Special Agent Ethan Hunt returns but this time he has withdrawn from active duty to focus on his personal life. Still involved with IMF as an instructor, Ethan is drawn back into the field when one of his former students is captured. When the extraction doesn't go as smoothly as planned, Ethan becomes the target of an investigation when it becomes clear that a mole is working deep within IMF. On the run and cut off from his agency, Ethan and rag tag group of IMF agents must get to the bottom of the conspiracy before a new technology codenamed "Rabbit's Foot" falls into the wrong hands. Tom Cruise, Keri Russell, Laurence Fishburne, Billy Crudup, Ving Rhames
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.
Theatrical Release: May 5, 2006
Mission: Impossible III Reviews:
"[T]his threequel offers up some top-notch action thanks to director JJ Abrams."-- Chris Prince, Ultimate DVD
3 stars out of 4 -- "[Hoffman delivers] deliciously vile fun as the villain of the piece..."-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "J.J. Abrams brings his keen eye for glossy danger at a relentless pace....Cruise remains a master at selling a story." -- Claire Evans, Premiere
"[S]olidly crafted entertainment, a diversion that really diverts once it gets down to business."-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"[A] gratifyingly clever, booby-trapped thriller that has enough fun and imagination and dash to more than justify its existence..." -- Grade: B+
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"It's about energy, excitement and exotic locales, in this case Rome, Shanghai and Berlin....The stunts are top-notch..."-- Claudia Puig, USA Today
4 stars out of 5 -- "Inspired by Bourne, Bond and Bauer, MI:III re-sets the bar for all of the upstarts."
-- Andy Lowe, Total Film
"[Hoffman] steals absolutely every moment he's onscreen."
-- Cheryl Scheuer, Box Office
"Abrams attacks the action scenes with a gritty occasionally naturalistic approach, ripping along at pace..."
-- Demetrios Matheou, Sight and Sound
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