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    'Mission Impossible' Fails At The Mission To Depict A Medical Camp

    A health worker who spent time in Pakistan talks about the medical content of the blockbuster film.
    by Malaka Gharib Aug 31, 2018 3 minutes
    Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in <em>Mission Impossible — Fallout. </em>In this scene, he has just flown a helicopter from a medical camp in Kashmir.

    The latest Mission Impossible film is a global health nerd's dream. There's an immunization campaign. Weaponized smallpox. A medical camp run by a fictional aid organization. And of course: Tom Cruise chasing the bad guy in a helicopter over the disputed region of Kashmir, which is claimed by both India and Pakistan (spoiler alert: that was filmed in New Zealand).

    So what does a real-life health worker make of all that?

    We asked , 28, to share her thoughts on which was released in theaters on July 27. She watched the

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