The mission, and I chose to accept it, was to endure MI:3 last friday night. I entered the theater with very little hope of being entertained. The first two movies in the series were bad. The second, in fact, was one of the worst movies I have ever watched. Yet, for some strange reason, I was there, in the padded seat, waiting for Tom Cruise to once again make a mockery of the Mission Impossible franchise but then something happened - this movie had a decent story. Sure, there were scenes where I couldn't suspend my disbelief enough but that's ok because over the top events are a core of Mission Impossible; I mean, they are Impossible Missions afterall.
MI:3 started with a hook that pulled me in and, while there were times I rolled my eyes, I stayed and actually enjoyed this movie. In fact, If someone asked me for a action movie recommendation I wouldn't be embarrased to send them to this one. Tom Cruise was alright even if I couldn't help but imagine him jumping up and down on a couch everytime he smiled. His costars were better even if they were just fluff on the sides of a movie that focused almost purely on Cruise's character Ethan Hunt.
In this movie he actually took on 4 impossible missions. The first was a rescue mission for a star pupil. The second was a kidnapping, the third a theft of "the rabbits foot" (the key plot device), and the final was another rescue; this time of his love interest. I don't want to spoil how any of the missions worked out but each had it's ups and downs and even a bit of humor.
In the end, I thought the resolution was pretty predictable and kind of easy - but overall it was still a good movie.
RATING7