In 2018’s “Mission: Impossible—Fallout,” the dastardly rogue agent Solomon Lane (Sean Harris) revels in messing with the mind of Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) by making him question the principles and values of his entire life spent working for the Imf (Impossible Mission Force).
In particular, Lane points out the Imf’s code with regards to accepting missions given to their agents; the operative phrase, as adopted from the original 1966 television series, being “your mission, should you choose to accept it,” a wording that implies consent and power of choice.That choice was unfortunately not afforded to residents of Los Angeles back in 2006, when “Mission: Impossible III” was about to be released in theaters.
As some lucky (or unlucky) folks discovered, there was a highly suspicious-looking red plastic box attached with wires to a news rack in Santa Clarita, California, a device that enough people reported so as to attract the attention and action of an L.
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