Tom Terrific; An adrenalized shot in the arm - kudos to Abrams

Rating: 8/10 (8 May 2006)

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (2006) *** Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Keri Russell, Laurence Fishburne, Billy Crudup, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maggie Q. Cruise is back in top form as headstrong secret agent Ethan Hunt facing his most impossible mission to date: keeping his cloaked identity from harms way with his gorgeous fiancée Monaghan while attempting to kidnap ruthless arms dealer Hoffman (providing the nasty with aplomb) to stop a terrorist threat. Aided by a fine international ensemble cast, razor-sharp action sequences and a tight/funny/hair-raising script by TV stalwart JJ Abrams the franchise gets an adrenalized shot in the arm with thrills aplenty including a BASE skyscraper jump in Shanghai and a third act ass-kicking with a tremendous impact (pun intended).