The film takes place immediately after the events of the third installment. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team, including Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) and Jane Carter (Paula Patton), are framed for a terrorist attack on the Kremlin. They soon discover that a rogue agent, Hendricks (Michael Nyqvist), has stolen a highly classified computer system known as "The Juice," which could give him control over the United States' nuclear arsenal.
