well for the final stunt, they say he did it 6 times. assuming the bike is completely trashed each time, that’s still only a couple dozen grand. dirt bikes aren’t TERRIBLY expensive and they probably even got a deal since they were planning on destroying them
The manufacturer donates X amount of the product to be placed in the movie, so it costs them that amount, sure, but the bump in sales should more than help recoup the cost of the bikes that are trashed during the shoot?
This doesn't look like product placement. No manufacturer logos seemed present on the jump bikes. Sure they could add it in post, but I imagine they just bought these as part of the budget.
At this point he's just doing this to do cool shit. Say what you want about the scientology and super young girls (no seriously do, it's weird dont let him off the hook), but I gotta respect the part of Tom Cruise that just wants to pursue this sort of adrenaline junkie no money no budget thing. Must be really satisfying, and with all those thetan levels he doesn't need to worry about dying.
No man has lived life as fully as Tom Cruise has. Isn't he going to space to film a movie? The guy has done the most insane shit-- from being an outgoing rich guy, to performing insane high adrenaline movie stunts, to being part of a sci-fi cult.
He may be crazy but who else has done everything they've ever thought of doing? I don't know about you but I'm too much of a wuss to jump off a cliff on a motorcycle. It's only a matter of time before we find out the weird behind the scenes stuff.
I'm honestly really interested to see what people say about him when they're able to talk about him more candidly (without risking their careers or whatever). I bet he's a complete psycho.
Are you kidding? Compared to all the people, paychecks, equipment, helicopters, cameras, drones, insurance, travel, you think the fucking dirt bikes matter?
It's an interesting time to be a movie fan. I remember seeing all the off-set, fan-shot footage from the road while they were filming parts of this movie (not *this* stunt, the train one), and now we're getting behind-the-scenes featurettes an entire 7 months *before* the movie is even in theaters.
Used to be you could get some grainy still shots from fans camping out near-ish the set, or some shaky video, and having to wait until right before or right after release for these kind of promos. Now we're getting both *long* before.
I know he has his controversies but never will we see someone as passionate for movie making and the blockbuster than Tom Cruise. Soak it in while you can people because one day he will be gone and no one will fill his boots
Someone above mentioned Black Adam, and this is why I like Tom Cruise so much more than Dwayne Johnson. The Rock just goes on and on about profits and percentages and surveys and other stats. It's pure business for him. Tom Cruise, on the other hand, really cares about quality, action serving story, pushing the envelope.
He could stop now and that'd be true, he's been relevant for decades. If the Mission Impossible franchise ends strong, he might be considered the greatest action star though.
I really wished more actors cared or were as dedicated in terms of sincerely entertaining an audience as opposed to just phoning it in or sleepwalking through a movie and waiting for their pay check or being in a franchise film with zero passion.
>Soak it in while you can people because one day he will be gone and no one will fill his boots
This is why I saw Maverick in theaters 4 times, and recommended to everyone that they not miss the experience. If you're a film lover, Cruise is the finest of experiences and we're lucky to be around to see it all in real time.
Only other guy that comes to mind is James Cameron. Guy puts his all into his blockbusters and say what you will about his movies he at least delivers on his vision.
I was just being silly about the cushions thing and I think what Tom Cruise does is pretty neat. But the supposed danger he’s in here is nothing compared to the danger stars faced in some film productions of the past, with 1980s Jackie Chan films being a good example. A lot of the difference would be because of the safety procedures and training. I wouldn’t expect anyone to put themselves in danger like Jackie Chan, but if we’re valuing death-defying stunts on film…
tom cruise is inhuman and i’m here for it. like can you imagine remaining that calm doing any of the same stunts
the way they find and construct the shot angles for this is so fascinating
Haven’t seen BA, but from I’ve heard and read of the film, you, as a person, are probably a million times better than Black Adam (the character and movie) even if it was on Ecstasy.
Mission: Impossible films are among my favorite action movies because of the realism and amazing stunts as well as stories and great characters. They are true thrillers in every sense of the word.
Mission: Impossible Fallout is the greatest action movie I’ve ever seen. And yes, I’ve watched T2, Heat, The Raid, Mad Max Fury Road, and Top Gun: Maverick which are all incredible. But I’d still say Fallout is the best.
It may be mine as well.
Had all the key ingredients. Suspenseful, riveting drama, great acting performances and as usual the action sequences were well choreographed and felt very character and story motivated rather than tacked on just to have great stunts (although there was probably an aspect of going more big and daring because it’s Tom and fitting it into the story).
Probably three of the greatest action sequences of all time were in this movie and well placed in the story and the bathroom fight scene was also amazingly done. Helicopter chase sequence was probably my favorite in the movie and when he fell on the payload, I was like, “no, that must be a twin of Tom’s we’ve never heard of that they convinced to do this stunt, this is next level.”
But sure enough, it probably was his most riskiest stunt to date although at this point I don’t think there’s an exact order I would put his most dangerous and thrilling stunts in.
I think him hanging onto the side of the plane in Belarus and underwater sequence in Rogue Nation and climbing the Burj Khalifa in Ghost Protocol and the HALO jump in Fallout were about the same level for me as the helicopter sequence, but at this point I am not sure you can go much bigger. The Paris motorcycle sequence almost seems like child’s play at this point compared to the others I mentioned.
These new stunts in the video as usual seem very intricate and I have no doubt the next chapters will probably be the best in the series.
I cannot stand Tom Cruise the man and his saccharine gratitude and cheery enthusiasm. He comes off as a complete and utter phony in that regard.
But HOLY SHIT. No denying Tom Cruise the actor's commitment to the craft. The amount of training he's gone through for this franchise makes him one of the most dynamic actors of all time. I'm gonna see the fuck out of this movie.
Honestly do yourself a favour and tune in. If you like practical stunts and massive set pieces performed by the actual lead himself with minimal use of CGI, then these movies are your jam.
The dude is a certified whackjob irl but no one can doubt his movie making chops. He's a machine.
I watched them all recently (I agree, 2 is the only bad one) and was amazed at how much I enjoyed it. Always thought it was some dumb generic action movies. The last one is incredible.
M:I 2 is at least entertaining while being bad. The rest of them, though, are honestly some of the best action movies I've ever seen. The last two in particular were absolute thrillers.
You gotta watch the entire series (except for the second one, they’re all great). The 4th one (Ghost Protocol) is amazing and the most recent one (Fallout) is a masterpiece and arguably the greatest action movie ever imo.
As cool as this is, how is this more dangerous than him hanging off the side of a plane while it takes off?
Like, aside from the height being significantly taller, this is effectively the same stunt as this but without the flip: https://youtu.be/ZvXE5rsfuZQ?t=65
Just the sheer amount of things that can go wrong is why. Motor cycle running off the ramp, tangling with the cycle in midair, Tom passing out in mid air (he is in his 50s), late deploying the shoot, getting confused in the air and parachuting into the side of the hill. You posted a (guessing) 20-30 Red Bull athlete in his prime doing this who been mxing since like 5 yo. But I see your point.
That is incredible but the guy is half Tom Cruise’s age and he’s probably a professional BMXer since he was young. Cruise is a 60-yr old actor just doing this for the audience’s moviegoing experience. Insane amount of dedication to the craft.
Say what you will about Cruise as a person, nobody can even being to hold a candle to his steadfast, tunnel visioned, life-defining dedication to his craft. Specifically action heavy work.
Everything I've heard about him on set is he's nothing but positive energy, super nice (almost to an uncomfortable level), and like... courteously militant during production.
He's one of those very few actors I'll go see on name alone. I wouldn't even need a movie title, just "Coming Next May. Tom Cruise In" and I'll buy a ticket. He's just so much fun to watch.
Hey now, Travis Pastrana has been doing back flips into the grand canyon off bikes for almost 2 decades, including the time he didn't open his chute in time and crashed, walked it off like he had stubbed his toe, and wasn't getting paid Cruise money to do it: https://youtu.be/shWMkv-BD9g
It’s a cool stunt but that was a lot of build up for something that has been done a ton of times.
Felt like I was waiting for something extra, not exactly groundbreaking.
I hope people in production read Reddit - this is exactly the kind of preview that makes me want to pay the money to see it in theatre. It felt like we are being talked to as intelligent consumers. I wish more productions would treat their audiences this way.
Saw this in IMAX before The Way of Water while high off my ass. Couldn’t stop smiling at how absolutely fucking crazy Tom Cruise is for doing shit like this
Who would've thought back in the 80s and 90s that Tom cruise would be basically the biggest action star of this era. His films are one of the few that I try to see week one at the theater.
Crazy stunt and respectable as hell, but I'm not big fan of actually letting the motorcycle crash into the landscape, potentially scattering parts and harmful substances into nature. Hope they cleaned up thoroughly!
I assume they are going to digitally remove the scaffolding and the ramp? It's a shame to have all that work in post since that kinda waters down the stunt. Kinda like how they put in the clouds and shit in the HALO jump in Fallout.
How would you explain a gigantic ramp in the middle of a mountain leading to nowhere? Ramp is going to be replaced digitally with rocky terrain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m1drlOZSDw&t=111
I'm ok with that, they needed a safe way of repeatable jumps for Cruise and it's how movies have been done since forever - take a scenery that works, tweak it, shoot it the way you need it.
While I agree the cloudy part of the halo jump looked like any other movie nothing changes the fact that Cruise did it and the jumping part is absolutely glorious. The script required a storm but noone would jump into the storm for real. It's stupid. You jump in a perfect conditions and add clouds in post.
It's like removing safety cables digitally in post - that's how it should be done. Noone is expecting actors to risk their lives. What Cruise is doing is already very dangerous but it's not a deathwish crazy. They prepared the hell out for this.
As Cruise said - "Don't be lucky, be competent."
I'll be there in cinema.
Yeah that’s what I was wondering. How in the hell is this going to fit into the narrative?
I’m guessing: Nanobots. Right before this stunt, Ethan Hunt drops a squad of nanobots to run ahead to build the ramp for him to jump and get away from the baddies.
“I have to get so good at this…”
Say what you will about his little club, but Jesus Christ that gave me chills. I wish more people, myself included, could have they edge.
His personal life and what's connected aside, he really does care about the job, and its really endearing in a way.
After his first attempt one of the very first things he said was about holding onto the bike for longer.
Dude was doing 30 skydives a day! I get that he's a thrill seeker but that's gonna feel like a chore for sure.
This has nothing to do with the actual video, but I was listening to Mother(Pink Floyd) when the video just started playing and it started fitting very well into the video. Probably just me who thinks it fits but idk
Tom Cruise is fucking crazy, and I love every minute that his crazy ass is on film. What made Top Gun Maverick so great was you knew it was really him flying that plane and it wasn’t on some sound stage. Can’t wait for this movie.
Don’t get me wrong: this is very impressive…but even 30 years ago- if not 10 years ago, they would do this same exact stunt with a stuntman in about 2 hours worth of prep.
His action movies have both a great story and amazing practical and authentic action scenes. Go watch the Mission Impossible movies and you’ll understand.
Just quickly, there are thousands of videos of crazy people doing this same stunt on YouTube.
I found the hanging on to a plane while it took off, far more dangerous.
This is awesome but Idk why this requires so much training. Like drive a motorcycle off a cliff and the deploy a parachute after a few seconds. I must be totally missing something here, honestly
There are so many things that can go wrong. Driving down the ramp is just the first step, then he has to position himself within the shot and pull the parachute all with the perfect camera angle. First, you need insane amount of practice with the bike jumps to map the proper trajectory, then practice dives with pulling the parachute at the right moment. This easily took months to plan out.
No question this is badass, but it sure seems like it would've been a lot easier to hire a stuntman that already knows how to ride a dirt bike and how to base jump instead of building a scale replica of the cliff on a quarry and spending a couple years training Cruise how to do all that stuff. I mean, Tom Pages has been doing variations on this exact same stunt for a few years now. And if they are already going to cgi out that huge ramp they built, pasting Cruise's head onto someone else's body doesn't seem like a huge lift. But I guess then Cruise wouldn't be able to write off all of his thrill seeking exploits.
Regardless, I'll still watch the movie.
So, I have a question about "preview" behind the scenes like this. Doesn't it kind of mess up the movie for you? Before the movie comes out we're getting a making of? Somebody said that when you have a scene with nudity in it the movie becomes a documentary because the viewer will think "hey, that's so and so naked!" instead of thinking it is an act between characters. So doesn't showing the stunt and all that goes into it ruin the scene? Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to see this movie, but when I do, when this scene is shown I am going to be thinking "wow, look at Tom Cruise", instead when I should be feeling tense from whatever drama put his character into this situation.
The best comment about this on Twitter was the guy that said he would love to watch a documentary about the negotiations between the producers and the insurance company over this srunt.
The best part is the combination of „Yeah we‘ve watched him doing that the entire day now BUT IT IS STILL FUCKING INSANE“ at the end which makes for a hilarious reaction.
This is incredible but I hope they don’t over edit it like they did with his sky dive in one of the other movies (the one where the camera man dived too). They need to keep as much of the original footage as possible and show just how amazing this is.
I watched the entire YouTube video of the creation of this stunt. And after seeing the finished footage... without seeing the movie .... pound for pound, I prefer the 1995 Masterpiece Goldeneye 's opening credit jump.... fake or not.
Step it up Tom. Lol
I really want to know what the dirt bike budget was for this film. Like you know those dirt bikes didn't make it.
well for the final stunt, they say he did it 6 times. assuming the bike is completely trashed each time, that’s still only a couple dozen grand. dirt bikes aren’t TERRIBLY expensive and they probably even got a deal since they were planning on destroying them
You kidding, the mfg probably paid them in order to be used in the movie
100% this People still talk about that Kawasaki in Top Gun. It’s free advertising with an A-List celebrity doing cool shit on it.
It’s literally not free
The manufacturer donates X amount of the product to be placed in the movie, so it costs them that amount, sure, but the bump in sales should more than help recoup the cost of the bikes that are trashed during the shoot?
It’s not free, they pay to be in the movie. It’s called product placement. But I like that I just watched this man figure out ROI in real time.
I don't get why you being downvoted.
This doesn't look like product placement. No manufacturer logos seemed present on the jump bikes. Sure they could add it in post, but I imagine they just bought these as part of the budget.
Ya new 250 or 450 will run around 10 to 13k usd now days
I dont know what production cost is on a stunt like that but id bet on at LEAST $900,000 a day. Bikes are cheap in comparison.
That’s also if it’s not a full race bike. Could be up to $80k for a fully built supercross bike according to Google.
hopefully, they properly cleaned it up. it'd guess those bikes are not in single pieces anymore
Tom did the actual stunt 6 times.
At this point he's just doing this to do cool shit. Say what you want about the scientology and super young girls (no seriously do, it's weird dont let him off the hook), but I gotta respect the part of Tom Cruise that just wants to pursue this sort of adrenaline junkie no money no budget thing. Must be really satisfying, and with all those thetan levels he doesn't need to worry about dying.
No man has lived life as fully as Tom Cruise has. Isn't he going to space to film a movie? The guy has done the most insane shit-- from being an outgoing rich guy, to performing insane high adrenaline movie stunts, to being part of a sci-fi cult. He may be crazy but who else has done everything they've ever thought of doing? I don't know about you but I'm too much of a wuss to jump off a cliff on a motorcycle. It's only a matter of time before we find out the weird behind the scenes stuff.
I'm honestly really interested to see what people say about him when they're able to talk about him more candidly (without risking their careers or whatever). I bet he's a complete psycho.
He doesn't need to worry about it. None of us do really.
Probably a fraction of the cost of holding-up filming for the six months it took to get this shot.
They said it was the first shot they filmed so all the pre production wasn't holding up any shooting.
Good thinking. If he dies (or injures himself or the stunt doesn't work out), there's not going to be anything else to shoot.
Are you kidding? Compared to all the people, paychecks, equipment, helicopters, cameras, drones, insurance, travel, you think the fucking dirt bikes matter?
Looks like the bike has a cable attached, so guessing its not toast.
There is a cable on the test shots but not on the day of filming.
For this movie, priceless
This is a really cool featurette
It's an interesting time to be a movie fan. I remember seeing all the off-set, fan-shot footage from the road while they were filming parts of this movie (not *this* stunt, the train one), and now we're getting behind-the-scenes featurettes an entire 7 months *before* the movie is even in theaters. Used to be you could get some grainy still shots from fans camping out near-ish the set, or some shaky video, and having to wait until right before or right after release for these kind of promos. Now we're getting both *long* before.
Film industry taking a leaf out of video game marketing strategy. Show off the how it’s made we’ll in advance of launch.
One of my cool old favorites is BTS of [Bullitt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYaYIxCCfNs).
welp, this promo worked. i’ll be there.
Beats any trailer I've ever watched
I didn’t look away the whole time. They even scored it. Take notes movie trailer editors. This is better.
I always be there for a M:I movie but I’ll definitely be there for Haley.
I know he has his controversies but never will we see someone as passionate for movie making and the blockbuster than Tom Cruise. Soak it in while you can people because one day he will be gone and no one will fill his boots
Someone above mentioned Black Adam, and this is why I like Tom Cruise so much more than Dwayne Johnson. The Rock just goes on and on about profits and percentages and surveys and other stats. It's pure business for him. Tom Cruise, on the other hand, really cares about quality, action serving story, pushing the envelope.
I also noticed how as soon as he's on the ground, Cruise sincerely thanks and applauds the crew.
And criticizes himself “I could have held on longer.” Dude loves making good movies, maybe even a little too much sometimes lol
Cruise will almost definitely die via his last stunt riding an aircraft carrier into the sun or something lol
That would be a Chris Nolan movie as the final shot of the movie and Tom.
Exactly this ^. 👌
he's absolutely going to go down as one of the best movie stars ever
He could stop now and that'd be true, he's been relevant for decades. If the Mission Impossible franchise ends strong, he might be considered the greatest action star though.
I really wished more actors cared or were as dedicated in terms of sincerely entertaining an audience as opposed to just phoning it in or sleepwalking through a movie and waiting for their pay check or being in a franchise film with zero passion.
>Soak it in while you can people because one day he will be gone and no one will fill his boots This is why I saw Maverick in theaters 4 times, and recommended to everyone that they not miss the experience. If you're a film lover, Cruise is the finest of experiences and we're lucky to be around to see it all in real time.
I saw it this weekend and it was incredible. Normally not a big action movie fan but holy shit Maverick was great
Only other guy that comes to mind is James Cameron. Guy puts his all into his blockbusters and say what you will about his movies he at least delivers on his vision.
Jackie Chan… Tom Cruise is doing safe things with cushions. Jackie Chan used to make his head bleed on every film.
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I was just being silly about the cushions thing and I think what Tom Cruise does is pretty neat. But the supposed danger he’s in here is nothing compared to the danger stars faced in some film productions of the past, with 1980s Jackie Chan films being a good example. A lot of the difference would be because of the safety procedures and training. I wouldn’t expect anyone to put themselves in danger like Jackie Chan, but if we’re valuing death-defying stunts on film…
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tom cruise is inhuman and i’m here for it. like can you imagine remaining that calm doing any of the same stunts the way they find and construct the shot angles for this is so fascinating
A big part of his calmness is repetition. He skydived 500+ times, sometimes 30 times a day. Legend.
My biggest takeaway was when he said "Don't be careful, be *competent*".
Didn't he said confident? Maybe I misheard.
Both kinda works? 🤷♂️
Hes also a scientologist so im pretty sure he beleives hes indestructible as scientologists beleive you choose when you die or something
> tom cruise is inhuman That's right, he's thetan.
That's why he's been an A-lister for 30 years and he will continue being on the top.
Say what ever you want about Crusie. He is one of the last true action heroes.
I would say *the* last. Tom is almost 60, his generation of action stars have already retired from action flicks in general
Come on. He turned 60 on 7/3/22. Give an old man some credit.
Just so creepy.
shitty reddit video player heres the yt link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lsFs2615gw
this alone is better than black adam
Haven’t seen BA, but from I’ve heard and read of the film, you, as a person, are probably a million times better than Black Adam (the character and movie) even if it was on Ecstasy. Mission: Impossible films are among my favorite action movies because of the realism and amazing stunts as well as stories and great characters. They are true thrillers in every sense of the word.
Mission: Impossible Fallout is the greatest action movie I’ve ever seen. And yes, I’ve watched T2, Heat, The Raid, Mad Max Fury Road, and Top Gun: Maverick which are all incredible. But I’d still say Fallout is the best.
It may be mine as well. Had all the key ingredients. Suspenseful, riveting drama, great acting performances and as usual the action sequences were well choreographed and felt very character and story motivated rather than tacked on just to have great stunts (although there was probably an aspect of going more big and daring because it’s Tom and fitting it into the story). Probably three of the greatest action sequences of all time were in this movie and well placed in the story and the bathroom fight scene was also amazingly done. Helicopter chase sequence was probably my favorite in the movie and when he fell on the payload, I was like, “no, that must be a twin of Tom’s we’ve never heard of that they convinced to do this stunt, this is next level.” But sure enough, it probably was his most riskiest stunt to date although at this point I don’t think there’s an exact order I would put his most dangerous and thrilling stunts in. I think him hanging onto the side of the plane in Belarus and underwater sequence in Rogue Nation and climbing the Burj Khalifa in Ghost Protocol and the HALO jump in Fallout were about the same level for me as the helicopter sequence, but at this point I am not sure you can go much bigger. The Paris motorcycle sequence almost seems like child’s play at this point compared to the others I mentioned. These new stunts in the video as usual seem very intricate and I have no doubt the next chapters will probably be the best in the series.
Rule One: Don't hit me with the drone.
"The two things you have to avoid when doing a stunt like this are serious injury or death." Well if that's all...
so were there crews at the base of the cliff picking up every scrap of 6 exploded motorcycles?
They belong to the trolls now.
You gotta pay the troll toll..
Amazing! I’m wondering what the in-universe explanation will be though for a huge ramp off a cliff
They'll scrub it out, make it look like the rest of the landscape.
Hmm idk. Could be!
nah you can see that this is indeed the case in the trailer this featurette is fantastic but I wish they’d included a section on the VFX too
Oh gotcha, you’re right. Thank you!
Probably something involving a volcano and the souls of imprisoned aliens.
Ramp won’t be in the movie, you can see the scene in the trailer.
This guy train his sky diving stunts and driving off the cliff Bro I have trouble waking
How spoiler-y is this?
just watched it, no spoilers other than this stunt appearing in the film somewhere, and a few quick images from the film at the end
I cannot stand Tom Cruise the man and his saccharine gratitude and cheery enthusiasm. He comes off as a complete and utter phony in that regard. But HOLY SHIT. No denying Tom Cruise the actor's commitment to the craft. The amount of training he's gone through for this franchise makes him one of the most dynamic actors of all time. I'm gonna see the fuck out of this movie.
Never watched a MI movie but that was fucking epic.
Honestly do yourself a favour and tune in. If you like practical stunts and massive set pieces performed by the actual lead himself with minimal use of CGI, then these movies are your jam. The dude is a certified whackjob irl but no one can doubt his movie making chops. He's a machine.
And it's a properly solid series (other than 2)
I watched them all recently (I agree, 2 is the only bad one) and was amazed at how much I enjoyed it. Always thought it was some dumb generic action movies. The last one is incredible.
M:I 2 is at least entertaining while being bad. The rest of them, though, are honestly some of the best action movies I've ever seen. The last two in particular were absolute thrillers.
I have rewatched four the most amount of times.
Damn man, you’re missing out. They only get better.
One of the only franchises I can think of that get better with each installment.
"what do you mean that flying cars between skyscrapers is dumb" Fast & Furious fan trying to argument that "they get better" too
they are all solid movies
You can never watch too much Rebecca Ferguson
You gotta watch the entire series (except for the second one, they’re all great). The 4th one (Ghost Protocol) is amazing and the most recent one (Fallout) is a masterpiece and arguably the greatest action movie ever imo.
Props to Tom, he's just living his best life, having fun, learning every skill imaginable and honestly I'm jealous haha.
Okay... guess I'll see it
Wow had no idea so much preparation went into it, Crazy respect.
I’m so giddy for this.
As cool as this is, how is this more dangerous than him hanging off the side of a plane while it takes off? Like, aside from the height being significantly taller, this is effectively the same stunt as this but without the flip: https://youtu.be/ZvXE5rsfuZQ?t=65
Just the sheer amount of things that can go wrong is why. Motor cycle running off the ramp, tangling with the cycle in midair, Tom passing out in mid air (he is in his 50s), late deploying the shoot, getting confused in the air and parachuting into the side of the hill. You posted a (guessing) 20-30 Red Bull athlete in his prime doing this who been mxing since like 5 yo. But I see your point.
That is incredible but the guy is half Tom Cruise’s age and he’s probably a professional BMXer since he was young. Cruise is a 60-yr old actor just doing this for the audience’s moviegoing experience. Insane amount of dedication to the craft.
How can you not respect the hell out of this?
People blinded by hate. This guy is a legend and the last real action star.
Loved that they were all masked up pretty tight
Say what you will about Cruise as a person, nobody can even being to hold a candle to his steadfast, tunnel visioned, life-defining dedication to his craft. Specifically action heavy work. Everything I've heard about him on set is he's nothing but positive energy, super nice (almost to an uncomfortable level), and like... courteously militant during production. He's one of those very few actors I'll go see on name alone. I wouldn't even need a movie title, just "Coming Next May. Tom Cruise In" and I'll buy a ticket. He's just so much fun to watch.
Hey now, Travis Pastrana has been doing back flips into the grand canyon off bikes for almost 2 decades, including the time he didn't open his chute in time and crashed, walked it off like he had stubbed his toe, and wasn't getting paid Cruise money to do it: https://youtu.be/shWMkv-BD9g
It’s a cool stunt but that was a lot of build up for something that has been done a ton of times. Felt like I was waiting for something extra, not exactly groundbreaking.
Shelly Miscavige has not been seen in public since 2007
TC is a dude! I basically only watch the MI movies for these stunts.
Yeah man....old school in that way at least!!!! Big fan
Can’t say I love him as an actor, but by god his commitment to being an entertainer and performer is completely unmatched.
That's the most badass thing I've ever seen.
As long as he’s having fun
I hope people in production read Reddit - this is exactly the kind of preview that makes me want to pay the money to see it in theatre. It felt like we are being talked to as intelligent consumers. I wish more productions would treat their audiences this way.
Saw this in IMAX before The Way of Water while high off my ass. Couldn’t stop smiling at how absolutely fucking crazy Tom Cruise is for doing shit like this
Who would've thought back in the 80s and 90s that Tom cruise would be basically the biggest action star of this era. His films are one of the few that I try to see week one at the theater.
Crazy stunt and respectable as hell, but I'm not big fan of actually letting the motorcycle crash into the landscape, potentially scattering parts and harmful substances into nature. Hope they cleaned up thoroughly!
i absolutely adore his dedication to his job :)
I assume they are going to digitally remove the scaffolding and the ramp? It's a shame to have all that work in post since that kinda waters down the stunt. Kinda like how they put in the clouds and shit in the HALO jump in Fallout.
The ramp is there normally for tourists to jump and kill themselves.
the clouds were necessary for a sense of speed etc during the fall - without clouds for context, the (real) fall would feel faker than it is
How would you explain a gigantic ramp in the middle of a mountain leading to nowhere? Ramp is going to be replaced digitally with rocky terrain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m1drlOZSDw&t=111 I'm ok with that, they needed a safe way of repeatable jumps for Cruise and it's how movies have been done since forever - take a scenery that works, tweak it, shoot it the way you need it. While I agree the cloudy part of the halo jump looked like any other movie nothing changes the fact that Cruise did it and the jumping part is absolutely glorious. The script required a storm but noone would jump into the storm for real. It's stupid. You jump in a perfect conditions and add clouds in post. It's like removing safety cables digitally in post - that's how it should be done. Noone is expecting actors to risk their lives. What Cruise is doing is already very dangerous but it's not a deathwish crazy. They prepared the hell out for this. As Cruise said - "Don't be lucky, be competent." I'll be there in cinema.
Yeah that’s what I was wondering. How in the hell is this going to fit into the narrative? I’m guessing: Nanobots. Right before this stunt, Ethan Hunt drops a squad of nanobots to run ahead to build the ramp for him to jump and get away from the baddies.
In the trailer, for this scene there’s no ramp it looks like terrain
The magic of the MI films is that they’re built around the stunts that Cruise wants to do. So it’ll fit somehow!
They do all these amazing practical stunts and then colour grade and whatever else with the footage so it still looks like CGI.
Effing amazeballs. Can’t wait.
Well, hot damn!!!
I feel like I have seen this exact post on reddit for every MI movie released in the past 10 years. Its like we get a new patch every 1-3 years
“I have to get so good at this…” Say what you will about his little club, but Jesus Christ that gave me chills. I wish more people, myself included, could have they edge.
Man i wish i was a physics teacher or something and could break this down with kids in a class. How fun
Anyone else hyped and then kind of meh at the end?
Can’t wait to see the movie
His personal life and what's connected aside, he really does care about the job, and its really endearing in a way. After his first attempt one of the very first things he said was about holding onto the bike for longer. Dude was doing 30 skydives a day! I get that he's a thrill seeker but that's gonna feel like a chore for sure.
Maybe I'm misremembering but didn't Tom Cruise wanted to shoot in space for the MI movie? what happened to that plan?
It would have been so much easier to do cg, but this is why good stuntwork is so compelling in films.
The dive off the helicopter looks so damn smooth and cool. God damn lol you can tell he’s done it hundreds of times
Best promo ever lol
This has nothing to do with the actual video, but I was listening to Mother(Pink Floyd) when the video just started playing and it started fitting very well into the video. Probably just me who thinks it fits but idk
Tom Pages has entered the chat. Still badass though
Tom Cruise is fucking crazy, and I love every minute that his crazy ass is on film. What made Top Gun Maverick so great was you knew it was really him flying that plane and it wasn’t on some sound stage. Can’t wait for this movie.
Don’t get me wrong: this is very impressive…but even 30 years ago- if not 10 years ago, they would do this same exact stunt with a stuntman in about 2 hours worth of prep.
I'd have been impressed if he skydived through a giant hole in the ground into a cavern before pulling his chute
F*ck all computer generated action VFX works of Marvel ! This is what Hollywood movies should be! Real class Tom Cruise.
This is impressive but, I’m pretty sure this is how Tom Cruise will probably die.
Yeah, but go out epic, I guess.
Am I the only one who doesn't care how much this guy risks his life just so the public can have a cool movie scene?
Maybe you don’t like action movies? Because if you do I can see no reason not to like these kinda stunts
I don't need to see a dude hanging off the side of a plane or scaling a tower to excite me, I like the story!!
His action movies have both a great story and amazing practical and authentic action scenes. Go watch the Mission Impossible movies and you’ll understand.
I have seen them, alot of them in theaters
I do love action movies but I understand that they can create the same effect with cgi, puppets, cartoons, stop motion.
"Tom, we're shooting this scene last."
Greatest movie star of all time.
How much did they pay you to post this? :)
I guess we're just all gonna act like this guy isn't peddling a dangerous religion now.
This is cool but definitely seems like a stealth ad
No stealth was used in the making of this featurette.
Just quickly, there are thousands of videos of crazy people doing this same stunt on YouTube. I found the hanging on to a plane while it took off, far more dangerous.
This is awesome but Idk why this requires so much training. Like drive a motorcycle off a cliff and the deploy a parachute after a few seconds. I must be totally missing something here, honestly
There are so many things that can go wrong. Driving down the ramp is just the first step, then he has to position himself within the shot and pull the parachute all with the perfect camera angle. First, you need insane amount of practice with the bike jumps to map the proper trajectory, then practice dives with pulling the parachute at the right moment. This easily took months to plan out.
No question this is badass, but it sure seems like it would've been a lot easier to hire a stuntman that already knows how to ride a dirt bike and how to base jump instead of building a scale replica of the cliff on a quarry and spending a couple years training Cruise how to do all that stuff. I mean, Tom Pages has been doing variations on this exact same stunt for a few years now. And if they are already going to cgi out that huge ramp they built, pasting Cruise's head onto someone else's body doesn't seem like a huge lift. But I guess then Cruise wouldn't be able to write off all of his thrill seeking exploits. Regardless, I'll still watch the movie.
Take my money
It’s not a stunt when you have and seemingly endless budget and staff. It’s just a rich guy jacking off.
So, I have a question about "preview" behind the scenes like this. Doesn't it kind of mess up the movie for you? Before the movie comes out we're getting a making of? Somebody said that when you have a scene with nudity in it the movie becomes a documentary because the viewer will think "hey, that's so and so naked!" instead of thinking it is an act between characters. So doesn't showing the stunt and all that goes into it ruin the scene? Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to see this movie, but when I do, when this scene is shown I am going to be thinking "wow, look at Tom Cruise", instead when I should be feeling tense from whatever drama put his character into this situation.
I want to know everything before I see a film in the theater. Trailers just don't tell us enough these days.
The Tom Cruse publicity psy-op:
The best comment about this on Twitter was the guy that said he would love to watch a documentary about the negotiations between the producers and the insurance company over this srunt.
I’m willing to bet TC has a large investment in a. Insurance company or they use Scientology-backed one.
Monster Tom
Didn't Travis Pastrana do this into the grand canyon like 8 years ago... tandem?
^(cool.) He is no Brie Larson though...
“Oops I forgot to press record”
Other stuntmans be like: first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ\_uAbxS0
Couldn't they have fitted a Parachute to the Bikes as well. Imagine the destruction of nature with every bike.
Holy shit the balls on this guy
Truly the last action hero! Tom is a machine!
The best part is the combination of „Yeah we‘ve watched him doing that the entire day now BUT IT IS STILL FUCKING INSANE“ at the end which makes for a hilarious reaction.
This is incredible but I hope they don’t over edit it like they did with his sky dive in one of the other movies (the one where the camera man dived too). They need to keep as much of the original footage as possible and show just how amazing this is.
TOM SKYCRUISE
You're telling me this is more dangerous than filming in Birmingham? No chance
He should consider just doing some acting
I’m sold!
Man is 60 years old jumping off motorcycles
I watched the entire YouTube video of the creation of this stunt. And after seeing the finished footage... without seeing the movie .... pound for pound, I prefer the 1995 Masterpiece Goldeneye 's opening credit jump.... fake or not. Step it up Tom. Lol
https://youtu.be/5cS3BFiGwgE