody knows how to do it. 🤔
In theory it can make sense, if you're doing lots of grappling and creating lots of tension in the joint then it could help to loosen them quickly to get the snap back.
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“Could an assassination take place in an opera?” Pretty sure a pretty famous assassination took place in a theater. 😂
Yhh but he was caught later on so there wasn't anything "spyish" about that 😂
I like that this guy chooses to focus on the real stuff as opposed to just pointing out the inaccuracies. Makes the video a lot more fun
I can't believe a CIA agent would ever have hair like that, but of course that's what they want me to believe. Well played CIA.
He had short hair while he was still in CIA
In-CIA-ception indeed
His cover was a soccer player.
he is retired.
According to other CIA agents, the best identity that a spy can have is to look as ordinary as much as possible. Because the greatest skill and asset that a spy must have is being unnoticeable and the more ordinary you look, the better your chances are in not attracting any attention
What I get from this video is that Mission: Impossible movies are actually quite more realistic than I thought they were.
This dude is an ex-agent that now makes his living selling ''cool'' spy-stuff to people like you. If that doesn't make bells of scepticism ring in your head you're too naive for internet.
I got, recruitment is down, let's make it sexy.
Well, if you watch again, the high scores he gave for the realism of the situation; the low scores were for the ridiculousness of the plot in that scene. He also said that you wouldn't have so many high octane things in the lifetime of one operative.
@@kanedaku found the recruiter 😆
@@kanedaku🤣 outstanding glad everyone is out looking for fresh bodies. Any mossad in the building? LoL
Great video and analysis! For what it's worth, I felt the point of the interrogation scene was to show that Ethan devolving into pure emotion (and losing the ability to access his training) at the sight of his wife being threatened. I don't think it was a mistake that we watch him handle that extremely poorly.
1:09: 🕵♂ A former CIA intelligence officer analyzes the realism of Mission Impossible movies. 4:39: 🕵♂ The accuracy of spy techniques and operations in movies like Mission Impossible is low. 7:17: 🕵♂ Ethan discusses negotiation tactics and disguises them in a realistic way. 10:24: 🕵♂ The accuracy of the spy techniques and actions in the movie clip is analyzed by an expert. 14:08: 🎥 The accuracy of action scenes in movies is critiqued by a CIA agent. 17:45: 🎥 The action scenes in Mission Impossible are entertaining but unrealistic. Recap by Tammy AI
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When he’s like: “Ok, we weren’t trained to do that and he actually did that, so I’m giving 10/10” proof that Tom is gold🥇
oposite vibes to the marine general reacting to godzilla attacking a ship and going "ok we arent trained for this situation, but this seems like a reasonable response"
Loving it. As a fan of both the ORIGINAL MI series and Tom Cruise's adaptation, it doesn't get better than this!
This guy was very informative, I'd like to see him back again in the future... assuming with all the information he did give, he'll be available for future appearances.
Hahahaha this one made me laugh. Yeah he May disappear lol. Though a lot of tradecraft is open source, meaning a lot of what he said is readily available online. The US Army released its entire interrogation manual online for one example.
Ex-ex-CIA Agent.
If he's been actively teaching spycraft classes to regular people for a while I don't think a KZhead video about movies is going to be what gets him disappeared. Nothing he said in the video is particularly "secret" anyway, but more like the kind of common sense anyone who has spent some time thinking about the subject might come up with on their own.
He's a scumbag, like all other cia agents, all of them are just glorified terrorists
@@Peatingtune Look up....see the joke that went over your head?
As someone who has been trained in quite a few of these situations and has a reasonable understanding of the others, Andrew B is as solidly dead on with his analysis as anyone possibly could be. Andrew is not only extremely well educated and trained but, also very well versed in expressing his position and views. Two big thumbs up!!👍🏼 👍🏼
Actually I’m trained in all the stuff and he really has no idea what he’s talking about & neither do you
sure eating donuts all day while on your laptop
@@freesxsoccer this cia agent in another interview said as soon as the U.S. is not the sole superpower, he would leave in a heartbeat because his passport isn't as powerful as it is now.
@@zephyr2five oh thats funny cuz i saw a chiniese spy stating off the record that theyll never come close to USA capabilites
@@freesxsoccerconsidering your inability to SPELL, I don’t You would have been picked and trained by any intelligence agency. 😅
I love tht the new movie rlly dives into the fact that Ethan never prioritizes his mission over the people he loves or even ppl he don’t rlly know like tht. He’s never done it once. It’s insane to see this CIA agent literally like yea we def wouldn’t have done tht and in the new movie they talk about how Thts his biggest problem. He’s always trying to save everyone but u can’t always in tht line of work. Honestly this just made me luv tht writing for Ethan even more cuz it’s not an accident that he’d save a life and sacrifice the mission. In Ethan’s head he can always salvage the mission but once a life is gone it’s gone. Man.
Good point there but not always a mission is salvageable.
I love that many unrealistic parts about Mission Impossible has to do with how human Ethan Hunt is. Even as an agent who is supposed to prioritize his mission above everything else, Ethan still tries his best to save anyone he could (even a policewoman he never knew) at the same time as completing his mission. He begged and almost gave up when his wife was being threatened. He could throw away everything he has been taught and break the rules when the situation touches on his human side, and that is still pretty realistic when you think about it. I believe that is what the filmmakers are actually going for; not to make the most realistic spy movie, but to show a man with moral dealing with spy life. So in a way, it may be unrealistic, but it is kind of not impossible to happen in real life.
I mean, just because its unrealistic doesn't mean it isn't good entertainment. Keep in mind, if an expert on this series rates a movie 1 out of 10, that doesn't mean it's a bad movie. It just means that it isn't a scenario that would probably happen in real life. Because, yeah, Ethan Hunt would never be allowed to be a spy in real life. All of the same "breaking the rules for human moral reasons" that make him a fun movie character would make him an absolutely terrible spy. If you were on a covert operation and risked blowing the entire mission to save someone in a completely unrelated incident, the best you could probably hope for is to never work as a spy again.
@@LadyArtemis2012 yep like a ww1 expert rated aqotwf 3/10 even though he said it was a good movie cause of that
@@LadyArtemis2012 Same for Tom's character Maverick in Top Gun - fun movie character but absolutely unfit for army/pilot.. But these kind of movies (not documents) are about fun, it is about "what if"/unreal element because that has always been more fun than the reality. Also if he let his wife to be killed in cold and the police officer, we would probably say "ok it was his job, not to blow his cover, staying calm" but we would lose our sympathy to the character sooner or later, asking ourselves if he really is what we should root for. I suppose being in army/spy is not always nice, and reality would quickly spoil our popcorn evening pushing us to some other movies or activities next time. Anyway all this is in agreement with your comment.
Bro I literally just commented this. I think Thts his whole character. He can’t shut off his compassion for life. In his head he can always salvage the mission but once a life is gone it’s gone. Sometimes situations have gotten way worse because Ethan can’t prioritize his objective over his friends. This guy pretty much just confirmed tht writing is probably intentional.
@@rayvintankerson6818 I mean, so much of Fallout and Dead Reckoning Part 1 are surrounding Ethan's humanity and his care for innocents and his team. They're setting something up for a future movie for sure
That mission impossible scene with him hovering in that room has to be one of the most iconic scenes in movie history. Its like the matrix bullet time shot.
Agreed! This scene is anxiety inducing, like the opening scene in Cliff Hanger. Only this scene has a bit better outcome.
This is one of the best and most informative videos this series has put out, and I found it really fascinating! (And his admiration of Ethan Hunt really endearing.) I'd love to see more videos or interviews with Andrew on this topic -- kudos!
he's referencing a fictional hollywood movie on how the agency operates vs the many declassified files that TRUE on how they pretty get you to disrupt a country and then kill you lol come on people
"We've talked about this Tom. We dont discard equipment." 😂
Key takeaway, especially at the end, is that most spycraft is actually tedious intelligence gathering and relationship building, than action (and that agents aren’t these superhuman martial artists or gunslingers).
Yes, if you want realistic espionage stories read John LeCarre's Smiley trilogy: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Smiley's People & The Honorable Schoolboy.
I think "good" spy work probably makes better heist movies than action-adventure movies. If you're having to be a superhuman martial artist, it means that something has gone wrong.
You're most likely correct. Gathering information is probably the most important aspect of their job. That being said, something tells me there are guys who do have those impressive hand to hand combat skills. You know kinda like the guy in the film The Equalizer. Robert McCall (played by Denzel Washington). The ones that we almost never hear about are probably the most dangerous individuals who work for covert agencies. Black ops maybe? Or the DIA? I'm sure the gunslingers & experts in CQB skills are there but we rarely hear about them let alone see them.
You are right, we have this story that my father tells about a person that spent 13 years of his life spying on a potential criminal a rich landlord guy in our neighboring village, He used to live as a homeless on the side of road in worst conditions, He had probably only one day of excitement in his life when he finally came with the police to arrest that guy when he had enough evidence. It is just not show business , salute to these people who does this work and mostly don't even get any recognition.
The idea is to focus on not getting into those situations rather than being a badass if it all goes wrong
We most definitely need him back for more reviews and commentary!
You should go see some of the podcasts he's done. Most any long form ones are good
podcasts are waaay better trust me
@@miguelalvesmiguel7688he be lying alot on tge podcast tho
He would be dead by some mysterious causes
Industry plant cia
This was fantastic. Definitely want to see a part 2.
You guys always have the best experts! So clear, charming, educational ❤
I like him to rate The Bourne Identity film series, James Bond film series, and the Mission: Impossible 1966 TV series.
Really enjoyed this ex-CIA! He really knows his stuff! Thank you for reviewing and grading these MI movie scenes!
He's an ex-spy. He might have given us bad intel intentionally to lead as on.
@@kcdiazWTV maybe..... maybe not
@@kcdiazWTV A lot more knowledge is open-source than the average American thinks. You just have to care enough to do your research.
I know these are movies and whatnot but when it comes to espionage and realism, "The Americans" was amazing. The accuracy of how spies really operated during the Cold War made the show even more fascinating. I didn't miss the shoot out scenes and car chases at all!
Right about 13:00 or so, that point about how it's far more effective to use a PIT maneuver, is such a good one. I remember a specialist in police PIT talking about how if you do it right, the most damage you'll get to your vehicle is maybe some spider-web cracking on the front bumper. It's surprisingly easy to wreck even a heavier truck in front of you if you're practiced in it and a motorcycle wouldn't stand a chance.
PLEASE do another video with Andrew. I would love to see more of him breaking down more movies.
I can imagine the fact that he's allowed to share all this information about procedures and techniques means they're probably now outdated and obsolete.
He knows what he can and can't share. It's just really nice having him share anything at all. It's really fun stuff.
Things change, but not that fast. It’s more likely he embellishes his experience for sales of his books, consulting, etc. Bc if he was even half of what he claims, he’d likely already be kidnapped, and his family disappeared. Yet he just puts himself out there publicly, like there’s nothing to fear, carrying around all those valuable “secrets”.
@@Gr13fM4ch1n3 Yes, because it's rare for government agents to explain things to the public.
@@KZSoze you base this on all your spy experience playing hitman?
@@KZSoze bruh this dude
Wow!! 🎉this is an awesome inside look! I really enjoyed this 👏👏👏👏thank you so much!
This was AWESOME!! When this dude first came on I was like "Nope- they grabbed some sort of Spy" but this guy is great. On the first scene when he said "They would never have the same gloves" and then explained it. I have never heard that before and it makes 1000% sense. I love listening to people talk about a subject they are so knowledgeable in.
Would love to see him do some of the more controversial stuff (The Report or Zero Dark Thirty) and perhaps some of the more subdued cold war films (like Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy).
so what you are saying is that the portrayal of any profession in the movies or TV is much more exciting than real life???
Ha lol
Shocker. Hollywood likes to exaggerate things.
No, just this one.
Absolutely. Lawyer movies/tv shows might be the best example. Lawyering is actually a very dry and repetitive profession, but the movies always show these explosive and highly dramatic courtroom scenes. These rarely (if ever) happen in real life because courtroom decorum is so regulated and all of the physical evidence is already known by both parties before the trial begins (due to disclosure requirements).
Kinda wacky but the absurd gadgets used in Ghost Protocol were my favorite in the series. I like how even if the tech is unrealistic they find ways to sort of explain how it works so that you buy into it
At least they're more realistic than the gadgets in Kingsmen
This guy is amazing at explaining things in easy to understand language. Love listening to his podcasts and interviews
Hes a filthy snitch
andrew having a sudden emergence is amazing. i've learned a lot from some of the podcasts he's been on + this. wonderful stuff
Everybody at CIA: “Isn’t that the guy who was the HVAC maintenance technician at Langley? The one who got caught smoking pot in the repair shop?”
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Tom Cruise is the last movie star. I saw Ghost Protocol in IMAX - that scene with the Burj Khalifa had my palms sweating. Every film has a fantastic stunt sequence, Rogue Nation has him hanging onto a plane, Fallout has the HALO Jump. Fantastic movies - unlike certain stale British Secret Agent films.
I agree he is now Hollywood's last true movie star such a great entertainer, just watched Dead reckoning part 1 and it was mind-blowing
This is perhaps the best video of this type I've seen (rating movies plausibility). Kudos.
“You’d never get an assignment in a live drop. Things don’t self-destruct. I’ll give it 7 out of 10.”
If you listened to what he said, the rating was for the way he re-sets himself between missions, the 7 out of 10 was for him doing rock climbing outside of his missions.
Plus he also pointed out that the IMF is not the CIA directly, but it's own mini agency who reports directly to the Secretary.
This was very interesting. Would love to see him breakdown other franchises too
Yeah, it would be a hoot to see him comment on the Bond series. I can really only think of one semi-realistic infiltration scene, namely the bank retrieval mission in Tomorrow Never Dies. Most of the rest of the stuff, this guy would probably be losing his sh*t over. 😂
Excellent stuff, as usual. Can't wait to get this guy back for another round, maybe checking out some other espionage properties.
Nice breakdown from a realistic perspective on these scenes.. this was awesome!
When he said “We talked about this Tom!” He sounded like a disappointed dad. 🤣🤣
These scenes scored surprisingly higher than I thought. Except the car scene, which funny enough, was also practical-I had the pleasure of driving autox with the stunt driver of that scene, and yeah, he's insane. SN: I really just wanna hear Andrew tell stories (without killing me afterwards preferably).
I imagine if Ethan did that car scene irl (aside from thr first bike that he rammed into), when he pulled the handbrake and spun the wheel, he would have just plowed into the wall and everyone would have been wrecked
@@ctakitimu 🤣 the car was modded with hydro brakes, think like, what drifters use
@@venom0237 Ah ok. You could generate an imbalance with those causing the skid without sideways momentum. Didn't know they were in there, been a while since I watched this movie
Most Hollywood car stunts use that, and a few other key mods to get the cars to perform a little "extra." With the exception of some absolutely mad lads that just do whatever lol.
Very entertaining video. Thanks for this from an unconditional fan of this franchise.
One of my favorite books id recommend to everyone is "The Handbook of Practical Spying". Short, illustrated, but FULL of so, so much useful advice on how to prepare for threats, assess people, etc. I literally use it every day.
About the opera scene and how the weapons ended up inside - that's exactly what happened in the movie. Ilsa's gun was pre-placed. The gun that Ethan holds was brought in by another assassin. The third guy is posing as a law enforcement agent and had concealed his firearm as a non-firearm police-issued weapon. Plus, there's two operations going at the same time, it's two groups, not one.
So you think coz u watched a movie you know better than the guy who has lived the life? Hiw hilarious. Go back to watching anime dude
3 actually...
The fact that he missed these details leads me to even further doubt that he’s ‘former CIA.’ 🤷♀️
@@carastone3473 it's probably not his fault though. To get this context you need to watch a good portion of the movie while he was probably shown just short clips that tell nothing outside of what we saw in the video
@@carastone3473, to be fair, the plot is not easy to understand unless you watch the whole movie. I know, you as well, cuz we watched the movie countless times, he on the other hand, judging from his reaction, didn't see it at all. What I don't understand is how you let a movie like this, even more if we think about his line of work. I mean, if you really like your job, then you probably want any other things from the same category.
This guy was great! Definitely want to see him back again! Little confused why only Mission Impossible clips were seen though..? Hopefully that means more to follow!
There is a new Mission Impossible movie coming out in July. Insider either wanted to release the video to get views based on excitement for the movie. Or the studio encouraged them to make it focused on the franchise as part of the marketing.
@@MC-yt1uv ah, I see. Yep either of those makes sense now, didn't realize another movie was on it's way
And probably cause a US spy commenting on a British spy movie like bond might be a misguided.
@@User-54631 I see your point there, but there has to be more US spy movies than just Mission Impossible, the new movie coming out totally makes sense
@@MC-yt1uv it is absolutely because of these two reasons
Great video! I'd love to see him provide commentary on the Bond or Bourne films.
The fact that they focused on "Mission: Impossible" is a clue that he will be back to do at least one clip with different movies. Or at least I hope so because he was great.
I'd love to see scenes from Burn Notice
@@datadiva9353 I was thinking that
To be fair, Ethan performed the Burj Khalifa break-in in daylight because they were on a ticking clock and the servers had to be sabotaged before Cobalt got there in a few minutes only.
Err. They could have written it for nighttime anyway. They didnt for practical filming reasons, though. But reality doesnt care about filming issues. 😉
@@Ganiscol The main point is that within the story, there's a reason why this had to be done in daytime and not in nighttime, and therefore it wasn't just a random oversight. Sure, the story could've been written differently, it could've been about aliens invading earth as well, but that's not the point
@@Ganiscol On one hand, the plot dictated it to be done right then and there during the daytime, on the other hand, it would have looked a lot less cinemantic in the dark. It's good filmmaking when the plot and and cinematography support each other and it doesn't feel contrived. :)
They can use that for the next series: "Expert in a non-related field rates the plot of movies." :P
He looks a lot like the guy I buy my mushrooms from.
Good.
Might actually be him. You never know.
The most unrealistic thing about the bathroom fight scene is, that kt is completely empty and outside is a huge crowd partying. Youd have to wait in a line to get to the urinal even in the mens room.
18:27 well that's why Ethan is a class above guys like these. Every life matters to him.
Spy Game with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt is a very cool spy movie, and depicts some interesting spy scenarios, e.g. spying in East Germany during the Cold War.
I remember that movie.
@@Aerial_Imaging me too
The balcony "infiltration" is the most memorable to me.
@@heristyono4755 that is a challenge that the Isreali Mossad devised for their trainees so as to test them. It's an adaptability exercise that they use
Now let's have you review the old school Mission Impossible shows!
The fact that there are so many similarities in real life is actually scary and super cool at the same time 😅
Love this guy! His long-form podcast are just Woah
You are AMAZING DUDE!! 1st movie they state they are “limited” on materials and resources… only what they had readily available in their geography at that moment in extreme time frame. But agreed.
Love the fact that hes a big fan of "the Americans" that's my favorite show too hopefully. He does a review of the Americans cause that seriously was a no nonsense realistic spy show.
This is the best inside ever about breaking out movies!! Period!! My dude did an excellent job!!
I like Andrew, specially how he wrapped up at the end which ended up answering questions about a real life Ethan Hunt. The Shawn Ryan Show can keep you entertained for hours with Andrew Bustamante
Super cool to have an expert break things down like this
more with this guy reviewing spy stuff pls
Bourne & Kingsman
He's all over KZhead, just search him
That Dude was excellent for this Format! Great Job
this guy is amazing, you gotta love when they focus on the good things and not doing the typical emphasis on how reality isn't as "fun"
Absolutely love this series! Actually surprised hiw many movies rate moe than 1 😂, but learn so much about interesting professions' way of actually doing things.
I was a bit surprised that he was CIA... but then seeing gis many looks, dude is definitely a master of disguise!
In the MI3 "negotiation" scene, tbf the villain is threatening Ethan's wife, I think you can give Ethan a pass for not having control of his emotions in that scene lol. Especially since throughout the series we see him be much less emotional when it's merely his OWN life on the line.
I’m so glad you did this video.
He was fun. Please bring him back for spy things on TV. Silly episodes of things like Castle, but also TV shows like Mission Impossible.
Because ex-CIA agents actually reveal their identity... So believable.
Maybe he is a CIA hiring ambassador.
Just this week I bought the first 6 M:I movies, so finding this video now was great. And Andrew saying the M:I series is actually slightly closer to reality than I thought it was amazes me. Good stuff.
Bring him back to breakdown the new Mission Impossible Please!!! After a month of being released at least. Definitely want to hear more of his thoughts.
He should do tenet. That bungee jump scene was so cool
I would never suspect that this man is a spy. Which makes him a good spy, I guess.
This guy's very entertaining. I'd love to see more from him.
Hey alright, from the Shawn Ryan Show to this, good to see it !
You know CIA operatives are top-notch in disguising when this man,who looks like a dude you would meet in a cannabis shop or at any West Coast beach with a surfboard, is rating MI movies based on his experience as a covert operator.
Facts i could see him working in a weed shop lol. Scary if you think about it. You never know.
@@lordoffaiyum9727 imagine him selling you the weed with cyanide in it :))
you should have Johnny Mitchell from the connect podcast break down some scenes about drug smuggling. dude is very well spoken and i think his insights would be interesting!
Whoever made your EverydaySpy Logo is is Just Brilliant work 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
This was very interesting😃🙂. Bring him back for more please 🙏🏾
"No %sshole would do that in broad daylight" 💀💀
😂😂😂😂 frigging line is priceless
There's some really info by this guy in this video. Though one particular critique stands out to me. The "hostile negotiation" in MI3. I know this agent is being practical with his critique, as he should be, but the context of that scene is being misinterpreted, which lends itself to why Ethan didn't follow his training. In any normal situation, Ethan would have maintained his training throughout. Kinda like how he does in Rogue Nation when he is about to be carved up by the Janik Vinter aka "The Bone Doctor" before Ilsa Faust saves him (sorry for the spoilers to anyone that hasn't seen all the movies). But in the scene being critiqued in this video, he is emotional & irrational because he is trying to save Julia (his wife). And that made him jump the shark on his training. Thus why he lets Julia go by the next film and she becomes a continuing backstory for Ethan. He knew she would never be safe if they were together, which was always his fear. So that scene was predicated on the interwoven love story between Julia and Ethan. Now, I don't know if this guy has watched all movies in their entirety or just some clips for him to critique for this video, but that is the actual reason why Ethan's actions in that scene weren't equivalent to his actual training. But again, I completely understand that he is giving practical critiques on the spycraft elements of the scene, not the movie's "Hollywood" story. Overall though, I enjoyed this guy's insight! Really cool to get an inside look into this world.
eah I think this is the kinda guy who's too busy to watch full-length movies , let alone 6 (7?) of them just for a short youtube clip
Hey, one of those opening photos is in front of the Diamond on Longs Peak. I love that place.
This was great, one of the best in this series, the only negative thing I have to say is that there were several plot related elements that they could have given him to better understand some of what he is critiquing. Like there are certain scenes where he points out wild something is that Ethan does, that no one would ever do, and literally in the prior scene they're like "this is our only option even though it is incredibly stupid" or in the fight scene in Fallout, where the two agents have never worked together before and the literal gag behind the scene is that they have such contrasting ideas of how the job is supposed to work. Other times there are scene elements where Ethan does something that is clearly out of character for mostly any CIA operative, but is there to humanize Ethan and basically set him apart from other CIA agents, like when he saves the officer. Ethan specifically has a soft spot for women, and this gets him in trouble with regularity.
The most interesting points he makes during this interview are in regards to negotiation.
"Nothing every self destructs, no strange guy in a helicopter will shoot rockets at you, you don't get glasses on a cliff edge at briefs you, but we like to rockclimb sometimes.. pretty realistic 7/10"
I am amazed at how many things in Mission Impossible are close to real world ops. Plus he is one of the most informative speakers ive seen on this show.
Please make part 2 with him
Would love to see him review the tv series called "burn notice"
Was going to post exactly the same comment.
I wanted to say he doesn't look like a CIA agent, but then again that's exactly why he's a CIA agent-
I was wondering if anyone else's Spidey senses was going off with this guy. Most of what he said sounded informed but the other half sounded mostly confident while using correct terminology in inaccurate ways.
We most definitely need him back for more reviews and commentary!. We most definitely need him back for more reviews and commentary!.
Is this dude for real?!? He would probably give Team America: World police a 10/10 😅 for accuracy
Team America is a documentary.
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Great idea! Keep up the great work! And suggestion: would you consider Brazilian Jiujitsu artist rates BJJ scenes in movies and TV shows?
I agreed with most things the man said apart from cars requiring a loose gravelly surface for handbrake turns, I've seen countless joyriders on the streets of Glasgow in the 90s doing handbrake turns galore with EASE , trust me it's not hard to do.
The server room having a Poweredge 2650 is honestly still accurate over a decade later.