'Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol': New Clip Features Girl Fight Between Paula Patton, Lea Seydoux (Video)

Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg also star in the movie, which opens Dec. 21.

4:18 PM PST 12/1/2011 by THR Staff

Paramount Pictures on Thursday released a new clip from its upcoming Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol, the fourth installment in the MI franchise.

The film follows Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt as he and the rest of the secret operatives of IMF are disavowed due to a terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, for which the agency has been blamed.

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Hunt is tasked with trying to clear the agency's name, along with his fellow IMF fugitives, Brandt (Jeremy Renner), Jane Carter (Paula Patton) and Benjy Dunn (Simon Pegg).

The newly released scene is all action and no talk: It features a very physical fight between Patton and Lea Seydoux.

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The movie, directed by Brad Bird, hits theaters Dec. 21.