Mission: Impossible 3

USA 2006, 126 minutes
Dir. J.J. Abrams
Rating: [M]
Genres: Action/Adventure / Spy

Feat. Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Keri Russell, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maggie Q

Aroview: Propulsive and hyper-violent third outing for Tom Cruise as US superagent Ethan Hunt, here on a globe-jetting mission to foil a vile arms-trader to terrorists, played with sadistic relish by Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

Directed by ALIAS and LOST mastermind J.J. Abrams, this ups the action set-piece quota to dizzying heights with some superbly intricate concepts, including a helicopter dogfight in a windfarm and rope-swinging combat high on Shanghai skyscrapers. Also introduced is a fresh note of romance, as Cruise marries, only to find his bride (Monaghan) kidnapped and a pawn in the snowballing high stakes of his mission. All up, this boasts a far darker tone than its successors and should reward fans amply.

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2 stars (Good Try) Heavily reliant on noisy special effects - it doesn't really stand apart from the many others in the genre except for the theme tune. ~Tubbs