SERIES: IMPOSSIBLE - Mission: Impossible III (2006)
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CONTENT WARNING: Violence, murder, espionage, body horror/suspense, trauma.
It took 6 years before the next movie in the M:I franchise got released, but it might be the most successful in the franchise. Which is interesting, considering this movie went through absolute development hell, and passed through several writers and directors before finally landing in the hands of a then unproven film talent - J.J. Abrams. It’s not shocking that J.J. made this transition, and in hindsight, it’s also not shocking that there was no doubt he’d deliver with this movie. Still, this movie is firing on all cylinders, with Tom Cruise’s natural charm and intensity blending together for the best Ethan Hunt yet in this series. And then they brought in the magnificently talented Philip Seymour Hoffman, fresh off his Oscar win for Capote, to be the most stone-cold villain in modern action movies, and he absolutely crushes it. Throw in some very personal stakes for Ethan, lots of wild stunts, and a dash of fun jokes, and you get one hell of a ride. We continue our “Series: Impossible” with 2006’s Mission: Impossible III this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt taken from “Theme from Mission: Impossible,” written by Lalo Schifrin, produced and arranged by Larry Mullen with David Beal, and performed by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen . Copyright 1996 mother records.
Excerpts taken from the film Mission: Impossible III are © 2006 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
