{"id":240209,"date":"2023-07-17T09:19:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=298452"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:40:35","slug":"is-mission-impossible-7-a-plagiarism-of-uncharted-2-this-is-what-its-director-thinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/is-mission-impossible-7-a-plagiarism-of-uncharted-2-this-is-what-its-director-thinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mission Impossible 7 borrowing ideas from Uncharted 2? Director speaks out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mission Impossible, <strong>Tom Cruise<\/strong>&#8216;s flagship franchise, is generating a lot of buzz. Its recent installment, <strong>&#8216;Mission Impossible: Deadly Sentence, Part 1&#8217;<\/strong>, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/mission-impossible-7-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a hit with both audiences and critics<\/a>, scoring an impressive 95% and 96% respectively on the prestigious website <strong>Rotten Tomatoes<\/strong>. However, with such a high level of media attention, it was only a matter of time before controversy emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Uncharted 2: Among Thieves\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3fc057ef-e921-47f1-8793-3d8b10e3bcce\/2272508208\/uncharted-2-among-thieves-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Uncharted 2: Among Thieves<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/uncharted-2-among-thieves.en.softonic.com\/ps4\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/uncharted-2-among-thieves.en.softonic.com\/ps4\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bruce Straley<\/strong>, one of the directors of the video game <strong>Uncharted 2: Among Thieves<\/strong>, recently pointed out the striking resemblance between a scene in Mission Impossible 7 and the iconic moment in Uncharted 2 where the protagonist, Nathan Drake, <strong>hangs from a train car<\/strong> on the brink of falling into the void.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? <br><br>\u2026the sincerest form of flattery! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qwVrLWqj2A\">pic.twitter.com\/qwVrLWqj2A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bruce Straley (@bruce_straley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bruce_straley\/status\/1680320749486370816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bruce_straley\/status\/1680320749486370816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Twitter post<\/a>, Straley uploaded two photos from Tom Cruise&#8217;s movie and two screenshots from his game, accompanied by the phrase &#8220;\u2026the sincerest form of flattery!&#8221; and two emojis: one pensive and one with a wink. The phrase refers to the expression <strong>&#8220;imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,&#8221;<\/strong> suggesting that he believes the movie may have &#8220;imitated&#8221; his game, which could be the case, considering the striking similarity between the images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Portada-Uncharted-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Portada-Uncharted-2.jpg 626w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Portada-Uncharted-2-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Portada-Uncharted-2-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Portada-Uncharted-2-150x173.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hanging train scene from Uncharted 2, which is even <strong>featured on its cover<\/strong>, is one of the most memorable moments for fans of the franchise, including Mission Impossible&#8217;s own director <strong>Christopher McQuarrie<\/strong>, who has previously stated that Uncharted has been a major source of inspiration for his films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2015, McQuarrie confirmed to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-director-cites-uncharted-3-as-an-inspiration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Eurogamer<\/a><\/strong> that the famous moment in which Nathan Drake hangs from a plane in<strong> Uncharted 3<\/strong> was the main influence for the even more popular scene in <strong>Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation<\/strong>, where Tom Cruise hangs from a jet during takeoff (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-time-that-tom-cruise-flew-out-flying-clinging-to-the-door-of-an-plane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a scene that Cruise performed himself without special effects<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Uncharted 2: Among Thieves\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3fc057ef-e921-47f1-8793-3d8b10e3bcce\/2272508208\/uncharted-2-among-thieves-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Uncharted 2: Among Thieves<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/uncharted-2-among-thieves.en.softonic.com\/ps4\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/uncharted-2-among-thieves.en.softonic.com\/ps4\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowing this, it wouldn&#8217;t be far-fetched to think that McQuarrie once again &#8220;drew inspiration&#8221; from the Uncharted saga to create another scene of his protagonist hanging from a mode of transportation. Now the question would be: <strong>is it truly &#8220;inspiration&#8221; or is it more of a plagiarism?<\/strong> In contexts like this, where does the line between each concept lie?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The director of the video game Uncharted 2 believes that &#8216;Mission Impossible: Deadly Judgment, Part 1&#8217; would have directly imitated a famous scene from his work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":240212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[4788],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-240209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionuncharted-2-among-thieves"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319068,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240209\/revisions\/319068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240209"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=240209"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=240209"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=240209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}