Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is trying to have a normal life outside his career with IMF (Impossible Mission Force). He has retired from field work and trains new recruits. He is engaged to nurse Jules Meade (Monaghan), who doesn't know anything about his real job. He is contacted by IMF Operations Director John Musgrave (Crudup) to rescue his prize student Lindsey Farris (Russell). Farris was investigating arms dealer Owen Davian (Hoffman) and was captured. Hunt and his team are able to successfully rescue her, but discover that Davian implanted an explosive in her head which kills her.
Hunt and his team are reprimanded by Theodore Brassel (Fishburne), the head of IMF, for their actions. But Hunt convinces the team to go after Davian. The team is Luther Stickell (Rhames), Declan Gormley (Meyers), and Zhen Lei (Q), with help from IMF computer expert Beji Dunn (Pegg). Before the mission Hunt and Jules get married. He also learns that someone at IMF is working with Davian. Can they stop Davian and his sadistic weapons?
The third film in the Mission: Impossible film series (Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation). The film was delayed to issues behind the camera, with the first 2 directors leaving the project. Ultimately, star and producer Tom Cruise approached TV director J.J. Abrams to make his feature film directorial debut. Abrams also wrote the screenplay with his frequent collaborators, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
Like the previous film, this film has a new director and composer. Only Cruise and Ving Rhames return for the film and are joined by new characters. They have a good rapport and a believable friendship. Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Maggie Q are good additions to the team, but this is the only M:I film either has appeared in. Simon Pegg has a small, but important role, as Benji the computer expert. Pegg reprises his role alongside Cruise and Rhames in the sequels. Philip Seymour Hoffman is a great villain. And the reveal of the mole is good as well.
The film is jam packed with action and stunts. Cruise performed many of his own stunts. Once again the film involved a stunt with heights. It is a decent action film and entry in the M:I franchise.
Mission: Impossible III (2006) 125 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of frenetic violence and menace, disturbing images and some sensuality
Director: J.J. Abrams
Starring: Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Owen Davian
Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell
Billy Crudup as John Musgrave
Michelle Monaghan as Jules Meade
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Declan Gormley
Keri Russell as Lindsey Farris
Maggie Q as Zhen Lei
Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn
Eddie Marsan as Brownway
Laurence Fishburne as Theodore Brassel
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