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Mission: Impossible III (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 211

Fresh: 147

Rotten:64

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.

Rated: PG-13

Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:May 5, 2006 Wide

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: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
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
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
Newsweek
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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
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
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
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
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

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
Christianity Today

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Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
09/10/06
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
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Suri's daddy elevates Impossible franchise ...

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

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

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
07/07/06
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
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
Time Out

The summer's first action epic does exactly what it's supposed to do, more clearly than M:i:I, and more likeably than M:i:II.

Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | comment Comment
06/22/06
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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Abrams shoots virtually everything in close-up, has no skill in establishing space, and is only in his element when people are talking. And talking. And talking.

Full Review Source: Movie City News | comment Comment
06/01/06
David Poland
Movie City News

Five seconds after leaving the big kickoff to this summer's movie season, I had a tough time recalling what I'd just watched.

Full Review Source: Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) | comment Comment
06/01/06
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

I can't say that Mission Impossible 3 didn't live up to what I was anticipating even though I liked the 2nd one a wee bit better. I'll buy whatever J.J. Abrams is selling.

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
05/28/06
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

Flatters moviegoers who want to believe their loved ones can never know their true depths, and that deceptions and 'disguises' are a necessary part of life.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
05/26/06
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
 
 
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