Mission: Impossible III (2006)

This mission has all the sensational action scenes, breakneck speed, nonstop high-tech stuff, great stunts, and a very disturbing villain played seriously by Philip Seymour Hoffman, but it's samey and a lot of what goes on is implausible. The film is like a travel brochure to hang the big sequences on and this is one of several false notes. Some of the escapes are very far fetched, and implausible in other parts. The audience will forget about the nefarious device and not care what the Rabbit's foot really is.

The action is excellent, with countless expertly directed sequences throughout (see the opening cliffhanger, bridge assault, Vatican City heist featuring a cool look into mask-making). The character work is great too, even if Hunt's emotional thread doesn't break any new dramatic ground: PSH's villain is truly menacing (see his chilling plane threat) and the secondary cast is likeable as always (the final silent greeting scene was a lovely touch). The red herring-mole twist confounded, though. 7.5/10

Mission Impossible 3 ( 4 out of 5 stars).Mission Impossible 3 is a pretty fun exciting and action packed sequel. J.J. Abrams does bring a fresh style to the spy action film with a kinetic style, lots of action, a simple plot device that puts characters in a globe trotting adventure, and it is very fast paced that keeps you on the edge of your seat. I will say though, J.J. Abrams who did tv shows like Lost and Alias. This film does feel a lot like an episode from Alias just replace Jennifer Garner with Tom Cruise. And using similar music score from Lost. Which has the same music composer Michael Giacchino. The plot follows Ethan (Tom Cruise) finally settling down with Julia (Michelle Monaghan). She does not know his secret life of working for IMF. She thinks he goes on business trips when he leaves for a mission. When a mission in Berlin has him rescuing an agent he once trained Lindsey (Keri Russell). He discovers that an arms dealer Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is after a mysterious device known as "Rabbit's foot." When Ethan and his team extract Davian and have him in custody. Davian will test Ethan when stakes are high when the threat comes to his wife Julia. J.J. Abrams script uses the rabbit's foot as a plot device. Were the audience will not know much more about it. Except that it is a high valuable target to arms dealer and the bad guys will try get their hands on it. With the good guys trying to prevent that. It is a simple plot. But it sets up characters going on one set piece to another. The action sequences are awesome and kinetic with energy. From the suspense opening sequence. To an action scene in Berlin were Ethan breaks into a warehouse with gun torrents causing destruction. And there escape on a helicopter being caught in a dogfight with another helicopter. Then, the film pauses a little bit and give a bit of a love story with Ethan and his wife. Then, flashes to Rome were Ethan and his team infiltrates an auction and tries to capture the villain. Which leads to a menacing conversation when Davian threatens Ethan on the plane. Foreshadowing for more to come. And than there is an explosive action sequence on a bridge with a drone destroying a convoy and Ethan trying to stop the bad guy from escaping. The action does not stop there. J.J. Abrams knows how to keep the pace moving and having wild action sequences that makes it the best movie out of the three. Tom Cruise is great yet again. Philip Seymour Hoffman does play a menacing villain. He does not have to throw a punch but his words can make you feel unease. Michelle Monaghan was decent, as Ethans love interest. Their love story in the film is the weakest part. The movie plays like action and explosions than slows down when Julia is thinking Ethan is hiding something than it rushes to another action set piece. And it follows this pattern throughout.Overall, Mission Impossible 3 is a good action film. The action sequences are plenty and visually exciting. It runs at a fast pace with several action set pieces. The plot is okay with a boring sub plot with Ethan and Julia. J.J. Abrams direction is energetic. He does have a lot of close up camera shots that is zoomed in characters faces. But still the best Mission movie yet.

This is so much better than the second film in the series, but it is still the second worst in the entire series. The film did not do all that well at the box office and I can see why that is the case. While the acting is good and a lot of the visuals are good, the action still was not all that great. The introduction to Pegg's character is not all that great considering how much he is in the series after this point and how good he is later on. In here, he just feels kind of forced in. Although it is nice to see Luthor have a big role. But the villain was just not interesting at all and because he was not interesting, the story is just weak and I don't really know what else to say to it besides just that.