M:I:III
Theater: GTC Liberty Cinema 7, Hinesville, Georgia
The third MI movie has parts I would expect. But a rescue mission where Tom Cruise is sent against 16 bad guys with only some remote controlled machine guns is much more like a video game than a covert operation.
Granted, they are very cool machine guns, but come on ... Mission Impossible was never (or should never have been) about gunfights ... it was about out-thinking the enemy and using violence as the last possible resort.
So when Tom Cruise et al break into the Vatican it's awesome. Over the wall, blending in, impersonating their villain and kidnapping him without anyone knowing ... it was awesome.
Until you think about it ... why would a prolific international arms dealer be at the Vatican?
Because the characters mentioned his clients would be there.
His clients are buying weapons of mass destruction ... but also devout Catholics who believe in morality on fundamentalist levels?
Seems like a pretty risky place to do a transaction, if you ask me.
But then we're back to gunfighting. And while the gunfight on the Florida Keys Highway is cool (and reminds everyone too much of True Lies) ... why is Ethan Hunt the only one going around shooting the bad guys? The other three agents he operates with are still alive ... but they're helping civilians and not shooting back?
I would focus on killing the UAV armed with rockets and the Huey loaded up with commandos first ... but hey, that's just me ... you know, with military training. And whatever happens, his sidekicks seem to be invincible ... sidekicks were MEANT for killing off, but it doesn't happen nearly enough. Damnit.
The final battle ends too abruptly, and the whole romance thing ... it drives Ethan's actions, but does he really need to be driven like that? He was always so bad ass that he would do what needed to be done ... but now he's suddenly changed? His last mission (in MI2) wasn't nearly catastrophic enough for him to call it quite and become a trainer.
See it if - you want to see Tom Cruise gush over a girl, but on the big screen this time.
Rent it if - you want to add the DVD case to your "Wall of Tom", you would rather save your money for a better action movie.
The third MI movie has parts I would expect. But a rescue mission where Tom Cruise is sent against 16 bad guys with only some remote controlled machine guns is much more like a video game than a covert operation.
Granted, they are very cool machine guns, but come on ... Mission Impossible was never (or should never have been) about gunfights ... it was about out-thinking the enemy and using violence as the last possible resort.
So when Tom Cruise et al break into the Vatican it's awesome. Over the wall, blending in, impersonating their villain and kidnapping him without anyone knowing ... it was awesome.
Until you think about it ... why would a prolific international arms dealer be at the Vatican?
Because the characters mentioned his clients would be there.
His clients are buying weapons of mass destruction ... but also devout Catholics who believe in morality on fundamentalist levels?
Seems like a pretty risky place to do a transaction, if you ask me.
But then we're back to gunfighting. And while the gunfight on the Florida Keys Highway is cool (and reminds everyone too much of True Lies) ... why is Ethan Hunt the only one going around shooting the bad guys? The other three agents he operates with are still alive ... but they're helping civilians and not shooting back?
I would focus on killing the UAV armed with rockets and the Huey loaded up with commandos first ... but hey, that's just me ... you know, with military training. And whatever happens, his sidekicks seem to be invincible ... sidekicks were MEANT for killing off, but it doesn't happen nearly enough. Damnit.
The final battle ends too abruptly, and the whole romance thing ... it drives Ethan's actions, but does he really need to be driven like that? He was always so bad ass that he would do what needed to be done ... but now he's suddenly changed? His last mission (in MI2) wasn't nearly catastrophic enough for him to call it quite and become a trainer.
See it if - you want to see Tom Cruise gush over a girl, but on the big screen this time.
Rent it if - you want to add the DVD case to your "Wall of Tom", you would rather save your money for a better action movie.
posted by Violent Traveler at 9:35 PM
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