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's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
...this snappy installment is a marked improvement over John Woo's surprisingly dull sequel, though the set pieces lack the elegance and visual coherence of the Brian de Palma original.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
1 Nov 2007
fresh:
There are plentiful perilous countdowns, most of the set-pieces are impressively mounted and, in its own silly way, the pay-off offers a glancing blow at US foreign policy. Relatable? No. But quite fun.
– Ben Walters,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
The summer's first action epic does exactly what it's supposed to do, more clearly than M:i:I, and more likeably than M:i:II.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
22 Jun 2006
rotten:
As idiot movies go, this one is as sub-mental as you might expect.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
10 May 2006
rotten:
My final reaction to Mission: Impossible III is one of bemused tolerance and even mild absorption in all the silliness.