Without an outsize directorial vision it looks even more like sub-007 than the others did.
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Mission: Impossible III (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 212
Fresh: 148
Rotten:64
Average Rating: 6.6/10
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.
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 Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has decided to take it... [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Philip S. Hoffman, Billy Crudup
Director: J.J. Abrams
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Reviews for Mission: Impossible III
...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.
11/01/07
Top Critic The sad truth is that Ethan will always be better at saving the world than saving his marriage and fans of the first two films are likely to find the agent's journey of the heart an unwelcome distraction
08/02/07
Mr. Abrams, it seems, has chosen to accept his mission. And I'll be darned if he doesn't succeed.
07/14/07
Sit back, and simply enjoy all the spectacular stunt work, chase scenes, f/x, pyrotechnics, gunplay, and comic relief with your brain on idle and a big tub of popcorn in your lap.
01/11/07
Given a story that calls for emotion, Cruise shows the turmoil his character is going through
12/13/06
Abrams and Cruise deserve credit for breathing life and heart into a franchise with lots of potential.
09/27/06
Not perfect, but it packs plenty of great action, special effects that don't astound but don't detract, a truly good bad guy, and a cool as ever Cruise missile.
08/14/06
La cinta se siente fresca y actual, lo que le da nueva vida a una franquicia que parecía haberse agotado con tan sólo dos entregas.
07/16/06
Tom is a superhero. His superpower is INTENSITY, for which there is apparently no kryptonite.
07/02/06
There are plentiful perilous countdowns, most of the set-pieces are impressively mounted and, in its own silly way, the pay-off offers a glancing blow at US foreign policy. Relatable? No. But quite fun.
06/24/06
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.
06/22/06
Top Critic Abrams shoots virtually everything in close-up, has no skill in establishing space, and is only in his element when people are talking. And talking. And talking.
06/01/06
Five seconds after leaving the big kickoff to this summer's movie season, I had a tough time recalling what I'd just watched.
06/01/06
I can't say that Mission Impossible 3 didn't live up to what I was anticipating even though I liked the 2nd one a wee bit better. I'll buy whatever J.J. Abrams is selling.
05/28/06
Flatters moviegoers who want to believe their loved ones can never know their true depths, and that deceptions and 'disguises' are a necessary part of life.
05/26/06
Delivers some rousing sequences that are sure to delight and enthrall audiences looking for some mindless, high-octane, escapist entertainment.