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Mission Impossible III (Widescreen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097363398745
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Paramount
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), Italian (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: 339874
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 30, 2006
Running Time: 125 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: May 05, 2006
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Editorial Review:
Super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from active duty to trains new IMF agents. But he is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he's ever faced - Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team - his old friend Luther Strickell (Ving Rhames) transportation expert Declan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and background operative Zhen (Maggie Q) to rescue one of his very own trainees Lindsey (Keri Russell) who was kidnapped while on a surveillance detail of Davian. It soon becomes evident that Davian is well-protected well-connected and downright malicious forcing Hunt to extend his journey back into the field in order to rescue his wife Julia (Michelle Monaghan) and uncover IMF double agents in the process.System Requirements:Running Time: 125 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG-13 UPC: 097363398745 Manufacturer No: 339874
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Cruise knows Action
Why is it that Tom Cruise is at his best when he is running from something? Minority Report, The Firm, War of the Worlds, etc. - he does a significant amount of escaping and running away from people in all these films. I guess there is just something about seeing him running for his life at full speed that make people want to come back for more. Whatever the reason, I though Mission Impossible III was a good, entertaining show.
The key to this type of movie is expectations. You musn't ... Read More
Rating:  - MI3: Tom Cruise's face is amazing.
...or, Mission Impossible 3: The one that will try to prove Tom Cruise is still better than Jesus.
This movie features a derivative plot, with generic spies racing each other toward obtaining a nameless unexplained super weapon. It also features (extremely prominently) Tom Cruise. And Tom Cruise. Plus, Tom Cruise running.
I recommend the Pan-and-Scan version over the widescreen. About 75% of this movie's running time is a close-up of Tom Cruise's face. The widescreen ... Read More
Rating:  - J.J. Abrams + Tom Cruise + Philip Seymour Hoffman = Action Movie Masterpiece
When this film was first announced it was met with skepticism and with the constant bad press Tom Cruise had received over the months this movie was destined to fail. That was before we had the chance to see this stellar combination in action; Tom Cruise reprising his role as Ethan Hunt and Philip Seymour Hoffman taking the role as the main bad guy, arms dealer Owen Davian. These two great actors combined together with the unique and talented Directional mind of J.J. Abrams this movie shut all the ... Read More
Rating: - Mission accomplished
Finally we have a sequel that stands closer to the series. Don't get me wrong mission impossible pt 1 was good but at times it was overly complex. Not to mention MI: 2 which was an exaggerated over blown sequel. Instead here we have a balanced chemistry of a simpler plot and more realistic action.And what I liked was that everything is accomplished as a group; exactly as it was done in the TV series. Best of all JJ Abrahams creates tension from time to time with interesting close ups that are in a ... Read More
Rating: - A Beautiful Film on Blu-ray
The movie itself was so much better than MI:II and the blu-ray version is noticeably cleaner looking than it's DVD counterpart.
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