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Mission: Impossible III (2006)

2006 | Action | Mystery

127 mins United States

Agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fiancee in response.

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Produced by Paramount Pictures
Director J.J. Abrams
Writer J.J. Abrams
Cast Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell and Maggie Q

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated

Apr 10, 2020  
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
2006 | Action, Mystery
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7.1 (29 Ratings)
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Philip Seymour Hoffman (1 more)
Great Cast
The Best One: Rabbit's Foot
Mission: Impossible III- to me is the best one, in the franchise. It has the best action, the best suspense, the best stunts, the best villian, the best director and the best plot.

The plot: Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), 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.

Like i said before this one to me, is the best one.
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Veronica Pena (690 KP) rated

May 9, 2020  
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
2006 | Action, Mystery
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7.1 (29 Ratings)
Movie Rating
I didn't hate this film as much as I hated the first two but I am crediting that to Philip Seymour Hoffman. That man is as talented as they come and left this earth far too soon. I think this is the best of the first three. I love that they brought back Luther. I loved what he added to the second one and I hope he stays consistent in the next few films. My favorite character was Benji - I thought he was super funny and great to watch. I also liked the added layer of a love interest for Ethan. The first two films are what they are when it comes to romance, but this one felt authentic and enjoyable.

Not the worst, but not the best film ever. On to the next!
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Gareth von Kallenbach (980 KP) rated

Aug 14, 2019  
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
2006 | Action, Mystery
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7.1 (29 Ratings)
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The summer movie season of 2006 is underway with the release of Mission Impossible 3 which once again stars Tome Cruise as agent Ethan Hunt. The film opens with a tense interrogation scene with an icily cold Philip Seymour Hoffman threatening to shoot a woman unless Ethan reveals the location of something called “The Rabbits Foot”.

The film then goes back in time where Ethan is busy entertaining at a party for his pending marriage where it is learned that he has put his days in the field behind him to be a training instructor as well as his pending marriage to Julia (Michelle Monaghan).

No sooner does the party get info full swing when Ethan is summed to a meeting by a phone call. During the meeting he is given a secret message and learns that one of his prize pupils, Lindsey (Keri Russell), has been captured by a known arms dealer named Owen Davian (Hoffman).

Normal policy is should an agent be captured, they are disavowed and on their own, but for this case, an exception is made and a plan is put into place to retrieve Lindsey. Despite his misgivings, Ethan is drawn back into the fray and joins the rescue team in Berlin.

What at first seems to be a text book rescue takes an unexpected twist and lands Ethan and his team afoul of the company director Brassel (Lawrence Fishburne). This sets the stage for a future operation to obtain Davian at the Vatican as it is hoped they can learn to whom he intends to deliver an item known as “The Rabbits Foot” and exactly what it is.

While things at first seem to go as planned, before long, Ethan and his team must deal with forces outside of their mission plan and are soon caught up in a situation that has grown larger than anyone could have predicted, and with dire consequences.

Sadly, despite the good setup, the film goes very wrong and very fast. One issue that arises is a plot so filled with holes and complications it makes even the most hackneyed summer movie plot seem like a Shakespearean wannabe in comparison. The film goes from one scenario to another with all sorts of new complications many of which are never fully explained, or worse yet left hanging.

Characters act a certain way only to change pace in the film without any explanation. One such scenario involves a character who helps Ethan only to later be revealed as a bad guy, yet the how, where, and why of their actions are never explained, as is one of the key plot devices that drives the film.

While I am willing to expect a certain amount of non-sequitors for a summer movie, the number that M.I. 3” tosses out is ludicrous.

Another glaring issue with the film is the action sequences. Yes, there are a few well planned sequences such as a helicopter chase and a daring battle on a bridge, but they all seem surprisingly flat and lack any real tension or drama. They just simply unfold without fully engaging the viewer.

Another issue is that Director J.J. Abrams uses very close camera angles for some of the action sequences which when combined with the shaky camera style, results in sequences that are very hard to watch due to the frantic motion. I am all for realism, but when I cannot fully understand what is going on as the camera is bouncing all over the scene, then this is a problem.

The final frustration I had with the film falls solely with Cruise himself. Yes I can separate all of the recent off camera exploits that have been well documented the past year, but what I do have an issue with is how unfit Cruise seems for the part. The man is a very good performer with a long history of box office success. Yet, his diminutive size does not make me believe him as an action star. It is hard to believe that he is capable of doing such daring acts of strength as well as dispatching all manner of imposing bad guys. In a very underwhelming finale, Hoffman seemed much more suited as a character of menace as his look and the way he carried himself was one of power. With Cruise, I kept seeing a person trying to make me believe his character was tough guy, and I simply was not buying it. The same was also true for his relationship with Julia. The utter lack of chemistry between them and the awkward and stiff love scenes did nothing to make me believe that this is a person whom Ethan is willing to risk everything for.

Hoffman fresh off his Oscar win for “Capote” does the best he can with what is at best a stock character but he like the supporting Ving Rhames are not given much to work with.

The locales of the film are amazing but sadly they alone cannot carry the film. During the approximately Two Hour and 10 minute run time, there were about 40 minutes of real entertainment for me and much of this came at the start of the film.

While it is better than the last film in the series, the issues I documented above really hamper what could have been, and should have been not only the best film in the series, but is instead another hollow Summer Film that looks flashy, just as long as you do not remove the bumper sticker to see all the dents underneath.
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Andrew Koltuniuk (767 KP) rated

Aug 3, 2018  
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
2006 | Action, Mystery
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7.1 (29 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Intense
Mission: Impossible III is an intense Mission: Impossible film. It has one of the best villains in it in my opinion and that pace is very high. I am a huge fan of the action in this film and the way that the movie plays out.
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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated

Jul 27, 2018  
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
2006 | Action, Mystery
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7.1 (29 Ratings)
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Tom criuse (1 more)
Stunts
One of the better mission impossble sequels tom criuse is good as always as ethan hunt with support as always from ving rhames with pleny of crazy stunts thumbs up
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Erika (17789 KP) rated

May 17, 2018  
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
2006 | Action, Mystery
8
7.1 (29 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Again, a solid action film. I liked the cast with this one. The thing seems to be with the MI films to grab very 'at the moment' actors to stick in these films.
The red herring(s) were predictable, and again, with those damn masks. Other than that, good action scenes and stunts made the movie compelling to watch.
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Dean (6927 KP) rated

Jul 22, 2017  
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
2006 | Action, Mystery
8
7.1 (29 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Cool locations (2 more)
Very good cast
A bit darker and more gritty than the first two films
3rd times a charm
A great story and with a very talented cast make this very interesting. Throw in some good action scenes, stunning locations, cool gadgets and it has almost a Bond feel to it. My favourite in the series along with @mission impossible: Rogue Nation.
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David McK (3540 KP) rated

Apr 4, 2021  
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
2006 | Action, Mystery
8
7.1 (29 Ratings)
Movie Rating
"Your mission, should you choose to accept it ..."

Three films in to the Tom Cruise starring 'Mission: Impossible' series, and we're on to our third director: Here, JJ Abrams taking over from John Woo who himself took over from Brian de Palma.

And, so far, each of those directors has stamped their own identity on their respective films.

This is the one where Ethan Hunt is, as the movie starts, retired from active duty and spends his time training new recruits to the IMF while also just about to settle down with his fiancee.

When one of those recruits goes missing on an routine operation, however, Hunt soon finds himself drawn back into active service ...

This is also the one where the late Philip Seymour Hoffin is the main villain of the piece; the one that first introduces Simon Pegg's character of Benji (who, like Ving Rhames, so far appears in all the later instalments) and that has the whole 'bomb-in-your-head' shtick.