Genre: Action/Spy
Director: Joe Carnahan
Writer: D.R. Cobb
Based on the video game series
Cast: Tom Cruise, Laurence Fishburne, Karen Gillan, Mark Strong, Jackie Earle Hayley, Joe Taslim, Ayelet Zurer, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Joey King
Plot: A group of renegade mercenaries, led by Suhadi Sadono (Joe Taslim), storm and capture the US Embassy in East Timor, taking the civilians hostage. One of the people inside the facility when they attacked is Douglas Shetland (Mark Strong), a former U.S. marine and it is soon revealed they were looking for the device he was carrying, which contains classified intelligence.
On the Osprey, Sam Fisher (Tom Cruise) is briefed by Third Echelon head Irving Lambert (Laurence Fishburne) on his mission. He is to infiltrate the embassy, not to rescue the hostages, but to destroy all traces of the information that Shetland has with him, or to recover it, whatever the cost, before Sadono's thugs break him.
Fisher infiltrates the embassy to purge classified intelligence and gather what information he can on the Darah Dan Doa. As Fisher infiltrates the embassy, he rescues Douglas Shetland of Displace International who gives him an encrypted email regarding mortified_penguin. However, the email is in a rare Indonesian dialect. Sam then continues through the embassy where he finds Ingrid Karlthson (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), an embassy translator who interprets the message. The information reveals a connection between 'mortified_penguin' and the Saulnier Cryogenics Lab in Paris, France. Fisher extracts via Osprey from the embassy as U.S. Army Delta Force storm and retake the embassy. Sadono however escapes, and the U.S. declares war on Indonesia in an effort to capture the terrorist leader, much to the displeasure of the local government.
Fisher infiltrates the Saulnier Cryogenics Lab in Paris. The lab itself is all but taken over by French and Syrian mercenaries who were hired by mortified_penguin, most likely affiliated with Sadono. After narrowly defusing a bomb at one point Fisher finds out that the mercenaries were here to procure the ND133 containers; self-contained cryogenic containers used for transporting and storing human brains at cryogenic temperatures. Fisher then continues through the lab and finds a wounded security guard who managed to take a picture of mortified_penguin on his cell phone. After showing it to Fisher it is revealed that mortified_penguin is actually Norman Soth (Jackie Earle Hayley) a former CIA agent.
Fisher boards a highspeed train going to Nice, France with Soth on board. His mission is to confirm Norman Soth's intentions without being detected. He sneaks through the train and finds Norman Soth asleep in a passenger booth, identifying him by his prosthetic leg, and confronts him about his involvement with Sadono. Soth explains that he is operating deep under cover on behalf of the CIA. The meeting is interrupted when a mercenary tells Soth through the door that he has a phone call from him. Sam hides as Soth departs and Lambert then confirms Sam's suspicion that Soth was lying. Fisher tails Soth to the front of the train and records his phone conversation. This crucial recording reveals that Soth is heading to Jerusalem to procure something for Sadono's 'Insurance Policy'. As Fisher extracts, his cover is blown and he narrowly escapes from the roof of the train onto the Osprey. Anna Grimsdottir (Karen Gillan) tells Fisher that they are taking him to the outskirts of Jerusalem to follow the leads, and that he will be unable to bring any weapons into the city, so she will arrange for a weapon pick-up within the city for him.
Before Sam infiltrates into the heart of Jerusalem to discover what the ND133 are for, he reads over about Norman Soth after the incident aboard the train in France. Third Arriving at the weaponsmith's location to pick up a gun, Sam interrupts two thieves robbing the shop, which he kills before acquiring his weapon. Sam then makes his way through the ancient city to meet his contact - Dahlia Tal (Ayelet Zurer), an undercover agent with Shin Bet, the Israeli secret police. Dahlia reveals to Sam that Soth came to purchase a bio-weapon from some Syrian mercenaries. The ND133 was necessary to transport it, and that one ND133 was left at the Syrian hideout. She then leads Sam to the hideout where the ND133 is being held. As she gets into the elevator of the Syrian hideout to go down before Sam, Lambert orders Sam to kill her, as Shin Bet was planning to betray him and take the ND133 for themselves anyway. Despite his orders, Same lets Dahlia leave, telling her to get far away. Sam then makes his way into the underground hideout and finds a sample of the bio-weapon. He is then extracted from Jerusalem.
Third Echelon learns that bio-weapon that Fisher recovered in Jerusalem is a genetically modified version of the smallpox virus. Sadono had each ND133 armed with the virus and placed throughout the U.S.. Each day he delays the release of the virus by making an encrypted phone call. Should Sadono fail to make his call, the virus is released within 24 hours. This gives him an insurance policy against being killed or captured by U.S. forces in the region and allows him to openly fight on the front lines of the conflict to inspire his troops and supporters. The U.S. forces learn of Sadono's location in a militia camp in the Indonesia forest. While on location, Sam meets up with Douglas Shetland on the outskirts of the camp. Shetland is there with members of his private military organization, Displace International, at the behest of the U.S. Military. Lambert orders Sam to tap into Sadono's phone. Sam encounters trip wire mines which he defuses before placing a bomb on Sadono's plane after Shetland designated it as a target of opportunity. He then stalks Sadono through a Darah Dan Doa base, intercepting a daily access code as Sadono passes it to one of his lieutenants. By the time Sam reaches Sadono's office, he discovers that "Pandora Tomorrow" is the code word for his contingency plan that delays the release of the smallpox viruses on American soil. As Sam extracts from the back of Sadono's house, he is ambushed and held at gunpoint by guerillas. Fortunately, he is saved by Shetland's sniper teams who had previously surrounded the area. Sam extracts and the phone call is then traced to a submarine on Komodo.
Sam inserts outside the vicinity of an old cold war maritime docking station, which contains the submarine to which the calls were tracked. After moving through the barracks and external security he infiltrates the pen via the elevator. After forcing the sub to surface under the false pretence of maintenance so he can gain access, Sam moves through the pen and is engaged by Sadono's men. Having advanced past them he slips into the sub and accesses its mainframe computer, allowing his support team to extract information concerning the locations of the ND133. As Sam exfiltrates from the sub pen out onto open water via kodiak, Shadownet spies are deployed to neutralize the scattered pox boxes in an effort to bring an end to Sadono's huge threat against U.S.
After the threat of the ND133s were removed, Sadono realised that his time as a free man was limited. Third Echelon discovered he planned to go to ground, but uncovered his location at a broadcasting station in Indonesia. After the international backlash from the assassination of former Georgian President Nikoladze, Third Echelon decides to capture Sadono alive instead, rather than making a martyr of him. Fisher manages to infiltrate the station where the station where Lambert reveals that Ingrid Karlthson, who had assisted Sam previously at the embassy, is now a prisoner of Sadono. Fisher is also made aware that she is a CIA agent who will assist him in any way she can. After tracking Sadono to a news studio within the station, Fisher observes the revolutionary recording political propaganda messages that will be released to the public and his supporters to further bolster the movement against the U.S. after his disappearance. Although Fisher manages to capture Sadono and extract him safely, Third Echelon discovers that Norman Soth, is in possession of the final ND-133 armed with smallpox and intends to detonate it in Los Angeles International airport.
With his attempted attack on LAX, Soth's motives were revealed to be purely personal. After being hung out to dry by the CIA and the US when their allegiances changed in Indonesia, Soth was left to fend for himself. This caused his political affiliations to restructure themselves to suit his needs as he attempted to enact his revenge upon the country that betrayed and abandoned him while he was in its service. Knowing how urgent the matter his, Third Echelon hastily inserts Fisher into the area. He infiltrates into LAX and is informed by Lambert that Soth's mercenaries are disguised as LAX personnel. He is ordered to locate and assassinate the imposters. The team suggests that any of Soth's men will most likely have had a smallpox vaccine, to ensure their mission isn't suicidal, and their body temperature will be a few degrees higher. After locating them with his thermal vision, Sam neutralises the mercenaries. He then moves to intercept and eliminate Soth himself before he can release the smallpox virus at the airport. Fisher makes his way deeper into the airport until he locates Soth and kills him before he is able to release the smallpox virus. Unable to extract the device to a safe distance in time, Fisher leaves the bomb unattended near airport security. The LAPD Bomb Squad is swiftly called in to perform a controlled explosion of the device, which is done by an unmanned vehicle using reinforced steel, thus bringing an end to the smallpox crisis.
After Sadono was captured, the US military presence in East Timor began to retract. Sadono's forces were either captured or left the organization. Douglas Shetland's company Displace International was instrumental in securing the East Timor region after the incident. Sam Fisher returns home just in time for his daughter Sarah's (Joey King) high school graduation.
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