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IN THEATERS MAY 5, 2006The third installment of Tom Cruise's blockbuster hit co-stars Billy Crudup and Ving Rhames.Read more
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An action movie that will keep you entertained!
This movie is what action movies are all about. It keeps you entertained from start to finish, and it does pretty well in other ways. The story is still pretty good, nowhere n...Read more
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Good luck taking your eyes off the screen!
Can we say action packed? This movie rocks, there is shootouts, car chases, missile explosions and then more explosions. Tom cruise is constantly on the move running and jumpi...Read more

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IN THEATERS MAY 5, 2006The third installment of Tom Cruise's blockbuster hit co-stars Billy Crudup and Ving Rhames., J.J. Abrams, creator of small-screen hits ALIAS and LOST, makes his feature film debut with the third installment of this successful series based on the hit 1960s television show. Secret Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has decided to take it easy and lead a somewhat normal life. He's even found his perfect woman, Julia (Michelle Monaghan), and is engaged. But when newbie agent Lindsey Farris (Keri Russell)--whom Hunt mentored--goes missing while on assignment, the reluctant agent finds himself back in business. Soon, with his old buddy Luther (Ving Rhames) in tow, along with team members Zhen (Maggie Q) and Declan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), Hunt is traversing the globe on the trail of Farris's captor, Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an elusive international weapons dealer. The stakes increase when the villainous Davian gets a hold of Hunt's fiancée and uses her as a bargaining chip.A raucous combination of spectacular chases, explosions, amazing stunts, and elaborate schemes takes the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) team to Berlin, the Vatican, and Shanghai. With fascinating hi-tech tools these secret agents can impersonate virtually anyone, scale walls in an instant, infiltrate the tightest security system, and blow up the evidence when they're done. But facing their most formidable foe ever, Hunt and his fellow agents are fighting the clock to keep Julia alive and get Davian the mysterious weapon he is demanding. Cruise's personal involvement in the stunts lends a nice air of authenticity to Hunt, who also shows his emotional side in this outing as he juggles his secret life and his new love, as well as possible betrayal by someone inside the IMF. Laurence Fishburne also stars as IMF's Director Brassel, and Billy Crudup appears as his somewhat timid right-hand man, Musgrave.

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  • Edition: 2-Disc Collector's Edition
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
  • Film Country: USA
  • UPC: 097361184845

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Genre:Action/Adventure
Format:HD DVD
Display Format:2-Disc Collector's Edition

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"[S]olidly crafted entertainment, a diversion that really diverts once it gets down to business."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (05/05/2006)

"[A] gratifyingly clever, booby-trapped thriller that has enough fun and imagination and dash to more than justify its existence..." -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (05/12/2006)

"It's about energy, excitement and exotic locales, in this case Rome, Shanghai and Berlin....The stunts are top-notch..."
USA Today - Claudia Puig (05/05/2006)

4 stars out of 5 -- "Inspired by Bourne, Bond and Bauer, MI:III re-sets the bar for all of the upstarts."
Total Film - Andy Lowe (07/01/2006)

"[Hoffman] steals absolutely every moment he's onscreen."
Box Office - Cheryl Scheuer (06/01/2006)

"Abrams attacks the action scenes with a gritty occasionally naturalistic approach, ripping along at pace..."
Sight and Sound - Demetrios Matheou (07/01/2006)

"[T]his threequel offers up some top-notch action thanks to director JJ Abrams."
Ultimate DVD - Chris Prince (08/01/2006)

3 stars out of 4 -- "[Hoffman delivers] deliciously vile fun as the villain of the piece..."
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (11/20/2006)

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "J.J. Abrams brings his keen eye for glossy danger at a relentless pace....Cruise remains a master at selling a story."
Premiere - Claire Evans (12/01/2006)

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An action movie that will keep you entertained!

Created: 27/10/06
This movie is what action movies are all about. It keeps you entertained from start to finish, and it does pretty well in other ways. The story is still pretty good, nowhere near as good as the first one, but it's still good. Some people may say that the save-the-world theme is old, but that's what action movies are about. Give me one James Bond film where 007 didn't do that. Give me any other action movie without that theme. Lord of the Rings had it. Star Wars had it. So does the fact that M:I-2's story revolves around someone saving the world make the movie bad? No way! It's the kind of plot that makes an action movie an action movie. Moving on. Like others have stated, the purpose of action in these movies is not to seem totally realistic, but to be really entertaining and fun to watch. Actually, it still is pretty realistic. What's all this junk about Ethan hitting all his shots (Which is pretty unrealistic, I'll admit)? Didn't any of you watch the Biocyte shootout? How many of his shots hit one of Ambrose's men? Maybe a quarter of them! He's still human and has down-to-earth abilities, not completely unrealistic superhuman stuff that a lot of people criticize. And besides, until the road chase, it is perfectly reasonable that Ethan didn't get shot! Half the time he was behind a wall or lurking in the shadows, waiting for the moment to go Splinter Cell on a patrolling guard. Anyway, sorry I lingered. The acting in this movie is great. Tom Cruise gives Ethan Hunt a very human qualities. Thandie Newton, who plays Nyah Hall, also does the same for her character. Ving Rhames returns to the comic-relief character Luther (the brilliant computer programmer from M:I), and continues to give Luther the comical humor from the first movie. John Polson is introduced as the Australian helicopter pilot Billy Baird, and also gives a lot of humor to the movie. And by the way, both Rhames and Polson do a great job of acting besides the humor, and bring the characters to life very well. Dougray Scott is the villain in this movie, and does it very nicely. He gives Sean Ambrose the kind of madman look and nicely combines it with cold-blooded intelligence to make the character a very good villain. And finally, Anthony Hopkins is Ethan's new leader, and does a very good support role. What about the music? Well, if you've seen the first movie, the music is just the same with a little metallic feel to it. And if you haven't, then don't worry, you won't be dissapointed. This is a great action movie that will keep you entertained throughout the two hours of the film, and does well in areas that some action films don't quite succeed in, despite what others say.
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Good luck taking your eyes off the screen!

Created: 30/01/07
Can we say action packed? This movie rocks, there is shootouts, car chases, missile explosions and then more explosions. Tom cruise is constantly on the move running and jumping and shooting and kicking someones butt. A top notch high energy action movie with a good plot too! plenty of neat weaponry and gadgets to keep the viewer happy. Great movie, a must have for any movie watchers collection! If you love action movies like i do, you will be glad you got this movie. Its a very clean movie it was kept very non gory and its no james bond sleep with every female i meet sticks to what i want to see ACTION!!
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Great HD Movie

Created: 01/01/09
This is by far one of the best HD title available. Absolutely a demo material!! and definitely a must have for HD fans.
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