For Fans of Popcorn Movies and Tom Cruise

Rating: 6/10 (15 September 2007)

While in his engagement party with doctor Julia (Michelle Monaghan), the IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is invited to a rescue mission of his former protégée, agent Lindsey Farris (Keri Russell) that was trained by him and has been kidnapped in Berlin by the evil dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Ethan accepts the assignment, rescues Lindsey with his team but she is killed by a bomb inserted in her head. Ethan finds that Owen will be in the Vatican and he joins his group to abduct him. They are well succeeded in their mission, but back in USA they are betrayed, Owen is released by his team and he abducts Julia, bringing her to Shanghai. Owen contacts Ethan and forces him to steal a powerful weapon in Shanghai to save the life of Julia.
"Mission: Impossible III" is an entertaining popcorn movie indicated for fans of this genre and Tom Cruise. I would never expect reality in this type of film, but the predictable story has the most absurd flaws and situations, the usual clichés of action movies, and the ridiculous villain is the typical "made in Hollywood for this type of movie", with grimaces, sparing the hero and giving the chance for his vengeance and victory in the end. There are lots of explosions, good actors and actresses, and the ego of Tom Cruise is probably satisfied with his performance in this forgettable film. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "M:i:III"