MI1 meets MI2.

Rating: 7/10 (20 June 2006)

Some spectacular stunts, a villain with a laconic cool and a great comic relief in Simon Pegg. Not too intelligent but not insultingly mindless either.
Some franchises get worse as they go on. Others get better. Rarely do they get worse, then pick themselves up by the scruff of the neck and combine the best parts of its predecessors to create a great installment. MI3 is a rare occurrence.
Not as smart or character driven as MI1. Not as stupid or spectacular as MI2. It's a good compromise between the two.
MI3 is an improvement on MI2, keeping the blockbuster status but making it smarter and more...well, realistic. In a totally impossible sense.