The first summer blockbuster of 2006.

Rating: 7/10 (7 May 2006)

In this installment of the popular Mission: Impossible series, Ethan Hunt has quit the field to train new agents at the IMF. The reason he quit is because he wants to start a family. When he is pulled back into the field for a rescue mission, he begins to go on the hunt for Owen Davian, a dangerous arms dealer who is searching for a device that could cause world wide destruction. I found that M:I-III is more like the first film because it got back to having real emotion and mixing great action scenes with an actual story. M:I-2 was basically a no brainer all action popcorn flick. Now, J.J. Abrams is no Brain De Palma, that's for sure, but he brings the general feel of the first film back.
There was something about Tom Cruise's performance in M:I-2 that made it not like the first film. He played the character differently. Mission: Impossible III brings back the Ethan Hunt I know. Of course, the great Ving Rhames returns as Luther Stickell, and I was pleasantly surprised that he got a larger role in this film. Laurence Fishburn did a great job taking over for Anthony Hopkins from the second film.
Mission: Impossible III is a great movie, and there wasn't too much I scoffed at. However, at times the dialogue is really corny because there's a love interest this time around. The dialogue isn't as engaging as the first film, and that's the only thing that keeps it from being on the same level. Mission: Impossible III is the first big summer blockbuster of 2006, and it's worth the price of an admission ticket.
7/10