Agent Ethan Hunt is lured back into active duty as he is sent to retrieve a captured IMF agent in Berlin. Soon after he must face off against a sadistic weapons dealer named Owen Davian who not only has his sights set on stealing a deadly new biological weapon, but eliminating his new wife Julia as well.I will be the first to admit that I did not want to give this film a fair shake because I think Tom Cruise is an egocentric loony. Thank goodness for him (and the rest of us) J.J. Abrams was responsible for writing and directing Mission Impossible 3 because he actually made Ethan Hunt a very human and even likeable character. Not only that, but Abrams reinvigorated the Mission Impossible franchise by filling the third incarnation with unrelenting action, smart dialogue, unforeseen plot twist, and actual spy-related facets including wondrous gadgets that would make Q from the 007 series jealous. To top it off, the supporting cast was top notch, (although Michelle Monaghan who portrayed Julia looked a little too much like Katie Holmes), especially Philip Seymour Hoffman as Davian. But Hoffman's lack of screen time was a drawback as the plot twist concerning his Davian, the evil biological weapon and the reason why a certain individual was in cahoots with the bad guy seemed as if it were an afterthought tacked on by the writers at the eleventh hour when they realized they never dealt with it in the context of the entire story. The film also would have benefited from more scenes featuring Davian and motivations concerning his evil plans.
Regardless of the real life antics of it's leading man, Mission Impossible 3 was a rousing action film that delivered the goods.
Grade: B
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