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Mission: Impossible III (2006)

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Reviews Counted:213

Fresh:148

Rotten:65

Average Rating:6.6/10

Consensus: Fast-paced, with eye-popping stunts and special effects, the latest Mission: Impossible installment delivers everything an action fan could ask for. A thrilling summer popcorn flick.

Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $133,382,309

Synopsis: J.J. Abrams, creator of small-screen hits ALIAS and LOST, makes his feature film debut with the third installment of this successful series based on the hit 1960s television show. Secret Agent... J.J. Abrams, creator of small-screen hits ALIAS and LOST, makes his feature film debut with the third installment of this successful series based on the hit 1960s television show. Secret Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has decided to take it easy and lead a somewhat normal life. He's even found his perfect woman, Julia (Michelle Monaghan), and is engaged. But when newbie agent Lindsey Farris (Keri Russell)--whom Hunt mentored--goes missing while on assignment, the reluctant agent finds himself back in business. Soon, with his old buddy Luther (Ving Rhames) in tow, along with team members Zhen (Maggie Q) and Declan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), Hunt is traversing the globe on the trail of Farris's captor, Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an elusive international weapons dealer. The stakes increase when the villainous Davian gets a hold of Hunt's fiancée and uses her as a bargaining chip. A raucous combination of spectacular chases, explosions, amazing stunts, and elaborate schemes takes the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) team to Berlin, the Vatican, and Shanghai. With fascinating hi-tech tools these secret agents can impersonate virtually anyone, scale walls in an instant, infiltrate the tightest security system, and blow up the evidence when they're done. But facing their most formidable foe ever, Hunt and his fellow agents are fighting the clock to keep Julia alive and get Davian the mysterious weapon he is demanding. Cruise's personal involvement in the stunts lends a nice air of authenticity to Hunt, who also shows his emotional side in this outing as he juggles his secret life and his new love, as well as possible betrayal by someone inside the IMF. Laurence Fishburne also stars as IMF's Director Brassel, and Billy Crudup appears as his somewhat timid right-hand man, Musgrave. [More]

Starring: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Sasha Alexander, Billy Crudup

Starring: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Sasha Alexander, Billy Crudup, Laurence Fishburne, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michelle Monaghan, Keri Russell, Maggie Q

Director: J.J. Abrams

Director: J.J. Abrams
Screenwriter: J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci
Producer: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Full Review Source: In Film Australia | comment Comment
05/10/06
Avril Carruthers
Avril Carruthers
In Film Australia
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N/R

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
05/05/06
Sydney Morning Herald
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This will not be seen as a disappointment like the last one was, but it is not much of an advance either -- even if it is in the right direction

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
05/02/06
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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Mission Impossible III is everything you expect and more. Dense and fast-paced with stunts to knock your socks off, as an action thriller, it is hard to beat.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
04/28/06
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Had a pop artist handled this, the franchise could have had its On Her Majesty's Secret Service; with machines directing machines, however, it's closer to its Live and Let Die

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/30/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Without an outsize directorial vision it looks even more like sub-007 than the others did.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/18/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

...this snappy installment is a marked improvement over John Woo's surprisingly dull sequel, though the set pieces lack the elegance and visual coherence of the Brian de Palma original.

Full Review Source: Newsweek | comment Comment
11/01/07
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek

The sad truth is that Ethan will always be better at saving the world than saving his marriage and fans of the first two films are likely to find the agent's journey of the heart an unwelcome distraction

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
08/02/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film

Mr. Abrams, it seems, has chosen to accept his mission. And I'll be darned if he doesn't succeed.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Sit back, and simply enjoy all the spectacular stunt work, chase scenes, f/x, pyrotechnics, gunplay, and comic relief with your brain on idle and a big tub of popcorn in your lap.

Full Review Source: AALBC.com | comment Comment
01/11/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
AALBC.com

Given a story that calls for emotion, Cruise shows the turmoil his character is going through

Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | comment Comment
12/13/06
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
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Abrams and Cruise deserve credit for breathing life and heart into a franchise with lots of potential.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/27/06
Todd Hertz
Todd Hertz
Christianity Today

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Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
09/10/06
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Not perfect, but it packs plenty of great action, special effects that don't astound but don't detract, a truly good bad guy, and a cool as ever Cruise missile.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
08/14/06
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Suri's daddy elevates Impossible franchise ...

Full Review Source: West Valley View | comment Comment
07/27/06
Michael Clawson
Michael Clawson
West Valley View

La cinta se siente fresca y actual, lo que le da nueva vida a una franquicia que parecía haberse agotado con tan sólo dos entregas.

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
07/16/06
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

... the best-told Mission: Impossible adventure yet.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
07/07/06
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International

Tom is a superhero. His superpower is INTENSITY, for which there is apparently no kryptonite.

Full Review Source: Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) | comment Comment
07/02/06
Gina Carbone
Gina Carbone
Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine)

There are plentiful perilous countdowns, most of the set-pieces are impressively mounted and, in its own silly way, the pay-off offers a glancing blow at US foreign policy. Relatable? No. But quite fun.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Ben Walters
Ben Walters
Time Out
 
 
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