19 times Tom Cruise left us mind-blown with his own stunts in Hollywood

Modified Feb 03, 2025 13:16 ET

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Image via Paramount Pictures) — Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Image via YouTube/Skydance)

2. HALO Jump – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Image via Paramount Pictures)

This wasn’t just a regular skydive. Cruise became the first actor to do a real High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump on camera. He jumped from 25,000 feet at 200 mph with a military-grade oxygen mask, since the altitude was too high to breathe. A single mistake could have knocked him unconscious mid-air. He trained for over a year, completing more than 500 jumps to get it right. The jump added a level of realism no visual effects could match. It wasn’t just a stunt—it made the opening sequence of Fallout feel like something no action movie had ever done before.