Mission: Impossible III

The third chapter in Impossible Missions Force's story saw the directorial debut of J.J. Abrams. Alike rebooting the series after a mediocre sequel in 2000, Ethan Hunt's on settlement and retirement now. He has a lady depending on him, thus carrying missions currently could terribly affect her too. In fact, that's the theme of M:i:III. Can a special agent whose life at risk all the time anytime be married and have a family? We'd hear constant discussions pertaining to this sporadically throughout the plot.

It did take a while to setup and establish the peace before storm, but as soon as the first mission went live, the film was alert on its toes pretty much most of the runtime! Helicopter chase amongst windmills with a time release charge implanted inside the captive's head, information transfer via lip reading, villain interrogation on plane, Ethan swinging from one building to another before sliding to stop, straight unbroken run in Shanghai to save his wife, final brawl and voltage knockout at the climax before reviving him again were immensely intense stunt sequences!

Above all, the one episode that would forever stick onto our memory core would be the Vatican kidnapping mission! This was when the experience of a classic Mission: Impossible heist came in! Gauging dropdown wire in meters, still photograph to coy a CCTV camera and the whole mask grafting process were too enjoyable! One could never forget the bathroom scene as the voice mask's still compiling data with the actual person hidden behind the entrance door when the security guard entered for a check!

It's evident that Tom Cruise has stretched all his physical and mental limits in this one, and it paid off beautifully onscreen! The one thing this instalment explored in terms of Ethan Hunt's character was his vulnerability. It truly made us care about him and his goals. While Farris' (Keri Russell) death was shocking, the bond between the mentor and trainee wasn't meaty as the duration spent on it wasn't enough. But, the writers didn't repeat the same mistake for the lead pair's relationship.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a killer antagonist in this one! His sheer presence threatened us all watching the show! The initial gunpoint interrogation was a proof! Equally good was Lawrence Fishburne as Brassel and we finally got a great confidant like Luther (Ving Rhames) in the form of Benji, played by Simon Pegg!

Drawbacks wise, voice dubbing for the Chinese security guards could have been synced better. Twist surrounding Musgrave (Billy Crudup) was only on an acceptable level. Deadline for the Rabbit Foot retrieval was unrealistically short.