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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 11168
Released: October 30, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life in "Mission: Impossible III." Director J. J. Abrams ("Lost"," "Alias") brings his unique blend of action and drama to the billion-dollar franchise.
Description of Mission Impossible III (Widescreen Edition):
At the time of its release, Mission: Impossible III's box office was plagued by the publicity backlash against couch-jumping star Tom Cruise. It's too bad, because this third installment of the spy thriller franchise deserved a better reception than it got. First-time feature director J.J. Abrams (bigwig TV director/producer of Lost, Alias, & Felicity) proves more than able-bodied in creating a Mission: Impossible that's leaner and less over-stylized than John Woo's sequel and less confusing than Brian De Palma's original. Plot is still a throwaway here (Cruise's Ethan Hunt rescues his kidnapped former trainee and works to steal a device that... well, we don't really know what it does, but it's something about mass destruction that costs $850 million), but the action sequences, particularly one where Ethan faces down a helicopter on a bridge and gets flung hard against the side of a car, are particularly impressive since Cruise, at 44, is still doing most of his own stunts and shows no hint of the weathered look that's struck his action-star peers. (Though no Mission: Impossible stunt will ever be quite as simultaneously nail-biting and funny as the first film's wire-dangling break-in of CIA headquarters.)
Mission: Impossible III boasts a pedigreed cast, particularly Oscar® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) as baddie arms dealer Owen Davian. Hoffman plays Owen all teeth-clenched and cool, especially when threatening to kill Ethan in front of his lovely new wife (Michelle Monaghan) who has no idea of his spy life. But in his first action-film lead role, Hoffman's almost too calm and collected to really make a memorable villain, especially when the rest of the cast--Ving Rhames (the only other cast member to return for all three films), Asian film star Maggie Q, and an underused Jonathan Rhys-Meyers--are a highlight as Ethan's IMF team. Mission: Impossible is still fun popcorn spy fare, and if Cruise chooses to end the franchise here, at least he goes out on a high note. --Ellen A. Kim
Mission Impossible III (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Great! 
2009-11-07 - Great movie!
Picture quality and sound quality is great.
CHEAP.
Any older movies you want on HD-DVD will usually be very cheap.
If you still have an HD-DVD player, you should definitely pick this up. ~3 dollars? Who can't refuse that kind of deal?!
Pretty good series, I liked this one the best out of the series.
Can't go wrong, and if for some reason you don't like it. You're only out 3-5 dollars! That's less than fast food!
Entertaining Movie - better than MI 2 
2009-09-13 - I enjoyed this movie - Mission Impossible 3 and there was some fast paced, high octaone stunts with a clver plot. Much better than MI 2.
Good locations and great action.
Great Movie ,good blu ray
2009-07-11 - This is my favourite of mission impossible series.
The blu ray is just ok,
good video transfer 4/5 and also good audio transfer 4/5.
Poor supplemental and extras 2/5
A must buy for all MI fans
Highly Underrated, Repeat Viewings a Must!!
2009-06-26 - I didn't see this in theaters because it looked like they were trying to milk the franchise. I was completely wrong! This actually turned out to be my favorite in the franchise, and not only did it deliver the goods but it enhanced it. The opening to this movie is what I believe to be one of the most tense and nerve-racking scenes I have ever seen, and for the rest of the movie there is this underlying urgentness to everything that is occurring, gluing you to your seat and not giving you the chance to even get up and get a drink of water. Absolutely amazing and realistic action, there are moments where you really feel like you are there with the characters, being shot at and being blown away from explosions. This was Director J. J. Abram's first movie, but it totally looks like he's been doing this for years. And with his recent Star Trek motion picture, he's proven even more that he knows what he is doing. I highly recommend this movie, and am very happy to have purchased such a wonderful piece of storytelling.
Best of the three so far
2009-05-16 - Villains are what make the different between a passable action move and a good action movie. Case in point: Quantum of Solace which had one of the lamest villains in recent memory. In the case of MI3 we have one of America's best actors who expanded his range even further with this role. Anyone who was seen him in Boogey Nights, Storytelling and Magnolia knows that this guy can act, but even in a Tom Cruise pic, he OWNS this role and practically owns the movie.
Anyway, Phillip Seymore Hoffman is awesome and elevates this movie above the previous two that had shaky plots and/or lame direction. The direction in MI3 isn't stellar, but the production looks a lot slicker. Decent acting by all, but again, the villain makes this movie and he's a real unlikable guy who's as cool as a cucumber no matter what's going on around him.
