After the crappiness of MI: 2 I was sure this movie was going to be a disaster. As usual, I was utterly mistaken. The creators of the third installment in the MI film series did exactly what they should’ve: they went back to the basics of what made Mission Impossible great to begin with. Awesome missions, hi-tech gadgets, a star-studded cast, and plenty of betrayals and plot twists keep this movie entertaining and take it far away from the over-produced, overly unrealistic (even for Mission Impossible) second film. Tom Cruise is just as nutty as ever, and he does a great job crying in the first scene. Wuss. A man as old as Cruise should appear ancient and decrepit, barely clinging to life, but somehow he manages to look even younger than I do. Not to mention ten times more physically fit. A very, very decent movie. Three and a half.

This entry was posted on Friday, November 3rd, 2006 at 8:50 pm and is filed under M.