Grade: A- |
Genre: Action Adventure
Summary: M:i:III, in this writer's opinion, lived up to all the hype and seems to be bullet proof when going up against Cruise's current love lost with the media and public.
Tom Cruise's mission, should he choose to accept it, is to prove that he is still the world's biggest movie draw, and Mission: Impossible III is the vehicle that he will be riding all the way to the bank. The first Mission, directed by Brian De Palma, was more about substance wrapped around a story line too convoluted for us simple minded folk to follow. The John Woo sequel was an over done spectacle that showed that Cruise's ego is as big as his smile. Now, the third installment by J.J Abrams, finally brings it all together and does the franchise proud with a film loaded with action that makes the first two look like gymnastics on Oprah's couch. However, what fuels the film though is not the impossible action sequences, but rather the inner personal story that humanizes Ethan Hunt and engages you more in the man than the flash. |