S10 Reviews: Mission: Impossible III(12006)

Rating: 8/10 (6 May 2006)

Ethan Hunt (the returning couch grinder Tom Cruise) returns now retired from field work and teaching newbie's the art of the spy game. But when his first student finds herself off the grid and captured Hunt is brought back in to help rescue her. But the plot grows deeper still as a nasty arms smuggler (Philip Seymour Hoffman) emerges and takes a serious disliking to Ethan and uses Hunt's status as a new hubby to get what he wants from him. Big mistake!
J.J. Abrams (Alias) takes over the director reigns in this action packed installment of the franchise. The production may have had trouble getting off the ground but the third time is the charm and it makes for a good, solid start to the 2006 summer movie season. Not as outlandish as the second part or as dry as the original, M:I III manages to beat out the previous two installments with better acting and refining the action down to the finer points of popcorn munching cinema. 4 of 5