No, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’s train sequence wasn’t inspired by Uncharted 2

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
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Mission: Impossi﷽ble – Dead Reckoning Part One director has shot down speculation that the movie’s climactic train sequence was inspired by a similar set-piece in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Naughty Dog video game 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Uncharted 2.

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The sequence in question involves Ethan (Tom Cruise) and Grace (Hayley Atwell) going off the rails on the Orient💜 Express in pursuit of a key to shut down The Entity – complete with Cruise hanging from a carriage i♌n a manner close to that of Nathan Drake in Uncharted 2’s snow-covered opening.

McQuarrie, for his pa💮rt, used the word ‘uncharted’ in an old interview – and addressed speculation about th✅e coincidence. 

"I used the word in the literal sense in a post years ago and havꩲe been hearing that ever since. Games are just something I know nothing ꧟about," he wrote. He later added: "The only [game] I ever played was Unreal Tournament."

Light-heart♈ed accusations flew all over social media, with Uncharted 2 c𓆉o-director Bruce Straley said "...the sincerest form of flattery."

In 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:our own interview with McQuarrie, the director⛎ confirmed he approached Dead Reckoning with very few frames of references. 

"Invariably, no matter what you do it’ll feel like a nod to something," McQuarrie said. "I&🔥rsquo;ve never made a movie with fewer co♕nscious nods to other movies than this one."

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