Review: Mission Impossible 3 Is A Left Turn In The Right Direction
- Jul 24, 2018
- 2 min read
In the franchises third entry, Mission Impossible finally discovers what it is. Tom Cruise fully uncovers Ethan Hunt, and director JJ Abrams delivers what is, unarguably, his best work to date, and a directorial debut to boot. This, this is how it’s done.
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from field work, now settling down with fiance Julia (Michelle Monaghan), when he finds himself drawn back in when a trainee and friend is killed while on a mission. The killer, a man by the name of Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an international arms dealer. Following the trail, Ethan soon finds himself in pursuit of a device known as the Rabbit’s Foot, and puts his fledgling family in an inescapable danger.
MI3 is, by far, the most impossible mission of the series. It’s also the darkest, operating in some very grim waters, to say the least. Throw in some thrilling heist sequences and the franchises best villain by a long way, and you’ve got yourself a film that’s nigh on impossible to top. Seymour Hoffman is downright terrifying at times, wielding the casual dissonance of a man who doesn’t know who he’s dealing with, and doesn’t care. Over the top Bond style villains are always enjoyable, but the cool, calculating type will almost always be scarier.
While the first film was tense, MI3 is simply intense. From the moment it begins through to its final act, things don’t stop. The stakes get higher, helped by a convenient bomb implant, and as the story unfolds, things seem all the more insurmountable. Cruise is playing his A-game, and gives a performance that cements itself as the best in the series. While it may not contain the high stakes stunts that the franchise is known for, it doesn’t need them to maintain the thrills.
Mission Impossible 3 may just be the franchises best film. Expertly combining action, drama and tension without ever feeling ridiculous or unnecessary, it’s the perfect example of how to do a movie right, Give it a watch.
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