[Casy functions as an allegorical figure in the film, conveying the spiritual yearnings of the working class characters.The most talked about sequence is the contrived, theatrical, and fictional Russian Roulette torture, imposed on the American POW""s during wartime and played as a game in a Vietnamese gambling den.It was eight years after Dent""s death (and after the events of the previous film).The first action sequence occurred in Uzbekistan as three hooded prisoners were driven to a CIA plane.Anatoly removed his latex facial mask -- revealing himself o be Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), an IMF (Impossible Missions Force) eam member/agent.