In the film Mission Impossible III, Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) seeks vengeance for his pupil by taking out Owen Davian but ends up uncovering a bigger threat to global security in the process.
Scene 1: Shanghai Rope Swing
In the film Ethan Hunt swings between two buildings using a rope to gain access to the roof of a lower building. After the rope had let out all of its length it becomes taut and violently jerks his body. The main question going through many viewers minds after this scene is could he even survive that much force. There are only three main measurements needed to make to see if he could survive the jump.
Gravitational acceleration: 9.80 meter per square second or 32 ft per square second
His weight: 67 kg or 148 lbs
Time of fall: >10 seconds (beginning of jump scene is in slow motion so it is hard to pin down the exact time of the fall)
What amount of force a human body can withstand: about 5g's before passing out (>70 to kill a person)
Scene 2: Bridge Jump
After the drone blows up a chunk of a bridge, Ethan Hunt has to run and jump over a the gap that formed but could he physically do it? To figure this out one would need to know:
His sprint speed: >28 mph or > 11 m/s
Angle at which he jumped: >30 degrees (estimate off of re-watching the clip)
Length of the gap: ~15 ft or ~5 meters
Scene 3: Building Base Jump
In an escape effort Ethan base jumps from a building and ends up pulling his parachute late so would he be able to survive the fall? To find this one would need to know:
The minimum height to safely pull a parachute: 2000 ft or 610 meters
How height Ethan was when he starts falling the second time: ~20 stories or 200 ft or 61 meter
Overall I give this film a rating of RP
This is pretty minimalist -- no scenes or clips from the movie, very little background on the scenes you're analyzing, not even an explanation for why you give the movie an RP rating. Needless to say, I was expecting more. You might want to take a look at some of the other students' blogs.
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