Ethan Hunt must save his new bride...and the world.

Rating: 5/10 (30 January 2007)

Over hyped at the least. Pretty boy Tom Cruise leaps tall buildings with a single bound...uh-o, strike that. Cruise returns, as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, to move the MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE franchise even further. Hunt will swing, slide, roll, leap and levitate if he has to in order to save his charming bride(Michelle Monaghan)and the rest of the world from an evil arms dealer Owen Davian(Philip Seymour Hoffman). The evil arms lord promises Hunt that he will put a bullet through his fair damsel's head, if he doesn't retrieve a mysterious "white rabbit" device, that is akin to a "dooms day" trigger with the ability to destroy everything. The action takes Hunt to Rome, China and Shanghai. Ving Rhames returns to the IMF team and new comers join Hunt's team: Billy Crudup, Keri Russell, Johathan Rhys Meyers and Maggie Q. Cruise forgoes any real acting opting to doing most of his own stunts. The finale is romantic and sappy. I was more impressed with Hoffman and Meyers. But IMF fans can rejoice.