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Mission: Impossible III blows the lid off summer movie season
Movie review
Greg Lydon
Issue date: 5/9/06 Section: Entertainment
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"Mission: Impossible III" starts off the summer movie season with an action-packed movie. "M:I3" hits the audience with its usual flair: wild missions, cool gadgets and unexpected plot twists. But it adds a new element that laid the foundation for the film: Behind every secret agent is the woman he loves.
Tom Cruise reprises the role as Impossible Mission Force (IMF) secret agent Ethan Hunt, who is engaged to Julia (Michelle Monaghan), who could pass for off-screen fiancee Katie Holmes' sister or clone.
Hunt, now retired from field duty, only trains international spies for IMF back home. This includes the first IMF agent Hunt recommends ready for field duty, who is played by former "Felicity" star Keri Russell. Felicity wielding a gun is a casting stretch for an action flick, but she plays the role well in the movie, with several of the unexpected plot twists involving her character.
The best part of the movie is the villain, Owen Davien, an international weapons provider who is seemingly undetectable to the IMF agency who has been trying to capture him for years. This calls Hunt out of retirement to catch him.
Davien, played by Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Capote"), steals the show with his evil antics and cold manner, showing no remorse for anyone who steps in his path.
It wouldn't be a "Mission: Impossible" movie if Hunt didn't assemble a crew to aid him on his daring missions.
Ving Rhames returns as Luther Strickell, tech and computers expert for Hunt's IMF team. His quick skills help Hunt stay alive along with teasing him about being engaged and once retired.
Zhen (Maggie Q), another Hunt IMF team member, keeps the movies dramatics alive with her daring escapes to her stunning beauty driving up in an orange Lamborghini Diablo wearing a red dress that catches the eye of villain Davien.
Several jaw-dropping settings for the movie keep your attention captivated the entire film, from Hunt scaling a wall in Vatican City to leaping across rooftops in Hong Kong.
Tom Cruise reprises the role as Impossible Mission Force (IMF) secret agent Ethan Hunt, who is engaged to Julia (Michelle Monaghan), who could pass for off-screen fiancee Katie Holmes' sister or clone.
Hunt, now retired from field duty, only trains international spies for IMF back home. This includes the first IMF agent Hunt recommends ready for field duty, who is played by former "Felicity" star Keri Russell. Felicity wielding a gun is a casting stretch for an action flick, but she plays the role well in the movie, with several of the unexpected plot twists involving her character.
The best part of the movie is the villain, Owen Davien, an international weapons provider who is seemingly undetectable to the IMF agency who has been trying to capture him for years. This calls Hunt out of retirement to catch him.
Davien, played by Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Capote"), steals the show with his evil antics and cold manner, showing no remorse for anyone who steps in his path.
It wouldn't be a "Mission: Impossible" movie if Hunt didn't assemble a crew to aid him on his daring missions.
Ving Rhames returns as Luther Strickell, tech and computers expert for Hunt's IMF team. His quick skills help Hunt stay alive along with teasing him about being engaged and once retired.
Zhen (Maggie Q), another Hunt IMF team member, keeps the movies dramatics alive with her daring escapes to her stunning beauty driving up in an orange Lamborghini Diablo wearing a red dress that catches the eye of villain Davien.
Several jaw-dropping settings for the movie keep your attention captivated the entire film, from Hunt scaling a wall in Vatican City to leaping across rooftops in Hong Kong.
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