But new boy Christopher McQuarrie more than makes up for that with gasp - inducing action sequences that will
have you holding your breath in
sympathy with those getting pummeled: the opening sequence, in which
Tom Cruise's IMF agent Ethan Hunt jumps onto the wing of an taxiing cargo plane and clings to its side as the enormous thing takes off beautifully ups the ante on Protocol's hanging - off - the - side - of - a-skyscraper stunt.