Where They Went

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie

Ethan Hunt races to recover a two-part key that controls a rogue AI, a chase that runs from the Arabian desert to Abu Dhabi, Rome, Venice and the Orient Express.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Empty Quarter
    Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter), Arabian Desert
    ≈ 00:10:00
    Stated on screen

    Ethan finds Ilsa under fire in the desert and recovers half of the key.

  2. 2Intelligence briefing
    Washington, D.C.
    ≈ 00:20:00
    Stated on screen

    Ethan slips into a secret Washington meeting about the Entity and confronts Kittridge.

  3. 3Abu Dhabi International Airport
    ≈ 00:35:00
    Stated on screen

    The handover at Abu Dhabi airport collapses as Grace pickpockets the key.

  4. 4Rome, Italy
    ≈ 00:55:00
    Stated on screen

    Ethan frees Grace and they flee across Rome in a tiny Fiat while handcuffed together.

  5. 5Doge's Palace party
    Venice, Italy
    ≈ 01:15:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 6Orient Express
    Austrian Alps
    ≈ 02:05:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
27,953 km
Places
6
Countries
5
Stops
6
  • Not shown: 27,538 km
  • Train: 208 km
  • Motorcycle: 208 km

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

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