Mission: Impossible II has two surprise connections to some of the most iconic casting choices in the X-Men films.

The creator of Chimera is murdered and the antidote is stolen by a disavowed I.M.F. Agent, Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott). The Impossible Mission Force, (I.M.F.), hire the skilled and charming Ethan ...

But M:I-2, the sequel, is still moviemaking by numbers ... Seems that megabaddie Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) has purloined a holocaust virus capable of wiping out mankind, etc, etc.

Tom Cruise is set to return for the eighth installment of "Mission: Impossible," currently in ... who is now involved with the villainous Sean Ambrose, the mastermind behind the virus’s theft.