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Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves.
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| Release Date | 2006-04-25 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 2h 6m |
| Directors | J.J. Abrams, Dan Mindel, Velvet Andrews-Smith, Vic Armstrong, Brad Arnold, Inti Carboni, Jia Ji Cheng, Thomas Coe, Fannie Dai Hong, Mathew Dunne, Edoardo Ferretti, Crystal Gong Chun, Tommy Gormley, Tommy Harper, Richard Hughes, Brandon Lambdin, Lemon Liu Yi-Man, Sylvia Liu, Jamie Marshall, Nicola Marzano, Edoardo Petti, Daniele Ramazzotti, Eric Schwab, Luigi Spoletini, Valerio Stati, Eddie Thorne, Silvia Vascellari, Andrew Ward, David Waters, Wen Jie Yang, Andreas Kassab, Daniel Mattig, Daniel T. Dorrance, Curt Beech, Alex Jaeger, Jeremy Braben |
| Producers | Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Arthur Anderson, Bill Borden, Han Sanping, Jiang Tao, Stratton Leopold, Doming Shi, Enzo Sisti, Guichun Wang, Yang Buting, Guy Botham, Des Carey, Zhao Haicheng |
| Writers | Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, J.J. Abrams, Bruce Geller |
I would say it is the strongest entry of the first three Mission: Impossible films (the only ones I've seen to date). Even a decade later, it's strengths are still that which the franchise has always been known for, and its weakness are much the same. Much more akin plot-wise to the first film, M:I:III has the one advantage over its predecessors that it's villain is much stronger than any we have seen before. Though arguably not the primary antagonist, Seymour-Hoffman (RIP) is actually pretty terrifying as international arms dealer, Owen Davian.
That said, while this third entry is certainly the most engaging thus far, it still had me checking my watch before the end of the movie, so I can hardly give it a glowing review.
Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
— Gimly
Despite the introduction of the always annoying Simon Pegg, this is an huge improvement on the last instalment. It sees the now retired, loved-up "Ethan" (Tom Cruise) coaxed out of retirement to deal with the menacing arms dealer "Davian" (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who has just bumped off one of the IMF's finest as he tries to offload the devilishly toxic "rabbit's foot" - a weapon with devastating potential. The initial part of the operation goes smoothly enough, but when his prey escapes his clutches, "Ethan" soon realises that he is going to be used to obtain the weapon - else his girlfriend "Julia" (Michelle Monaghan) is going to be toast. PSH is a super baddie here, very much in the less is more school of menace, but not afraid to get a bit brutal when called for. The story itself is all pretty routine, there isn't much jeopardy throughout, but the action scenes are more natural and less choreographed than last time out, and PSH also does add quite a lot of extra gravitas to the proceedings. It also features one of the more assured performance from the usually wooden as a tree Jonathan Rhys Meyers with Ving Rhames having a more substantial, and quite entertaining, role too. I'm not sure what anyone can really do about the inevitability of the conclusion - we just know these films are going to keep on coming, but this one from the established writing team of Kurtzman and Orci keeps moving well with plenty of gadgets, body morphing and action to pass the two hour mark comfortably.
— CinemaSerf
Mission: Impossible 3 gives the franchise something more than explosions and cool gadgets. It gives the series heart and family.
Mission: Impossible 3 carried the heavy burden of trying to ground the fantastical world of Mission Impossible with its insane stunts and extraordinary gadgets after the franchise took it all a little too far in MI2. JJ Abrams took the reins, simplified the plot to Ethan Hunt’s struggle to rescue his fiancée, and filled the cast with excellent talents like Michelle Monaghan, Phillip Seymore Hoffman, Keri Russell, Simon Pegg, and more. While the stunts and gadgets that define the franchise were still in the film, they were not the focus. Instead, MI3 concentrated on developing Hunt’s character and his struggle to protect his loved ones from his work. This movie frequently finds itself at the bottom of the Mission: Impossible rankings, but I think it’s one of the best in the series and gave the franchise the heart and direction it needed to become the box office behemoth it is today.
— The Movie Mob