- Film Review
- Reviewed By Sloan Freer
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3 out of 5
Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) springs into action for a third time as the mega-budget espionage franchise rolls on. Only here, with JJ Abrams (creator of TV's Lost and Alias) as director, we get to see a more intimate side of the superspy - along with the requisite explosions, gadgets and gunplay. The story unfolds with the newly betrothed Hunt called out of retirement to rescue a former trainee who's been kidnapped by a ruthless arms dealer (a superb but underused Philip Seymour Hoffman). But when the assignment goes wrong, it's Hunt's new wife (Michelle Monaghan) who's the primary target for revenge. The race against time that follows is fast-paced and slick, with some stand-out sequences including a thrilling base-jump from a Shanghai skyscraper. Yet for all the film's visual intensity, the formula itself feels stale and mechanical, with a flimsy plotline and cardboard characters merely compounding the problem.
Plot Summary
Action spy thriller sequel starring Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Michelle Monaghan. Impossible Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt is retired from active duty and trying to live a quiet life with his new fiancée, Julia. When an operative he personally trained is kidnapped while investigating ruthless arms dealer Owen Davian, Hunt agrees to help rescue her, but the mission goes disastrously wrong.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Ethan Hunt
- Tom Cruise
- Owen Davian
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Julia
- Michelle Monaghan
- Luther
- Ving Rhames
- Musgrave
- Billy Crudup
- Declan
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- Lindsey
- Keri Russell
- John Brassel
- Laurence Fishburne
- Zhen
- Maggie Q
- Brownway
- Eddie Marsan
- Benji Dunn
- Simon Pegg
Crew
- Director
- J J Abrams
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