Ethan Hunt Strikes Back

Rating: 9/10 (3 May 2006)

From the prologue of Mission: Impossible III you can tell, this movie will be different from the others. It will be darker, and packed with thrills.
The story is great, the thrills are great, the actors are... you know where I'm heading. Except for the ending, which was a bit too sweet for my opinion (they could've better used a M:I ending: after the last thrill, cut to Hunt back at home, and use the same shot as in the beginning: picking up the phone, hearing a code which makes it clear for the viewers that he'll get another mission), I've got nothing bad to say about this film. On every point that M:I II failed to be a M:I sequel, this movie passed with flying colours. Nothing too romantic, no over-use of the masks, no corny fights or dialogue, more (impressive) impossible missions, a villain that actually makes an impression on you, and a couple of nice plot-twists.
In short, M:I III was better than I could hope for, and if III will be the standard, I can only hope that M:I IV will follow soon.