In a interview, Brooks stated the film now had nothing in common with the novel other than the title. Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. Tibet has become independent from China and hosts Lhasa as the world's most populous city, while China has democratized following a civil war when half of the military revolted and destroyed the Politburo with a nuclear strike. The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name. An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.
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