Tom Cruise reprises his role as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, master of disguise and the double bluff. In J.J. Abrams' fast-faced thriller, he's up against Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who is planning to sell a new deadly weapon's system, code-named the 'Rabbit's Foot' to the highest bidder. Cue a stunning helicopter chase through a wind farm, a parachute drop that leaves Hunt dangling in front of a speeding truck and an unholy incursion in the Vatican City.
The film was bedevilled by numerous directors and actors (excluding Cruise) being hired and fired before Abrams took the helm. Despite this, the film maintains its wit between the action sequences, and Hoffman is outstanding as a villain who, satisfyingly, has no compunction about killing the innocent.
Mission: Impossible III is a Film programme that first aired in 2006 and has been classified a 12 certificate.
