MI3 is by the numbers

Rating: 6/10 (6 May 2006)

Like its previous 2 incarnations Mission Impossible 3 is a by the numbers actioner which adds little to the genre. There is the requisite amount of explosions and gadgetry, an easy to follow plot and all outcomes can be predicted with absolute certainty.
Having heard Abrahms was directing I had expected perhaps a little more character driven story development, and to be fair MI3 does posses more heart than the previous 2, however it is, sadly - no match for the likes of The Bourne Supremacy.
Many people are praising Hoffmans performance and he does give us a stone cold killer. Ironically this is the films weakest point. So cold is Hoffman that his character is uninteresting - and indeed the editor seems to have realised this, Hoffamn gets about 8 lines and only a few short scenes. This, added to a "Mcguffin" which no-one has put the slightest thought into, bring the film down many notches. A shame really.