How Mission Impossible 4 Tricked You With A Physically Impossible Camera Movement In Burj Khalifa Stunt

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol may have had Tom Cruise scaling the world’s tallest building, but a subtle camera trick used during the stunt sequence is what truly pushed the boundaries of what was possible. Serving as the first live-action movie for The Incredibles director Brad Bird, 2011’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol saw Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his team attempt to steal nuclear launch codes during a clandestine meeting held at the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai. However, to access the building’s secure server and trick the original buyer, Hunt is forced to scale the side of the building in one of the movie’s more memorable sequences.