Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to listen to three espionage-pilled dudes dissect the 1996 Brian De Palma spy thriller Mission: Impossible. Tom Cruise births the franchise that would redefine action cinema as we know it - starring Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny and Kristin Scott Thomas and Vanessa Redgrave! Stacked cast, big thrills - but a little bit goofier than we remember. Suitably, the dudes reflect on military procurement in Sauron's Mordor among other slightly more serious topics. Slightly.

This is a spoilercast and every episode is full spoilers.

Clear and Present Dudes will be taking a short hiatus over the festive period but THE DUDES WILL RETURN.

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