Mission Impossible 3

SYNOPSIS:
Super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from active duty to trains new IMF agents. But he is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he's ever faced - Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team - his old friend Luther Strickell (Ving Rhames), transportation expert Declan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), and background operative Zhen (Maggie Q), to rescue one of his very own trainees, Lindsey (Keri Russell) who was kidnapped while on a surveillance detail of Davian. It soon becomes evident that Davian is well-protected, well-connected, and downright malicious, forcing Hunt to extend his journey back into the field in order to rescue his wife, Julia (Michelle Monaghan), and uncover IMF double agents in the process.


PRODUCTION DETAILS:

• Production Status: Released
• Genres: Action/Adventure and Sequel
• Running Time: 2 hrs. 6 min.
• Release Date: May 5th, 2006 (wide)
• MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of frenetic violence & menace, disturbing images & some sensuality
• Distributors: Paramount Pictures, United International Pictures
  
• Production Co.: Cruise/Wagner Productions (C/W Productions)
  
• Studios: Paramount Pictures
• U.S. Box Office: $133,382,309
  
• Filming Locations: Los Angeles-USA, Antwerp-Belgium, Prague-Czech Republic, Berlin- Germany, Ghana-Africa, Rome-Italy, Naples-Italy, Shanghai-China
• Produced in: United States

After watching too many sci-fi flicks this year, I didn't really see anything new in this movie. It's still the anti-god, biological warfare, good and evil plot. I've watched it twice, actually, the first time was from a cam-copy which made me appreciate it less. Then I watched it again last night (Thursday night, movie night!) with Miki, a DIVx copy this time.

Well, the movie showed some new stuff. It started with the conflict then unfolded the events that happened before it. You will see more of the "real" life lived by Ethan Hunt in contrast to his secret agent identity. More moral dilemma scenes with him asking his fiance to just trust him without asking questions, between his responsibility to his new recruit and going back to the mainstream. The hopping from one country to another in pursuit of the "rabbit's foot" is not really new to Alias followers (both were directed by J.J. Abrams, that's why).

Unfortunately, I missed out some details in the middle of the movie because... I fell asleep hahahahhahahaha! Sorry about the outburst. It's just that Tom doesn't have the spellbinding effect on me anymore.

Overall, Miki said he liked the movie being better than the first two installments. I don't agree, though. Perhaps, I am more of the John Woo action flick fanatic with all the drama and slow-mo effect. MI:3 just didn't do that for me.