Mission : Impossible 3

Year of release : 2006

 

Run time : 2h5min

 

Genre : Action / Thriller

 

Cast : Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Maggie Q, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Keri Russell, Laurence Fishburne, Billy Crudup

 

 

The movie starts with the end and goes back to the beginning.

 

Agent Ethan Hunt of Mission : Impossible Force is retired and trains recruits. He is engaged to be married to Julia.

On the night of their engagement party, John Musgrave, one of his colleagues, calls him and asks him to meet,telling him one of his best recruits, Lindsey Farris, was taken by a ruthless arms dealer.

 

Although he refuses at first, Ethan, who lied to his fiance he works in transportation, takes the job,and goes on a rescue mission to Berlin with his former team.

 

They manage to rescue Lindsey, but she had a device implanted in her head, which once triggered, killed her within 5 minutes.

 

Bent on catching this arms dealer, Ethan marries Julia on fast forward,meaning in the hospital,on one of her work days, and leaves for the Vatican, where the broker is expected at an event.

 

The movie was entertaining, the action takes the leads all around the world, from Berlin to Shanghai.

 

I personally find the love interest in such movies a crutch or a trope, and don't like them, as they always end up being the damsel in distress, the lead having to go rescue them from the kidnappers..which is exactly what happens in this movie.

 

The actors were all great, Tom Cruise is doing his own stunts as always.

 

The visual effects were good, so were the fighting / action scenes.

 

The soundtrack was Ok.

 

The movie is streaming on Apple Tv Plus, Freevee Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ The Roku Premium Channel, and is for rent or sale on Amazon, Apple, Google, YouTube.

 

Rating : Worth a watch !