Movie Review: Mission Impossible III (2006)

[Dave Gray]

Mission Impossible III (2006)

Premise: A newly engaged secret agent goes back for one last job to rescue a former teammate, but ends up getting his fiance kidnapped in the process.

Rating: Very Good.

I know the plot sounds cheesy, but the movie was pretty good.  It was written by JJ Abrams, who does Lost and Alias, and the movie followed the same formula as the others -- pulling off masks, using hot women as distractors, etc.  It does have a style all its own, and I think it's probably the best MI of the trilogy.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman is great as the villain, and is very creepy, and there are little nice touches that made me like this movie even more -- not so much for what they did do, but more for what they didn't.

The finale was unrealistic and over the top, but it's a Mission Impossible action movie, so I let it slide.

We won't be talking about this movie in 5 years, but it was not a bad way to spend an evening.

[Denver_Bronco]

I haven't watched the first 2, so i guess i'll pass on this one.

[Dave Gray]

Oh, another thing:

It looks like they're taking a page out of the James Bond playbook.  This movie is completely stand-alone.  You need absolutely no knowledge of the previous movies.  It doesn't play off of them, talk about them, ....nothing.

And Tom Cruise looks like he's got a loaf in his pants when he runs.

[JVides]

This movie was pretty OK.  Not quite as good as the first one (People complained that it was hard to follow, but I didn't think so), and not the horrible S&*t-bomb that was Mission Impossible II.  Like Dave said, a good way to spend an evening.

This was the first MI movie to incorporate just a bit of intentional comedy, which was a needed change. 

[Frimp]

I'm not going to put one more penny in that freak's pocket.

[JVides]

I'm not going to put one more penny in that freak's pocket.

If I did that, I would never go to the movies!    (It seems like half of Hollywood is either into scientology - no caps intentional - or a non-Jewish practitioner of Kabbalah, which is retarded.)  I value entertainment over making one-person stands against freaks like Cruise.

[Frimp]

[bsfins]

I haven't watched the first 2, so i guess i'll pass on this one.

That makes 2 of us.....I've never had a need to see them...Or the matrix films...

[Brian Fein]

That makes 2 of us.....I've never had a need to see them...Or the matrix films...

WHOA WHOA WHOA there...

Let's not lump MI's in with the Matrix.  You should at least check out the Matrix (the first one).  Its a new and different idea for movies.  The second one is good for special effects and surround sound.  The third one is good if you want some closure on it, decent effects, and to be mad confused when its over.

[Dave Gray]

I am the first to admit that Tom Cruise is a freak, but is it because of Scientology?  If he were a Christian nut, instead of a Scientology one, everyone would love him.

See: Mel Gibson

[JVides]

I am the first to admit that Tom Cruise is a freak, but is it because of Scientology?  If he were a Christian nut, instead of a Scientology one, everyone would love him.

See: Mel Gibson

The guy has no medical degree of any sort, but believes he understands medicine because of his scientology teachings.  So, yeah, scientology plays a part in his freakazoid factor.

Besides, Mel Gibson doesn't set up Christianity tents (as alleged about Tom Cruise) at the movie set so his co-stars may learn the teachings...

[Dave Gray]

The guy has no medical degree of any sort, but believes he understands medicine because of his scientology teachings. So, yeah, scientology plays a part in his freakazoid factor.

I agree...Scientology is a total sham.  ...but you can make the same arguments for Christianity and medicine.  Raised as a Christian, I've been told to pray for someone's health a thousand times.  That has no medical backing.  ...I'm not saying that Christianity is right or wrong, but I'm just saying that if Tom Cruise were doing equallly wacky things in the name of a Christian God, there'd be a lot less hubbub about it.

[bsfins]

I just meant...the 2 movie trilogies...didn't interest me at all...Didn't look movies that I wanted to see...sorry Brian 

[Brian Fein]

I just meant...the 2 movie trilogies...didn't interest me at all...Didn't look movies that I wanted to see...sorry Brian 

All good - I admit I didn't have interest in them either and passed on the first two.  But I got tickets to see Revolutions for free and it got me.  They are great movies.

[Dave Gray]

Regarding the Matrix Trilogy...I can take it or leave it.  The 2nd and 3rd movies are action thrill rides, but the original is one of the best films ever made.  The concept of the original Matrix and the execution of the special effects (which actually serve the story) are both top notch.

I felt that the 2nd and 3rd movies were entertaining, but they took away from the story, and made it more confusing and complex than it needed to be.  The ending of the first movie was all that you needed.