Ex CIA Agent Rates All The 'Mission Impossible' Movies : How Real Is It?

Former CIA intelligence officer Andrew Bustamante rates all the &quot;Mission: Impossible&quot; movies, starring Tom Cruise, for realism. <br> <br>Bustamante looks at field-operation scenes in &quot;Mission: Impossible&quot; (1996), with Ving Rhames and Jon Voight; and &quot;Mission: Impossible 2&quot; (2000), with Thandiwe Newton. He breaks down spy gadgets and disguises in &quot;Mission: Impossible III&quot; (2006), with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Simon Pegg; and &quot;Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol&quot; (2011), with Jeremy Renner and Léa Seydoux. He compares Cruise's physical skills to real-life CIA training in &quot;Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation&quot; (2015), with Rebecca Ferguson; &quot;Mission: Impossible — Fallout&quot; (2018), with Henry Cavill; and &quot;Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One&quot; (2023). <br> <br>Bustamante was a CIA covert intelligence officer for seven years. He worked in the National Clandestine Service, now-called the Directorate of Operations. He is the founder of EverydaySpy, an education and training platform that teaches espionage tactics for everyday life. He is also the host of &quot;Everyday Espionage Podcast.&quot;