The filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie discusses major character deaths, the end (or is it?) of an action-movie franchise and what comes next.

While some antagonistic characters of Dead Reckoning believe Ethan to be misguided in his decision to destroy the Entity, Jasper is convinced that the agent is dirty all along. There’s some logic behind Jasper’s beliefs,

Impossible – Dead Reckoning, has seized control of nuclear weapons from all world powers, except the United States, and is prepared to blow up the world and start Earth over with a blank slate run by the few survivors.