🎯I've been watching the Mission: Impossible movies, and noting exactly that. Who installs the tape drop or puts the cool car on-site? Who gathers the intel that Tom Cruise gets in the beginning? It's all in good fun with a spy movie, but thinking that reality works the same way is insane.
Yes, you are exactly right. These things happen, or things are just left around conveniently for the major character to find because that's the plot of the movie. In real life, those things don't just happen that often. It's like video games where people can find ammo drops everywhere.