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- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Classification: 12
- DVD Release Date: 6 Nov 2006
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000J3EG76
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 155,898 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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At the time of its release, Mission: Impossible 3 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, and Felicity) proves more than able-bodied in creating a Mission: Impossible that's leaner and less over-stylised 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 3 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
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Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
M:I3 is ranked number 2 in the series for me, very close to beating the first but not quite.
Good story, great cast, great action and a great director.
Phil Hoffman is tremendos as the nasty nasty I only wish he was in it more. I wish he was the baddy more often too. I think the last time he and Mr Cruise were together was on Magnolia? Great together then too.
The Blu-Ray must have been one of the first around as I find it pretty ropey. Better than the DVD? Marginally? Sure the close up faces look great but so did the DVD in fairness. The rest of the time it looks more of a DNR job where there are moments of bluring. The audio is a straight rip from the DVD too, no HD audio.
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English, French and German languages all Dolby Digital
Subs: English, French and German only.
Good story, great cast, great action and a great director.
Phil Hoffman is tremendos as the nasty nasty I only wish he was in it more. I wish he was the baddy more often too. I think the last time he and Mr Cruise were together was on Magnolia? Great together then too.
The Blu-Ray must have been one of the first around as I find it pretty ropey. Better than the DVD? Marginally? Sure the close up faces look great but so did the DVD in fairness. The rest of the time it looks more of a DNR job where there are moments of bluring. The audio is a straight rip from the DVD too, no HD audio.
Region free
English, French and German languages all Dolby Digital
Subs: English, French and German only.
Format:Blu-ray
Very good film as others have said, but consistent lip sync issue through out the movie (audio delayed compared to video), we have tried this on several different set-ups and it is always the same.
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Yes this is an exciting movie but Tom Cruise has moved away from the original themes of the tv series and more towards the explosive action of the 'Bourne' series. There is a lot less trickery and finesse and a lot more gunplay and explosions. That said it is a very enjoyable film and my blu ray copy was excellent. It will be interesting to see if Mrs Ethan Hunt returns for MI4 which is now in production or will they change the whole storyline to suit. Perhaps poor Michelle Monaghan will be bumped off in the first frames as was Matt Damon's girlfriend in the beginning of 'Bourne Supremacy'. Either way if action movies are your cup of tea then for you this is probably the best of the trilogy, for those of us who remember the tv series it lost something along the way.
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Marvelous Mission!
The best in the series... easily. I bought this film on HD for £3.99 on Amazon. I couldn't believe it!
Its a really good action film with one of the top actors in Hollywood. Read more
Its a really good action film with one of the top actors in Hollywood. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2008 by C. Kershaw
Superb Blue ray
I had this movie on Blue ray since June purchased from Amazon.co.uk so I couldn't understand why its only just been released in the UK, so on checking my account it was sold by one... Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2008 by P. L. Barnaby
Brilliant...Pity
Tom Cruise, no matter what people say, is truly a great actor, the graphics used in the film are brilliant and he must have went through some pain, espically taking the risk to do... Read more
Published on 20 Dec 2007 by Niall Molloy
Brilliant...Pity
Tom Cruise, no matter what people say, is truly a great actor, the graphics used in the film are brilliant and he must have went through some pain, espically taking the risk to do... Read more
Published on 20 Dec 2007 by Niall Molloy
Who are these people that put up reviews for this movie?? WEIRDOS
The title explains it all. If you're not going to leave anything constructive ie rubbish, please refrain from doing so. Oh by the way good movie!!
Published on 8 April 2007 by D. Olynn
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