Fresh
...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.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Mission: Impossible III
The mission begins.
2006 · 2h 6m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by
J.J. Abrams
Overview
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Ben Walters, Time Out
Fresh
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.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Rotten
As idiot movies go, this one is as sub-mental as you might expect.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
My final reaction to Mission: Impossible III is one of bemused tolerance and even mild absorption in all the silliness.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
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