Where They Went

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

Directed by John Woo

Pulled off a climbing holiday in the American desert, Ethan Hunt recruits a thief in Seville and follows a rogue agent and a stolen virus to Sydney.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Free-solo climb
    Dead Horse Point, Utah
    ≈ 00:06:00
    Inferred

    Ethan is free-climbing a desert cliff when a mission message is delivered to him by helicopter.

  2. 2Seville, Spain
    ≈ 00:10:00
    Inferred

    Ethan tracks down Nyah, a professional thief, and they meet during a heist and a car chase in the hills.

  3. 3Sydney, Australia
    ≈ 00:28:00
    Stated on screen

    Ethan's team sets up in Sydney while Nyah is sent back into Sean Ambrose's circle to spy on him.

  4. 4Biocyte headquarters
    Biocyte Pharmaceuticals (fictional)
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  5. 5Biocyte's island facility
    Bare Island, Sydney
    ≈ 01:35:00
    Inferred
  6. 6Beach and cliffs south of Sydney
    Sydney, Australia
    ≈ 01:50:00
    Inferred
  7. 7Ending in the city
    Sydney, Australia
    ≈ 02:00:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
26,481 km
Places
5
Countries
3
Stops
7
  • Plane: 17,922 km
  • Not shown: 8,545 km
  • Motorcycle: 14 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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