Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One ends with a major cliffhanger and sets the stage for an even more anxiety-inducing installment, hinting at a final confrontation between Ethan and the Entity, a mysterious AI gone rogue. In the film, Ethan and his team weren't the only ones after two valuable artifacts, the Entity's keys. They faced competition from every other nation in the world, IMF itself, a skillful thief, and Gabriel, a dangerous man from Ethan's past.
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