Mission: Impossible III

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Mission: Impossible III

PG-13

Released May 5, 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.

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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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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

Indistinguishable but for one vital element: Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Sep 12, 2022

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David Ansen

Newsweek

...this snappy installment is a marked improvement over John Woo's surprisingly dull sequel, though the set pieces lack the elegance and visual coherence of the Brian de Palma original.

Nov 1, 2007

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Ben Walters

Time Out

There are plentiful perilous countdowns, most of the set-pieces are impressively mounted and, in its own silly way, the pay-off offers a glancing blow at US foreign policy. Relatable? No. But quite fun.

Jun 24, 2006

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Chris Garcia

Austin American-Statesman

...a sleek, punchy thing that glides with a professional efficiency verging on the ho-hum. It's fun. It's stupid. It thrusts you against your seat, knotted, wired.

Rated: 3/4

May 16, 2025

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Eleanor O'Sullivan

Asbury Park Press (NJ)

The machines have won. The audiences hoping for sanity or logic have lost.

Rated: 2/4

May 16, 2025

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George M. Thomas

Akron Beacon Journal

Mission: Impossible III is a rollicking, intelligent, twisting, turning, satisfying way to kick off the summer movie season, and you can't help but give much of the credit to Abrams...

Rated: 3.5/4

May 16, 2025

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Russell H

Not bad. Hoffman was great.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/19/25

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Lukas S

It had its moments but out of the whole franchise this third entry lacked as much as the first movie did, after the bar was raised by the 2nd movie of course this 3rd film would struggle

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/18/25

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Mark J

A step up from the last and enjoyed the story a lot more. The stunts also start to step up here.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/17/25

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Mark F

One of the top 3 in the franchise. The bridge sequence is great, also the Rome heist is Mission Impossible at its best. The only negative is the handling of Ethan and his wife's relationship is saccharin but that's a JJ Abrams trait - he's good at action and spectacle, not so good at characters and subtlety.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Jude Adriyan F

A absolute addition

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Thomas C

7.5 out of 10. MASSIVE improvement over MI2, but still has some issues.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/12/25

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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, J.J. Abrams
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)

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