Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
Tom Cruise
Ethan Hunt
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Owen Davian
Ving Rhames
Luther
Billy Crudup
Musgrave
Michelle Monaghan
Julia
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Declan
Keri Russell
Lindsey Farris
Maggie Q
Zhen
Simon Pegg
Benji
Eddie Marsan
Brownway
Laurence Fishburne
Theodore Brassel
Bahar Soomekh
Davian's Translator
Jeff Chase
Davian's Bodyguard
Michael Berry Jr.
Julia's Kidnapper
Carla Gallo
Beth
Bellamy Young
Rachael
Paul Keeley
Ken
Jane Daly
Julia's Mother
Greg Grunberg
Kevin
Sabra Williams
Annie
Rose Rollins
Ellie
Sasha Alexander
Melissa
Tracy Middendorf
Ashley
Aaron Paul
Rick
Kathryn Fiore
Party Goer
Colleen Crozier
Party Goer
Sean O'Bryan
Party Goer
Bruce French
Minister
Ellen Bry
Lindsey's Mother
Patrick Pankhurst
Lindsey's Father
Tony Guma
Jim
James Shanklin
Hospital Chaplain
Anne Betancourt
Nurse Sally
Antonietta De Lorenzo
Roadblock Driver
Andrea Sartoretti
Roadblock Driver
Antonio Del Prete
Vatican Video Room Guard
Francesco De Vito
Greeting Priest
Giorgio Marchesi
Vatican Gate Guard
Niccolò Senni
Vatican Gate Guard
Paolo Bonacelli
Monsignore
David Waters
IMF Officer
Michael G. Kehoe
Hospital Employee
Timothy Omundson
IMF Agent
José Zúñiga
IMF Agent Pete
William Francis McGuire
IMF Head of Security
Michelle Arthur
Airline Worker
Barney Cheng
Janitor
George Cheung
Shanghai Game Player (uncredited)
Brandon Molale
Torturer (uncredited)
Simon Rhee
Chinese Guard at Hengshan Lu Building (uncredited)
Marcus Young
Chinese Guard (uncredited)
Jerry Trimble
Davian's Thug (uncredited)
Alex Kurtzman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Roberto Orci
Party Guest (uncredited)
Director, Writer
J.J. Abrams
Author, Original Series Creator
Bruce Geller
Writer
Alex Kurtzman
Writer
Roberto Orci
August 16, 2016
4
I would say it is the strongest entry of the first three Mission: Impossible films (the only ones I've seen to date). Even a decade later, it's strengths are still that which the franchise has always been known for, and its weakness are much the same. Much more akin plot-wise to the first film, _M:I:III_ has the one advantage over its predecessors that it's villain is much stronger than any we have seen before. Though arguably not the primary antagonist, Seymour-Hoffman (RIP) is actually pretty terrifying as international arms dealer, Owen Davian.
That said, while this third entry is certainly the most engaging thus far, it still had me checking my watch before the end of the movie, so I can hardly give it a glowing review.
_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$150,000,000.00
Revenue:
$398,479,497.00