Ex-Naughty Dog Bruce Straley on Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’s Similarity to Uncharted 2

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is out now in theatres, and there’s one scene that might look a little familiar to fans of the Uncharted series.

It even caught the eye of Bruce Straley, the co-director of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, who, in a recent tweet, compared images of a scene from the film involving a dangling train car with images from Uncharted 2, along with a caption that included: “…the sincerest form of flattery!” As a quick refresher, Uncharted 2 came out in 2009, and one of the most iconic scenes from the game is protagonist Nathan Drake dangling from a train car.

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…the sincerest form of flattery! ? pic.twitter.com/qwVrLWqj2A

— Bruce Straley (@bruce_straley) July 15, 2023

Of course, the idea of the dangling train car is not something Uncharted 2 created. The 1997 film The Lost World: Jurassic Park also includes a scene just like those in Uncharted 2 and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. However, Christopher McQuarrie, the director of the last several Mission: Impossible films, previously said he took inspiration from the Uncharted games.

McQuarrie said such in 2015 when he explained the plane sequence in Rogue Nation was inspired by 2011’s Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, which also included a plane sequence.

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.