Tom Cruise was OK, but Phillip Seymour Hoffman stole the show

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 2006)

I thought this was a great movie. I did notice that it was j.j. Abrams directing, because of the similarities between this movie and his TV shows. I thought it was really action packed and it kept me on the edge the entire time. Tom Cruise's performance was well average. As always Ving Rhames and a new list of sidekicks brought in some comic relief. But the real actor in the movie has to be Philip Seymour Hoffman who played the cold hearted villain, davien. To me, he is one of the best villains in along time. On the airplane, and this is sort of a spoiler, but when Ethan Hunt is questioning him he doesn't even flinch, doesn't even act mad. He just stares coldly and just gives you chill bumps. He mentions to Ethan, while Ethan is unsuccessfully trying to get information outta him, that he's gonna find Ethan's girlfriend/wife if he has one and torture her and then make her watch Ethan die. When he said all this, it just gave me chills. Hoffman's performance is so dead on and realistic that you really sorta begin to hate him. From the beginning to the very end, he just shows no emotion at all. I think he's brilliant in this movie. He stole it. Not just his acting, but the action was awesome. I loved the movie. I think it's one of the best I've seen in awhile. But that's just me.