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Mission: Impossible III (2006)

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Reviews Counted:41

Fresh:25

Rotten:16

Average Rating:6.2/10

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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Jun 30, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
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  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Widescreen - 1.78

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Additional Release Material:

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  • Featurette: THE MAKING OF THE MISSION
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Reviews for Mission: Impossible III

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...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
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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
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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As idiot movies go, this one is as sub-mental as you might expect.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
05/10/06
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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My final reaction to Mission: Impossible III is one of bemused tolerance and even mild absorption in all the silliness.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
05/10/06
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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There are no flourishes to savor. Instead, there are big-deal stunts.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
05/09/06
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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The grand finale? A fistfight, after which somebody gets run over. Listen, if I want to see that kind of action, I don’t go to Shanghai. I don’t even go to the movies. I go to the South Bronx and stand outside a bar.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
05/08/06
Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
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The best of the three.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
05/08/06
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
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Abrams knows how to frame a shot and how to propulsively push both action and love stories, but logic continues to elude him as much as it did De Palma and Woo.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
05/05/06
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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What summer movies aspire to -- a slick demonstration of hot buttered entertainment that will probably slide you right out of the theatre before you even stop to ask a logical question or two.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
05/05/06
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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For all the attempts at adding depth, it's likely that audiences will come away remembering the fireworks.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
05/05/06
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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All the popcorn season really wants is a good reason to see super-fit bodies flying around on a big screen, and M:I:III gits 'er done.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
05/05/06
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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Mission: Impossible III will make you jump up and down with exuberance, just like its star.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
05/05/06
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News
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Director Abrams seems to have attended the Tony Scott Extreme Closeup Academy.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
05/05/06
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Whatever your feelings about Cruise, Mission: Impossible III is nirvana for thrill seekers.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
05/04/06
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Director J.J. Abrams, creator of such TV hits as Alias and Lost, makes a reasonably impressive feature debut with the best installment of the series.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
05/04/06
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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Mission: Impossible III provides lots of action, but too little excitement.

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05/04/06
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Although he slams into stationary objects with his customary zeal, Tom Cruise is off his game here, sabotaged by a misguided attempt to shade his character with gray.

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05/04/06
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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A smart, tightly directed thriller that could serve as the template for film schools teaching Summertime Escapism 101.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
05/04/06
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Cruise is the same guy with the same look on his face all the time: part panic, part adrenaline rush, his eyes lightly squinting and his mouth slightly agape.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
05/04/06
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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There is a theory that action is exciting and dialogue is boring. My theory is that variety is exciting and sameness is boring.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
05/04/06
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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