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Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Where Mission: Impossible 2 says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Seville was shot in Sydney, and the cliff in Utah
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Scenes and places
The plane that never reaches Atlanta (2000)
A disguised IMF agent gasses everyone aboard, steals the cure and jumps out. The plane flies on into the Rockies.
Set in Rocky Mountains (plane crash) — En route from Sydney to Atlanta, the plane carrying Dr Nekhorvich crashes into the Rockies.
The Plot names only the Rockies, with no more precise place.
Ethan's free-solo cliff climb (2000)
Ethan hangs from a cliff with almost no protection, a showy way to reintroduce the hero. The mission message finds him while he is on holiday.
Set in A canyon cliff (Ethan on holiday) — Ethan Hunt is introduced climbing a sheer cliff face with no net.
A state park near Moab, Utah.
Filmed at Dead Horse Point State Park, Moab, Utah — The free solo climbing entrance scene was filmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The briefing in Seville (2000)
Ethan has 48 hours to find Nyah, a civilian thief, and meet his boss in Seville. She does not want the job, but he needs her: she is Ambrose's ex-girlfriend.
Set in Seville — Ethan is told to meet Swanbeck in Seville and recruit the thief Nyah Nordoff-Hall. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Seville is a city in southern Spain.
Filmed at Casa de Pilatos, Seville — The dancer Sara Baras was filmed on its patio in July 1999 for the film. The sources do not say which scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Sydney harbour, where the hunt moves (2000)
Ethan puts a tracking chip on Nyah and sends her back to Ambrose, then builds a team in Sydney. Nyah is the one person who can get close.
Set in Sydney — The team assembles in Sydney and Nyah is sent to rekindle her relationship with Ambrose. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Sydney's harbour is Port Jackson.
Filmed at Sydney Opera House — Landmark in the film's Sydney views. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Sydney Harbour Bridge — Landmark in the film's Sydney views. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Sydney Tower — Landmark in the film's Sydney views. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Breaking into Biocyte (2000)
Ethan goes after Biocyte's Chimera samples, but Ambrose's team has learned that Nyah is working against them and is waiting for him.
Set in Biocyte headquarters — Ethan breaks into Biocyte's headquarters to destroy the samples of the Chimera virus.
In the film the company's Chimera is stored in a lab on the 42nd floor.
Filmed at Los Angeles Center Studios — Filming also took place at this studio. Which scenes is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Bare Island fortress (2000)
Ambrose bargains with McCloy for a majority share of Biocyte in return for the cure, while Ethan infiltrates the base and fights Ambrose's right-hand man.
Set in Bare Island, Biocyte storage facility — Ambrose offers to sell the cure to Biocyte's CEO at the company's storage facility. Google Maps · Apple Maps
An island at La Perouse, in Sydney's south.
Filmed at Bare Island, La Perouse — The island fort stands in as Biocyte's storage facility. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The motorcycle chase up the coast (2000)
Ambrose's men chase Ethan, who has taken the cure samples, off the island and up the coast on motorbikes.
Set in The mainland coast near Sydney — Ambrose and his men chase Ethan onto the mainland.
A rocky headland on Sydney's southeast coast at Malabar.
Filmed at Bradleys Head, Sydney — A seaside house in Sydney (scene not stated) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Boomerang, Elizabeth Bay — A Sydney mansion (scene not stated) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Ethan Hunt — An IMF agent called back from holiday to stop a stolen virus and its cure from being sold.
- Nyah Nordoff-Hall — A professional thief and Ambrose's ex-girlfriend, recruited to get close to him.
- Sean Ambrose — A rogue IMF agent who steals Bellerophon, the cure for the Chimera virus.
Questions answered on the map
- Where did Tom Cruise really free-solo that cliff in Mission: Impossible 2?