Song of the Day #6,162: ‘Cutting on One’ – Lorne Balfe

The next category I’ll rank from the Mission: Impossible film series is SET PIECES.

Almost every M:I film has a major sequence (sometimes more than one) in which the team works together, using fancy tech and their own ingenuity, to pull off a seemingly, yes, impossible mission.

The scenes I’m considering don’t include car or motorcycle chases, fistfights, or standalone stunts. They have to involve a coordinated effort by multiple team members to misdirect and deceive. They are what separates the IMF from other world-saving teams.

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