 |
|
|
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
 |
 |
|
|
|
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 fiancée (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. SF
|
Tell us what you think
Email us at rtfilmcomments@bbc.co.uk to tell us what you think of this film. Your comments may appear in Radio Times magazine.
|
Running time
|
120min
|
Country of origin
|
US
|
Genre
|
Action Spy Thriller
|
Alternate title
|
M:I - 3,
Mission Impossible 3
|
Original language
|
English
|
Screenplay
|
JJ Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, from the TV series by Bruce Geller
|
Theatrical distributor
|
UIP
|
UK cinema certificate
|
12A
|
UK cinema release date
|
May 2006
|
|
|
|
|
Film certification logos reproduced by kind permission of BBFC |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
Radio Times is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
|
|
|
|
|
|
