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List Price: $34.99 Our Price: $23.99 You Save: $11 Features • Color • Dolby • Widescreen • Surround Sound In Theaters : 05 May, 2006 DVD Release : 30 October, 2006 |
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Mission Impossible III (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) description At the time of its release, Mission: Impossible III's box office was plagued by the publicity backlash against couch-jumping star Tom Cruise. It's too bad, because this third installment of the spy thriller franchise deserved a better reception than it got. First-time feature director J.J. Abrams (bigwig TV director/producer of Lost, Alias, & Felicity) proves more than able-bodied in creating a Mission: Impossible that's leaner and less over-stylized than John Woo's sequel and less confusing than Brian De Palma's original. Plot is still a throwaway here (Cruise's Ethan Hunt rescues his kidnapped former trainee and works to steal a device that... well, we don't really know what it does, but it's something about mass destruction that costs $850 million), but the action sequences, particularly one where Ethan faces down a helicopter on a bridge and gets flung hard against the side of a car, are particularly impressive since Cruise, at 44, is still doing most of his own stunts and shows no hint of the weathered look that's struck his action-star peers. (Though no Mission: Impossible stunt will ever be quite as simultaneously nail-biting and funny as the first film's wire-dangling break-in of CIA headquarters.) Mission: Impossible III boasts a pedigreed cast, particularly Oscar® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) as baddie arms dealer Owen Davian. Hoffman plays Owen all teeth-clenched and cool, especially when threatening to kill Ethan in front of his lovely new wife (Michelle Monaghan) who has no idea of his spy life. But in his first action-film lead role, Hoffman's almost too calm and collected to really make a memorable villain, especially when the rest of the cast--Ving Rhames (the only other cast member to return for all three films), Asian film star Maggie Q, and an underused Jonathan Rhys-Meyers--are a highlight as Ethan's IMF team. Mission: Impossible is still fun popcorn spy fare, and if Cruise chooses to end the franchise here, at least he goes out on a high note. --Ellen A. Kim |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | "You've got to be kidding me" |
| The phrase in the title was uttered by Laurence Fishburne when Ethan Hunt (Cruise) broadcasts "We are family" through the police walkie-talkies. To tell you the truth though, this is kind of what I was already feeling halfway though this movie. Seeing the number of stars that took part in this production I thought that maybe it was going to be better than the previous attempt. I was sadly mistaken, since the performances of most of these big stars are uninspired, and the only exception is Philip Seymour Hoffman. This actor has the ability to astound me no matter what the role is, even in a movie that counts with the number of flaws this one has.
It all starts with Ethan Hunt being questioned and threatened by the evil Owen Davian (Hoffman) and the twist has to do with the fact that Davian is actually threatening to hurt not Ethan, but his wife Jules. The scene ends with a shot but without showing what happened. We then are taken back in time to see Ethan and Jules getting engaged. Ethan is dedicated to train Special Forces and he has stopped with the field work, but when a former student is taken prisoner he jumps back into the action. And that is one thing you get in this movie, action, a lot of fast-paced chases, fights, explosions and stunts. If this is what you are looking for, you will likely have a good time. For those that are looking for a nice backbone to the story, I am sorry to tell you that this film certainly lacks that. The plot is so shallow that I was surprised and somewhat disappointed. I can't even believe that after showing a scene in the future with both Hunt and Davian alive the creators are trying to create suspense by them placing these characters in dangerous situations in the past. To make matters even worse, the movie is long! I hope that by now you have a pretty good idea of how much I disliked this movie and what I think the flaws are. If you are just looking for an action flick, I wish you the best of luck and hope you enjoy yourself. |
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