Synopsis
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves.
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Cast
- Tom CruiseEthan Hunt
- Philip Seymour HoffmanOwen Davian
- Ving RhamesLuther Stickell
- Billy CrudupJohn Musgrave
- Michelle MonaghanJulia Meade
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersDeclan Gormley
- Keri RussellLindsey Farris
- Maggie QZhen Lei
- Simon PeggBenjamin 'Benji' Dunn
- Eddie MarsanBrownway
Recommendations
- 83
The A.V. Club
Yes, it's fundamentally business as usual, but it's the best kind of business as usual, and it finds everyone working in top form. Abrams imports and enlarges "Alias'" smooth, stylish, yet remarkably visceral approach to action, and the actors pack a satisfying amount of drama into the moments between action scenes. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
A gratifyingly clever, booby-trapped thriller that has enough fun and imagination and dash to more than justify its existence. - 75
Rolling Stone
Bury the nostalgia. Like the rap twist Kayne West puts into the film's classic theme, this movie is best when it stirs it up. - 75
USA Today
Against sizable odds -- a sense that the franchise is played out and its star over-exposed -- Mission: Impossible III delivers. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
In his feature debut, "Lost" creator J.J. Abrams, who got the job on the basis of "Alias," takes the driver's seat with both feet on the accelerator. - 70
Variety
For all its far-fetched formulations, this new entry maintains more of a dramatic throughline and has the bonus of a villain played with unsparing meanness by Philip Seymour Hoffman. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Cruise is probably the most graceful physical performer to occupy the screen since Burt Lancaster, and in this sort of action role, he's just about peerless...He may not be a great actor, but to find a greater movie star would be a nigh impossible mission. - 63
Chicago Tribune
Mission: Impossible III hasn't the kinks or the oddball Continental chic of the first "Mission: Impossible," but it's less pretentious and obsessively pretty than the second movie.
