Ethan Hunt and his team will be racing against time to track down a terrorist named Hendricks, who is planning a strike on the USA and has gained access to nuclear launch codes. An try to prevent him finishes within a explosion causing destruction to the IMF and the Kremlin to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being helped by the us government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks across the world, even though they may be too late to prevent a tragedy.