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Review: Mission Impossible 3

(May 8th, 2006 - 12:01PM)

In the immortal words of Ben Stiller, "This mission just got a whole lot more impossible."

(2.5 / 5 stars)

One sentence summary: It's better than the first two, but that's not saying much.

Things I liked about Mission Impossible 3:

• Slick, slick action sequences.
• Philip Seymour Hoffman is a huge improvement over the lame stereotypical bad guy from MI2.
• Tom Cruise gets beat up a lot.
• Tom Cruise invades a wide variety of locales.
• Bombs in people's brains.
• Laurence Fishburne. "I know it's Hunt."

Things I didn't like about Mission Impossible 3:

• Tom Cruise's relationship with his wife in this movie is way too similar to his relationship with Katie Holmes. The actress even looks like Katie Holmes. So I couldn't watch this movie without thinking about Tommy jumping on a couch and looking like a moron.
• Ving Rhames.
• Philip Seymour Hoffman doesn't have nearly enough screen time. The movie is about two hours long, and PSH is only in it for about half an hour.
• A somewhat awkward plot twist occurs near the end.
• "Impossible Mission Force?"