Mission: Impossible III: A Solid Action Movie

Its the little things, I think, that make MI3 a worthy see. The little things, such as a nice slow motion camera shot here, a small little joke there, and a little style in the story.

MI3 is basically a continuation of a Mission Impossible saga, that originated from a television show. The first movie made was in 1996. It was called Mission Impossible and was directed by Brian De Palma, and the star of the show was Tom Cruise, playing the now famous supa' spy.. Ethan Hunt. With the help of the always great David Koepp, that movie was a delightful thriller/action movie that made good use of the fresh "man under the mask" idea. That movie also included, the now famous and then great, falling from the top on a rope scene.

Then at the beginning of the millennium (2000) the sequel was produced. Mission: Impossible II was directed by John Woo and featured Tom Cruise as its leading man. This movie however, was not much like the t.v. show or like the first MI. It was more like a bootleg version of a bond film. Going for style and lacking all substance, it was as average as action movies get.

Now about six years later, we have the third part in this story. MI3 is directed by J.J. Abrams famous for contributing in such television shows such as "Alias" and "Lost". He also helped pen a movie I fairly enjoyed called "Joyride".

In Mission Impossible 3, we find supa'spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) as a retired IMF field leader. He is far from active duty and enjoying it. He is now training new IMF agents to become supa' spies like he once was. In a change of events, he is suddenly ripped away from the family life that he had just began to enjoy, to be confronted with a international weapons dealer that has a reputation for being slick and a very bad man.