movie: Mission Impossible III (2006)

mi3.. mi3.. mi3..
what do i really think of it?
let's cut to the chase.. straight off the bat i'm giving Mission Impossible III a 4 out of 5: Must Watch!

to really appreciate mi3 you have to know who the director, J.J. Abrams, is and what was he trying to show/tell the audience through his directing for this film. In my opinion, i'm really pleased of his work and i must say that it is a really great start for his first effort at directing for the big screen. Mostly well known for his work as Creator/Director of Alias and Co-creator/Director of Lost, i really appreciate his style of telling the story to the audience, especially in the Action and Drama genre.

more of his filmography here:
http://imdb.com/name/nm0009190/

Mission Impossible 3 started off showing the moviegoers the current situation that Ethan Hunt is in.. really intense even from the beginning. And even before we are able to grasp for a breather, eager to know the fate of one of the character, suddenly we're brought back to the Ethan Hunt from a few days ago. There's a good balance between the drama, which i must say is quite funny, seeing how the characters talked about their daily life and concern in the midst of an intense action that is taking place, gun shooting and bombs explosion everywhere. But above all these.. i have to give credits to J.J. Abrams of his ability to let us, the audience, experience what Ethan Hunt is experiencing. From being strapped to the table in the interrogation room to the jumping off of a skyscrapper building and being caught in the middle of a gun battle. And don't even get me started on the amazing sound effect throughout the movie, the breaking of glasses couldn't have sounded more crystal clear.

Sad to say it is 1 point short of making it a classic for me. Reason for that? As much as the plot twist is brilliant, i was able to determine who the bad guy is on my 2nd guess (my 1st guess when Ethan was writing stuff on the glass had to be quickly polished in order to make some sense.. he3x). The scene that got many people talking was not shown (maybe due to time constraint). Some parts needed more thinking time to make sense, after walking out of the cinema and further discussions.

4 Reasons it's a Must Watch!:
1) This is Mission Impossible III (Third installment. Can somebody say "Trilogy!!". But seriously, something must have been done right for this franchise to have one more installment)
2) Tom Cruise is in it (he's only like at the top of the Hollywood Actors Hot List according to James Ulmer: http://et.tv.yahoo.com/celebrities/14396/)
3) J.J. Abrams is on the director seat ("Alias", "Lost")
4) You get to catch Maggie Q as the lady in red on orange lamborghini.. 'nuf said..