SAFE and uninspired are the best ways to describe Mission Impossible III.

Rating: 5/10 (12 May 2006)

SAFE and uninspired are the best ways to describe Mission Impossible III.
As an admirer of JJ Abrams' work on Lost and Alias, I was hopeful that MI-III was going to be a good film. And, in the narrowest sense, it is. The only creative mistake made was that they played it safe, they thought they were making a TV show and took no chances, no risks, with story or characters, or plot.
I cannot go into details on these miss-steps because it would give away story elements, and I do not wish to spoil the movie for fans that have yet to see it.
I've learned that just because you can write and/or direct in one medium, doesn't mean you can in another. JJ Abrams just simply didn't understand the FEATURE FILM format while making MI-III. If he had he wouldn't have make the standard TV story-telling miss-steps he did.
And now I've read he's doing the next STAR TREK film... I hope he does his homework before tackling this franchise. I think he can do it, BUT he must first break away from TV and embrace feature film storytelling.