Not a bad action flick

Rating: 6/10 (9 May 2006)

Went to catch the show last night..
To be honest, I did have some trepidation as recently I've become quite bored with Tom Cruise and his acting (or limited acting).
Overall, I would classify this as an okay action popcorn flick. i.e. you won't come out of the cinema feeling like you didn't get your money's worth, but neither will you come out of the cinema thinking you have just watched the best movie of the year.
The story line is fairly straight forward, although there are a couple of plot holes. There are to be fair, there are a couple of twists that I personally did not expect.
Action wise, it was pretty good. Some high tech toys, lots and lots of explosions and a decent pace throughout. Shot on location in a few interesting places, which was also good.
The script was generally well written, but no memorable one-liners. Acting wise, Cruise did well, although roles like this are pretty much his bread and butter roles. His love interest I thought did pretty well and there was reasonable chemistry between them.
As to how it rates compared to the previous two, I would actually say I liked this one the most.