Mission: Impossible III

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Mission: Impossible III

PG-13

2006

2h 6m

Action

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves.

Critics Consensus

Fast-paced, with eye-popping stunts and special effects, the latest Mission: Impossible installment delivers everything an action fan could ask for. A thrilling summer popcorn flick.

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Christopher Kelly

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

05/21/2025

Abrams has put forth the most James Bond-like installment of the franchise, paying little attention to plausibility and even less to the laws of physics.

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

05/21/2025

While the narrative...is a hit-and-miss affair, Abrams does succeed in giving depth to the film's complex, swarming cluster of personal relationships.

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

05/21/2025

C-

In exchange for sitting through two hours of product placements and soul-deadening action sequences, we get a hectic tour of global hot spots and an illusory peek into the world of espionage.

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Katherine Monk

Vancouver Sun

05/21/2025

3/5

Director J.J. Abrams does a nice job making Cruise look heroic...without making it look like a fashion shoot -although, there are times when it's tough to tell- and he even has enough confidence to offer some quiet moments to push some emotional content.

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Gary Wolcott

Tri-City Herald

05/21/2025

B+

Though it still is missing the cerebral touch and machinelike precision of Bruce Geller's original TV series, Abrams' restless camera and sharp editing give his movie an edge that was missing in the first two films...

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Christopher Borrelli

Toledo Blade

05/21/2025

3/5

There's nothing really wrong with Mission III - except that sneaking suspicion that no surprises and no margin of error is what Cruise...intended.

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Adelay C.

@27adeco May 19

Definitely one of the best of the series, due in no small part to its fast pace and insane stunts. The plot is better developed than the prior movies.

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Peter F

@Pfit1990 Apr 9

My favorite Mission Impossible movie, and one of my favorite action movies ever. Better than the later MI films. That scene with the time release detonator was so haunting. RIP Phillip Seymour.

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Ray C

@RT17651982 Mar 28

I remember liking Mission: Impossible III more than I did this time. I think a lot of that comes down to the last 30 minutes. I didn’t love where they took the story or some of the twists—it just didn’t really work for me. That said, there’s still a lot to like here. The bridge scene is one of my favorite action sequences in the entire franchise, and everything at the Vatican is a standout. And Philip Seymour Hoffman delivers what’s probably the best villain performance in the series.

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Tyler S

@tylerking24 Mar 26

Definitely my favorite thus far. Felt much more consistent, but the lack of explaining kinda hurt my score here.

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D P

@RT45936356 Mar 15

A whole lot better than Mission Impossible 2, I'll give it that.

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Bret M.

@BretM-3 Mar 12

This movie is a great continuation of Ethan Hunt's story in a way that's new and exciting. Firstly, Tom Cruise is still awesome in this movie. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is probably the best villain in this series so far. The plot is a definite upgrade from what Mission: Impossible 2 had to offer. Not as complex or convoluted as the first, but more involved and tense than number two. But what we really come to these movies for is the action sequences. I'm pleased to say that this movie does not disappoint as far as action goes. There was definitely more gun violence in this one which can be seen as a positive or a negative depending on your beliefs, but I rather enjoyed those scenes. I do believe that the action is a slight downgrade from the second movie, but that's not to say the action in this movie is bad, it just means that in my opinion the hand-to-hand combat was so good at the end of the second movie that it outweighs most of the action in this movie. Overall, definitely worth it.

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Synopsis

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves.

Director: J.J. Abrams
Producer: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
Screenwriter: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: China Film Co-Production Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Cruise-Wagner Productions, Cinecittà, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Disturbing Images|Menace|Some Sensuality)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 5, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $133.4M
Runtime: 2h 6m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)