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starring: Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crudup directed by: J.J. Abrams See Larger Image List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $17.49 You Save: $12.50 (42%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $11.46 Third Party New Price: $13.88 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES EAN: 0097361184746 Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Paramount Manufacturer: Paramount Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 03, 2008 Running Time: 126 minutes Sales Rank: 2860 Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Related Items: Mission Impossible (Special Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] Mission - Impossible II [Blu-ray] Superman Returns [Blu-ray] Batman Begins [Blu-ray] X-Men - The Last Stand [Blu-ray] see more Editorial Review: Description: Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life in 'Mission: Impossible III.' Director J. J. Abrams ('Lost',' 'Alias') brings his unique blend of action and drama to the billion-dollar franchise. Amazon.com: At the time of its release, Mission: Impossible III's box office was plagued by the publicity backlash against couch-jumping star Tom Cruise. It's too bad, because this third installment of the spy thriller franchise deserved a better reception than it got. First-time feature director J.J. Abrams (bigwig TV director/producer of Lost, Alias, & Felicity) proves more than able-bodied in creating a Mission: Impossible that's leaner and less over-stylized than John Woo's sequel and less confusing than Brian De Palma's original. Plot is still a throwaway here (Cruise's Ethan Hunt rescues his kidnapped former trainee and works to steal a device that... well, we don't really know what it does, but it's something about mass destruction that costs $850 million), but the action sequences, particularly one where Ethan faces down a helicopter on a bridge and gets flung hard against the side of a car, are particularly impressive since Cruise, at 44, is still doing most of his own stunts and shows no hint of the weathered look that's struck his action-star peers. (Though no Mission: Impossible stunt will ever be quite as simultaneously nail-biting and funny as the first film's wire-dangling break-in of CIA headquarters.) Mission: Impossible III boasts a pedigreed cast, particularly Oscar® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) as baddie arms dealer Owen Davian. Hoffman plays Owen all teeth-clenched and cool, especially when threatening to kill Ethan in front of his lovely new wife (Michelle Monaghan) who has no idea of his spy life. But in his first action-film lead role, Hoffman's almost too calm and collected to really make a memorable villain, especially when the rest of the cast--Ving Rhames (the only other cast member to return for all three films), Asian film star Maggie Q, and an underused Jonathan Rhys-Meyers--are a highlight as Ethan's IMF team. Mission: Impossible is still fun popcorn spy fare, and if Cruise chooses to end the franchise here, at least he goes out on a high note. --Ellen A. Kim Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - How did I miss this?!? AWESOME. Skipped this one in the theatre due to media overexposure of the infamous "Couch Jumping Incident" at the time. Big mistake on my part. This movie kicks major you-know-what and any action movie fan with a heartbeat should find it suitably, uh, "fibrillating". Minus one star for the razor thin plot, but let's face it - that's not why you watch a movie like this. Great action setpieces (see: "Bridge Scene"), uniformly great casting (Hoffman oozes evil as the villain) and roller coaster pacing that, ... Read More Rating: - Slight mix-up, but seller made good. While item sent was not the version I requested, the seller did offer to send it or offered a discount. Rating: - Third Time Was A Charm It took 3 trys and JJ Abrams (Lost, Alias etc)to finally get a great MI movie. And, unfortunately, it only took one crazy session of couch jumping on Opera to make a lot of people ignore it. Well, that and the audio players that were placed in LA Times newspaper vending machines to play the theme music when opened, that people mistook for bombs. That negative publicity at release time was very unfortunate because this is by far the best MI of the three. The trailer gives a good idea of the ... Read More Rating: - Excellent action movie - but don't think about it too much! Brilliant performances by Tom Cruise and Philip Seymour Hoffman plus excellent, non-cliched action sequences lift this above the average action movie. Throws credibility out the window but moves so fast you wont mind too much. Easily the best entry in the Mission Impossible franchise. Rating: - Better than Bond Better than some recent James Bond films, MI 3 is a shoot-for-the-moon international caper which moves well into the new millennium. This episode takes us from Berlin to the Vatican to Shanghai - ambitious indeed. Slick, youthful and fun, Tom's partners in crime - Ving Rhames, Maggie Q and Jonathan Rhys Meyers are cool and great eye candy. Philip Seymour Hoffman is a good actor, but still looks too much like a blonde teddy bear to be menacing for me. In spite of this, the movie works. Instead of suffering ... 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