Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III is a 2006 American spy action thriller movie directed by first-time director J. J. Abrams and is the third movie in the Mission: Impossible series. It stars Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Mission: Impossible III premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2006, and was released in the United States on May 5. The sequel, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, was released in 2011.
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) and protagonist of the movie.
- Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, a computer hacker and IMF agent.
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Owen Davian, an arms dealer who looks for the Rabbit's Foot.
- Michelle Monaghan as Julia Meade, Ethan's fiancée and a nurse.
- Maggie Q as Zhen Lei, an IMF Agent who assists Ethan at the Vatican and Shanghai.
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Declan Gormley, an IMF Agent who assists Ethan at Vatican & Shanghai.
- Billy Crudup as John Musgrave, the IMF Assistant Director who recruits Ethan to find Farris, later to be found working with Davian
- Keri Russell as Lindsey Farris, an IMF agent held captive in Berlin.
- Simon Pegg as Benjamin "Benji" Dunn, an IMF agent and technician.
- Laurence Fishburne as Theodore Brassel, the IMF Director who recruits Ethan to find Davian.
- Bahar Soomekh as Davian's translator
- Jeff Chase as Davian's bodyguard
- Michael Berry Jr. as Julia's kidnapper
- Eddie Marsan as Brownway
- Bellamy Young as Rachael
- Carla Gallo as Beth
- Greg Grunberg as Kevin
- Rose Rollins as Ellie
- Sasha Alexander as Melissa Meade
- Aaron Paul as Rick Meade
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 224 ratings are positive. The average rating is 6.60/10.[1] On Metacritic, the movie has a score of 66 out of 100 based on 46 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]
References
- "Mission: Impossible III". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
- "Mission: Impossible III". Metacritic. Retrieved February 20, 2023.