According to former CIA director Jonna Mendez, the spycraft scenario in Mission Impossible is based on actual surveillance methods employed by the agency and is not merely a work of Hollywood fiction.
A lot of the crazy action in the Mission implausible films, including the forthcoming Final Reckoning, seems implausible, but the movies do get some things correct about true spy operations, according to the former CIA disguise chief and author, who spoke with Radar Online.
The famous Mission Impossible “mask reveals,” in which Tom Cruise or other actors remove masks that mimic real faces, are based on actual spying techniques, the 80-year-old said.