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I've killed the best.

–Sabine Moreau to William Brandt., Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Sabine Moreau (c. 1986 - January 9, 2011) was a major antagonist in the 2011 action/thriller film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the fourth installment of the Mission: Impossible film series. She was a French contract killer in league with terrorist Kurt Hendricks and Jane Carter's archenemy for killing her lover, Trevor Hanaway.

Biography[]

Killing Agent Hanaway[]

Sabine Moreau was a French professional assassin who always paid herself in diamonds. She was responsible of various crimes as a serial homicide and contract killer. It was implied that Moreau had worked with Russian terrorist Kurt Hendricks in the past because she was hired by him to steal a file containing Russian nuclear betting codes for the nuclear missiles that Hendricks planned to use to destroy a Russian Navy submarine, aiming it at San Francisco, in order to ignite a nuclear conflict between Russia and America. To this end, Sabine travelled to Budapest, where the files were stored.

However, an American agency, the Impossible Mission Force, were assigned to intercept the courier holding the codes and one of his agents, Trevor Hanaway, managed to intercept it but he was then chased by armed men who were also after the launch codes. After managing to kill the men, Hanaway got to an alley where he saw Moreau coming in his direction. Since Hanaway recieved a message warning him of Moreau at the same time, he was distracted and the criminal pulled a silenced pistol and shot Hanaway several times in the stomach. Hanaway fell to the ground and Moreau gave him three more shots, taking his bag of documents and escaping, leaving him to die.

Meeting the IMF in Dubai and Death[]

Moreau then travelled to Dubai to sell the stolen codes at the Burj Khalifa hotel to Hendricks's right-hand man, Marius Wistrom, for diamonds. However, Ethan Hunt and IMF chief analyst William Brandt tricked Moreau into believing that Ethan was Wistrom and Brandt his analyst, Leonid Lisenker. The pair met the French assassin and her two bodyguards in a room and Moreau asked which of the two men was Wistrom and Ethan introduced himself. After Moreau's henchmen searched the two for weapons, she invited them to sit down. Ethan asked for the codes but Moreau wanted to know where her diamonds were. Both did not want to give up their property first, so Moreau finally ordered her guards to shoot Brandt, causing Ethan to remind her of who they were working for and claimed that they would either return with the codes or not at all. The spy also warned that they have posted the best guards in the corridor, but Moreau laughingly replied that she had killed the best for a long time.

Ethan finally claimed that they should get it over with and revealed that he would have the diamonds brought as soon as Brandt had verified the authenticity of the codes. Finally, Sabine agreed and let her men hand over the file. Shortly after, recently promoted field agent Benji Dunn, disguised as a waiter, entered the room and handed Moreau's bodyguard the diamonds that a female agent, Jane Carter, had scanned in another room with the real Wistrom. Moreau claimed that it was a pleasure to do business with them, but spotted in Brandt's eyes the contact lens with which he checked the codes. Moreau so realized that she had been deceived and ordered her henchmen to kill them. As Ethan and Brandt fought them, the assassin managed to escape but was caught by Jane, who wanted to get revenge on Moreau for killing Trevor Hanaway (her lover) despite Ethan's warning that they needed her alive as she had information.

Jane then brought her up to the team's room and told Benji to watch her, handing him her pistol. Sadly, Benji was temporarily distracted long enough for Moreau to knock him out with a swift kick. The antagonist then attempted to kill him but Jane stopped her and they both began to fight. As the two were fighting with the pistol, they got to the window of the room, destroyed earlier by the team, and Moreau threw Jane to the ground. As Sabine was about to shoot Jane, Brandt then came up to the room and yelled at Jane to stop but she failed to listen to him and kicked Moreau out the window, causing her to fall to her death. So, Jane was avenged from Hanaway's death.

Characteristics[]

Personality[]

Sabine Moreau was depicted as being cold-blooded, impassive, creepy, grim, vicious, bloodthirsty, highly intelligent and arrogant. She was extremely ruthless, and isn't capable of any sort of emotional connection with her victims. Moreau was a woman of few words, somewhat overcautious about who she makes contact with. Additionally, she was enigmatic and cruel.

Abilities[]

Moreau was adept at hand-to-hand combat. This was shown when she holds her own against Jane Carter for a considerable amount of time. She was also a highly skilled markswoman, as she carries a Beretta sub-compact automatic pistol as her weapon of choice, using it to kill agent Hanaway.

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Behind the Scenes[]

Sabine Moreau was portrayed in the screen by French actress Léa Seydoux in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

Appearances[]

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