Mission: Impossible III | The Resurrection of Tom Cruise

[@SIngli6]

You are in for a treat with the next two movies.

[@angelcastaneda529]

Three movies now.

[@thefoxcritic1]

@@angelcastaneda529 there were before

[@olafwic]

The whole point of the rabbit’s foot is that we still to this day don’t know what it actually is. It’s like the briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

[@calvindyson]

Oh yeah I totally get that, North by Northwest did a similar thing as did many Hitchcock films that I love. But even they would give you a slightly less than vague idea about what it was so you felt somewhat satisfied. Here I have absolutely no idea what they were after just that it would be bad if the baddies got it.

[@mediamusings6875]

"McGuffin" is a term that is used for plot devices like this. Just a FYI.

[@DoctorKnow00]

@@mediamusings6875 JJ calls them "mystery boxes". JJ also admits to having no idea what the solutions to his mysteries are when he creates them. He just thinks they're provocative and the audience wants the chase, not the solution. So he doesn't bother coming up with reasons. A problem his Star Trek and Star Wars movies have.

[@mediamusings6875]

@@DoctorKnow00 I'm plenty familiar with the "mystery box" bit that JJ talks about and the bad effects it can have on some of his projects. (Let's "mystery box" Rey's parents without having any idea what the heck the subsequent films would do with that plot line.) The good news is that the rabbit's foot (to me) was more like a typical McGuffin. It was a dangerous thing with a biohazard mark on it. We don't need to know more than that to get why people want it and why the bad guys shouldn't have it.

[@derekpriano7053]

I think Phillip Seymour Hoffman's villain reminded me quite a bit of Goldfinger. He is not a physical threat but is psychologically. And he just knows how to get what he wants and isn't afraid of any agent that gets in his way. Plus he has the money to go with it.

[@johnstrawb3521]

Hoffman manages to convey a genuine sociopathy, even to the point of looking away from Hunt as soon as he's no longer a threat, giving the impression that he's now calculating next moves. There's a coldness there that's hard to convey. Most actors can stay still and frown, but a real sense of coldness is tough to do well. ---Never understood why a guy jumping on a couch because he's in love was so awkward for people to process. 2:55 - he was also correct in telling the talking head to do his homework rather than serve as a mouthpiece for Big Pharma.

[@dinsism]

Can’t wait for you to see MI 5 and 6 they are as good 4 and even better

[@pieterwardenier5287]

MI6 is just so awesome!

[@kevinkuenn5733]

They really, really are. Calvin you've come this far, don't stop before you get to the good stuff!

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

5 is considered one of the best spy thrillers ever made 6 is considered one of the greatest spy thrillers, and ACTION movies ever made

[@patwaters-actormoviereviewer]

MI5 Rogue Nation, strangely enough, handles the villainous organization story better than Spectre itself without making it interconnected stupid points (aside from the NOC list heist from 1 and the Kremlin disaster from 4)

[@dieanotherdaydefender7938]

@@ConnorNotyerbidness Is 5 not an action movie?

[@Caio0_057]

I didn't really love MI:3 on the first watch, but I really enjoyed it on the second! The music, the script and all the performances really carry this film, even though JJ Abram's direction is a bit lacklustre. Your review also kind of strengthened my love for the film!

[@calvindyson]

Glad to hear! I do agree to a point about Abram's direction. There is a workman like element to it but I'm actually totally fine with that given that the last two directors very much put their own stamps on the films and not always for the best!

[@Caio0_057]

@@calvindyson I actually kind of liked De Palmas approach, but the film is still confusing as heck. I think I'm just a bit annoyed at Abrams direction here because the next two directors, Brad Bird and Christopher Mcquarrie really put their all into their films.

[@TheGeorgeD13]

@@Caio0_057 Are you implying that JJ wasn't giving it his all? He was. He's just simply (at least at that point in his career, anyway) not as good as Bird or McQuarrie are. Has little to do with effort.

[@Caio0_057]

@@TheGeorgeD13 I wasn't implying that and Im sorry if it sounded like that. I actually kind of like the style of the film, I was just saying that it seemed like average action-film-directing and not extremely creative, at least not as creative as some of the other films. Also, it was Abrams' first film, so it maybe wasn't his most daring effort.

[@TheGeorgeD13]

@@Caio0_057 "I think I'm just a bit annoyed at Abrams direction here because the next two directors, Brad Bird and Christopher McQuarrie really put their all into their films." Look at those last 7 words... you didn't just imply it. You outright said it. But good on you for clarifying.

[@LETSRUNUNLV]

Another great video Calvin! Thanks man!!

[@calvindyson]

Thanks very much, Jason! Much appreciated :D

[@RiderRated18]

Calvin... You in for a real treat when you get to Rogue Nation & Fallout. I love all 6 films as I feel they all offer something different with each instalment, which is why I consider the Mission Impossible Franchise best movie series out there as each film has gotten better and better.

[@BricklyDragon]

This is the first mission impossible movie that I actually liked. Simple plot and a very cheerful Tom cruise. The second movie felt like a commercial

[@DarthMeteos]

Mission: Impossible is the kind of franchise that has something for everybody, and it's worth experiencing from the beginning, even if you don't click with them, because M:I and M:I2 work for different people. Imagine how you'd balk at someone advocating people skip Moonraker.

[@adoptedlobster9900]

Darth Meteos moonraker is a majestic film and who did like MI:2 ?

[@calvindyson]

I'm always very much completist minded, I've sat through many a terrible film just so I can say I've experienced an entire series!! I guess it's probably because I'm not as into M:I as I am Bond. Certainly to a casual movie watcher, I would say start with 3 and ignore the first 2. To proper movie buffs like us, I'd of course say that the entire series should be viewer... For all its highs and lows :D

[@tpjohn8]

but but M:I and M:I 2 doesn't work for anybody.....that's.. that's what calvin says and he is the ultimate opinion when it comes to spy action movies. i'm sorry to say that you are wrong here. If calvin says a spy movie is not worth it, IT IS NOT WORTH IT. if he says Tom cruise must go away and his stardom must go to someone that Calvin prefers, IT MUST HAPPEN. Everything in the world, that maybe a bit much, So everything in the Movie world must happen according to what calvin thinks.

[@user-ez05ob0WqQ]

@Adopted Lobster I do, the reason I don't like first MI film was because they made Jim Phelps a villain, if you've watched the original TV show started from Season 2 you'll realise Jim Phelps is no such guy that will betray his teammate just for some profit, and MI2 film somehow gets closer to the original TV series by the way it worked, Ethan got full support by IMF to get Ambrose unlike other entries of MI film which IMF constantly got into trouble inside, to me MI:2 feels more like a true beginning of Ethan Hunt's IMF team, '96 Mission Impossible feels like a disgrace to the franchise

[@DarthMeteos]

@@user-ez05ob0WqQ If you've watched the show, the twist will work better. The idea that Jim Phelps, once the Cold War ended, reacted so badly to the uprooting of his entire life's work is really interesting. It informs the decision he makes in that film and would hopefully make it more shocking when Hunt works it out.

[@Mattpoulsen]

Looking forward to seeing your next Mission Impossible review!

[@jakehubner2]

Hey, thanks for the shoutout! I love love love all the MI films, but the first one I still don’t care much for. They all got way more fun after that. Ghost Protocol is my favorite. Hopefully you’ll dig it!

[@righdowncharlie]

One thing to remember is that those infamous Oprah and Matt Lauer incidents happened a whole year before MI 3 came out and things had died down a little bit on the Tom Cruise weirdness front. Yes, 2006 was probably a difficult time if you were Tom Cruise’s publicist but his acting career was actually going quite well. Before this movie he had done Minority Report, The Last Samurai, Collateral and War of the Worlds which were all generally well received. Had MI 3 flopped, it would’ve marked the end of that franchise as we know it but I think Cruise would’ve survived career wise.

[@LoneSoldierCobra]

Also, rewatch the scene in MI3 where Cruise is strapped the chair. He goes through all of the stages of grief.

[@alexdas2000]

I remember this in 2006: Who did the defibrillator scene better, Casino Royale or MI3?

[@expendableindigo9639]

I remember their being a few stylistic Lego animations on KZbin as a tribute to Mission Impossible fights but sadly I think it's been deleted now. Also Tom Cruise cameod in Annoying Orange, jeez that was a weird introduction to the Mission Impossible franchise, as you can guess I was very young at the time.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Casino royale was better because bond was a hairs length from death and if not for Vesper would have it comes full circle after her "betrayal"

[@KalEl290]

Awesome work as always Calvin. Loved the Cruise context st the start. And I agree with what you've heard - 5 and 6 are by far and away the best.

[@thijsbrandhof3986]

M:I 5 and 6 are incredible. Can't wait to see what you think of them. Also can't wait for the next two M:I films that are being shot back to back. I mean... I'm sure they will top Fallout, but I really can't imagine how.

[@ddmcoulgh]

M:I Fallout is one of the best actions movies I've seen in the last couple decades outside of Skyfall/Casino Royale.

[@themomentposters]

3 is great.... but 4/5/6 are exceptional!

[@calvindyson]

I'm really looking forward to getting to them!

[@dereklewis4321]

My favorite of the franchise. Fantastic film.

[@calvindyson]

It'll take some beating for sure!

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

@@calvindyson i cant wait for you to see 5 and 6. 5 is considered one of the best spy thrillers ever made. 6 is considered one of the best spy thrillers AND action movies ever made

[@tashrif46]

If you really want to see Tom Cruise at his best, just watch the 2004 movie Collateral where he plays the villainous Vincent, I mean I never ever thought Tom Cruise could ever play such an eccentric but ruthless villain

[@derekmcintosh6925]

I've never agreed with a KZbin comment harder then this one. By FAR his greatest performance if we are talking character

[@derekmcintosh6925]

That scene in which Tom Cruise (Vincent) sees the wolf. That is how you make a movie with feeling. And if you know me, I'm a huge stickler for firearms realism and this movie has that in spades.

[@tashrif46]

@@derekmcintosh6925 and the thing is I never thought Tom Cruise had it in him to give a performance like that. I was so surprised that for a moment I doubted if it was actually him or not

[@jamesatkinsonja]

He's fantastic it that.

[@cookieface80]

"What the hell are you doing still driving a cab?"

[@EntropicDecayGaming]

Tom Cruise is bat-shit insane enough he's almost like a real-life Bond villain sans the world domination stuff.

[@CorneelVf]

Philip Seymour Hoffman is so, so great in this film! Couldn't agree more here! Also, I really want to know what you think of M:I Rogue Nation once you've seen it. There are so many similarities between that film and Spectre that it's impossible to not think "Wait, did they use the same script?". I came from my second viewing of Spectre thinking "M:I did the same things a few months ago, but way better".

[@calvindyson]

I've heard a lot about how close Rogue Nation is to Spectre... Very interested to get to that one eventually!

[@chrishandsome4267]

I still think 3 is the best one, never understood why people didn’t like it. Imo it’s one of the greatest action movies of all time

[@RedKingdomWarrior]

I warmed up to this film as time went on because this felt more like a Mission Impossible film than 2 could ever hop to be. And I know that from since this film, I've made sure to catch every other film in the franchise in theaters. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the other films!

[@callummoore6962]

"Mission: Impossible III" is one of those films that I really liked back when it came out, but as a grew older and wiser as a film reviewer, it has become a film that has not really aged well for me over time. I know this film is somewhat of a fan favourite among fans of the series and while I don't think the film is bad per say, but I feel like it is somewhat wasted potential with a lot of the stuff it set out to do, mainly trying to be the "On Her Majesty's Secret Service of the series" as film critic Mark Kermode put it in his review of the film and even the quality of the action. Pretty much what Kermode and I mean when we call it the "On Her Majesty's Secret Service of the series" is that like that film, this film attempts to have a different emotional crutch for the series main hero, both by giving the hero a love interest in the form of a wife. However, as I've implied earlier this aspect of the film I feel like is really underdeveloped as unlike Tracy in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", I feel like Julia is not that well developed as a love interest and therefore the emotional crutch of the film is really lacking since we as an audience member don't really know what Ethan sees in her that makes the journey he goes through in this film feel genuine which is a shame because I really like Michelle Monaghan as an actress. Funny enough that this film came out the same year as the James Bond film "Casino Royale" and yet that film had similar approach to its treatment of its main character (similar to how "Spectre" and "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" had a similar premise and came out the same year) with it having 007 fall in love and like "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", it understands that in order to make that concept work is to develop the love interest. While I would love to simply blame known Hollywood "hacks" Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman for this fault, I honestly think the blame leans more towards J.J. Abrams as I feel like his "neck-break" directing sensibilities that he is known for undermines some of the emotions the film was going for as similar to some of my issues with "The Force Awakens", he doesn't really let the quieter moments really breath and sink in. The action in this film I also thought was a bit underwhelming, especially since that is the main appeal of the series. Not only is it the typical shaky and close up camera shots that a lot of action films suffer from nowadays, but this film does have that one memorable Tom Cruise stunt that pretty much every film in the series has that give each film an iconic image that sticks with you after you've watched it. Easily the worst action of the series from a technical stand point. However what does elevate this film from an average film to an okay film for me overall is the villain Owen Davian played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Even someone who is a fan of the series will admit that the series doesn't have the best or at least the most memorable track record when it comes to villains as most range from bad to simply being functional for the story. This is not the case with Davian who truly was a character who had a lot of presence whenever he was on screen that makes him the most memorable villain the series has given us. Overall, I think I shall book end this post by quoting Roger Ebert's review of the film that mostly reflects my overall experience with the flick: "Either you want to see mindless action and computer-generated sequences executed with breakneck speed and technical precision, or you do not. I am getting to the point where I don't much care."

[@danielatthemovies7554]

Great review man

[@jonathancampbell5231]

So you haven't seen Rogue Nation at all? Because Spectre totally rips it off (or one ripped off the other- they both filmed around the same time but one of them had delays, and there are way too many similarities to be pure coincidence- Rogue Nation is definitely better than Spectre though).

[@calvindyson]

No I haven't! I have the blu ray boxset though so I'll likely get to it when I get to the review. But yes I've heard a lot about the similarirties between RN and Spectre.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@calvindyson RN Has an opera house set piece which is far better directed and executed than the one in Quantum of Solace. Rebecca Fergusons Ilsa Faust is far better attempt at a 'female version of the hero' than Jinx was.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

@@calvindyson Having seen the No Time To Die trailer again, I recommend finishing the Mission: Impossible films before that comes out as well. Lets just say...it seems to have it's own similarities to the last M:I flick too.

[@theblondebomber]

You did an excellent job in this review. Particularly framing the context of Tom Cruise‘s PR disaster when this movie was released. It’s almost like Tom Cruise’s torture scene and the pain he endured in the movie was to acknowledge the massive backlash against his obnoxious personal life. This was even more true with Edge of Tomorrow- another incredibly great movie that also has to make its case for greatness by begging the audience to care for his character by putting him through the wringer.

[@WH250398]

Please go and watch Collateral.

[@angelcastaneda529]

True.

[@angelg6565]

Cruise so is amazing in that film, he should had been nominated to an Oscar.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@angelg6565 Agreed, I watched it for the first time last week and thought he did a fantastic job-I feared him but still wanted him to get away with it

[@nashf5925]

No mention of the Bond locales, like the License to Kill bridge when Robert Davi made his escape, heh heh. Also cool to see Kerri Russell from The Americans make an early appearance and also the late Seymour Hoffman. I love the scene where Hoffman taunts Cruise saying how he's going to torture his wife when he captures her, classic villainry.

[@jlovebirch]

Check out The Peacemaker (1997) sometime -- an all-but-forgotten and under-appreciated yarn with George Clooney.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Nice use of that traditional Earth ballad from one of Earth's greatest classical composers.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Watching this vid from the end of the world on my magic Doctor super WiFi. Only another fifteen or so minutes until it's all gone. Really makes you think. It also really makes you think that probably no one will get this reference. Sad. Eh, whatever. Let's go get some chips.

[@benhaslam1312]

That's what happens when you come first in Jiggery Pokery.

[@aaronmastriani1556]

III is definitely my favorite of the M:I movies. The franchise doesn't necessarily get better after III, but it stays good. Rogue Nation is second favorite of the films, and Ghost Protocol and Fallout are also a lot of fun. (And in case you missed in, that was Aaron "Jesse Pinkman" Paul from Breaking Bad as Michelle Monaghan's younger brother at the beginning of the film!)

[@andrewwgold]

Really glad you liked this one! I feel exactly the same way about 1 and 2. This is where the series really got my attention

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Agree with you on Maggie Q and Jonathan Rhys Myers not really bring much to the movie [Maggie Q was more effective in Die Hard 4]. I like to see the MI team as a band which keeps the lead singer and Ving but keeps needing perfecting as it goes on. To keep this analogy, by 3 they had perfected the sound but it took until 5+6 to have the right balance/members for MI to become an awesome group...if that makes sense!

[@DutchBondFan]

I'm in your boat. I thought the first couple were mediocre and generic at best. This third one too. But 4 was great and 5 was like a better version of Spectre! (I still don't get how that is possible, but the film is almost identical to the point of having the exact same locations in the exact same order, its insane!) Number 6 however, that one I saw in cinema and it honestly blew me away! Its hard to say as a Bond fan, but Bond does not compete with Mission Impossible Fallout. Its really good!

[@PurushaDesa]

Woefully underrated film sadly overshadowed by Cruise's offscreen breakdown. It's basically a feature length adaptation of _Alias_ and does what the two veteran directors failed to in finally marrying the personal and professional stories for Ethan Hunt together. The opening is my favourite moment of the entire franchise - it's so unexpectedly nasty. I also adore the inversion of expectations at the end where Michelle Monaghan has to rescue him - such an interesting end to a Tom Cruise action vehicle. And so, my rankings : 6. _Mission : Impossible 2_ 5. _Mission : Impossible_ 4. _Mission : Impossible - Ghost Protocol_ 3. _Mission : Impossible - Fallout_ 2. _Mission : Impossible - Rogue Nation_ 1. _Mission : Impossible 3_

[@georgioevans1289]

3 was my favorite until Fallout. The action was anxiety inducing, until Fallout. And still till this day, has the best villain of the series. My Ranking: Fallout III Rouge Nation Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol M:I-2

[@PurushaDesa]

@@georgioevans1289 Despite everything that's broken and boring about the first half of MI2, the consensus pick for worst film, I still adore everything from Biocyte onwards as pure unadulterated John Woo/Hans Zimmer bliss.

[@georgioevans1289]

@@PurushaDesa me too, it's a guilty pleasure and even though I have it last and the worst of the series. It's a 7/10 off the craziness of the last act. And Hans score is a highlight for sure

[@MaliceInCandyland]

Philip Seymore Hoffman was a great super villain in The Hunger Games. He's one of those charismatic villains who never ever show their dark side. You just want to have a beer with them.

[@austinslater530]

5 has a fantastic suspenseful ending, incredible movie. But then 6 is WOW!

[@whitephoenix4230]

In all honesty (I know MGM and Paramount will probably NEVER let this happen, but hear me out), I would like a 007 & Mission Impossible crossover to happen. What I have in mind is Bond and Ethan both encounter an enemy that is threatening the world in a particular way that neither had ever dealt with before. At first they are at odds, but through the course of the mission they both learn to work together (which is a bigger impact for Bond than Ethan cause Bond usually works alone with his allies on either the sidelines or doing their part somewhere else), and ultimately the two of them defeat the villain and it ends with the both of them shaking hands and agreeing that if there's ever an event like this again, MI:6 and the IMF will be in touch with each other.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

The media issues Cruise had at the time did affect the box office for MI3 and his career seemed to have a lull between MI3 and MI4 but just before that he had made some very good movies in Collateral, The Last Samurai and War of the Worlds [far better than that atrocious BBC adaption recently].

[@thefilmeffect6089]

The next three films are the best of the series with each film getting better and better. It's rare for a franchise to be at it's best during it's sixth entry. Mission Impossible: Fallout is going to blow your socks off.

[@AkashKumar-zx2vy]

Dude it's crazy how 4, 5, and 6 just get better.

[@randallrutherford1384]

I agree.... And it really started with 3..... But I actually think 4 is the overall best.

[@angelcastaneda529]

To be fair, Tom Cruise is calling out Matt Lauer before it was the norm to call out Lauer for the scumbag that he is. Maybe it’s my bias because I do like Tom Cruise, but I don’t care much about his personal life.

[@scottbuckley823]

I always thought the based on Benji's story that the Rabbit's foot was a device to control /shut down technology like Skynet but also metions Cellular dynamics which has do with cells so maybe it's a biological weopan like the machine from Batman Begins and biomolecular kinetics which is about the speed of cells. my thoughts anyway a weopan that causes death within the body

[@ForceMaximus84]

As a longtime Star Trek and Star Wars fan, J.J. Abrams has become the bane of my existence, but I can’t deny that this Mission is a great movie, which makes the fact that this was his first feature film as director all the more impressive. Yes, he makes a conscience and dumb decision not to explain the Rabbit’s Foot, but the stunts are great and he got great performances out of Cruise, Hoffman and Monaghan. Even though better installments would come along, this one set the bar with which every following Mission would improve upon. I’d say it’s the sixth-best (or second-worse) Mission of the bunch.

[@sujithkumar8033]

Do the reviews on other 3 mission impossible movies too

[@calvindyson]

I have a feeling I will be doing sooner rather than later! :D

[@christianbrown7438]

1. Fallout 2. Rogue Nation 3. MI3 4. MI1 5. Ghost Protocol 6. MI2

[@johnwells5414]

Calvin, what direction do you think the Bond franchise should take after No Time to Die? Should they do a spin off? A new actor? Another reboot? I always thought a serialized TV show could be a great way to go.

[@andrewraphael3800]

I would say 3 is a dry run for all that follows - in that sense it is the first proper MI film, where its identity is established.

[@macetraveler2847]

The rabbit foot actually comes back in the fifth movie as an easter egg.

[@vhswonderland5821]

This series didn't hit it's stride until the third film. Personally I think 5 is the best one as it achieves the right balance between action and a proper espionage story.

[@patstahl6849]

MI3 to me feels like a high budget "Alias" episode. Speaking of which... as a fellow Bond fan I was wandering if you ever saw Roger Moore's guest appearance in the first season, playing a mini-version of Blofeld?

[@johnrigs6540]

MI is one of the very rare series that gets significantly better with each new film(well starting with this one anyway!) ...and that’s incredibly rare. The last couple,in particular,have really raised the bar for Bond without question. The character,style and panache of 007 is missing,of,course,but if they could add some of the energy and high octane action of the MI films going forward that would not be a bad thing! After seeing the No time to die trailer you could clearly see that this seems to be happening....

[@BenCol]

Watched ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ for the first time the other day (the first Christmas film of the season) - I thought he was good there, though I daresay Kubrick had a hand in that.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

"Eyes Wide Shut" has a scene where Tom Cruise just walked through a door that Kubrick had him do over 90 times. There was another scene where Cruise and Kidman where alone in a bedroom together, sad and tired, and again he had them do the scene over and over again until they were ACTUALLY sad and ACTUALLY exhausted...and probably a few dozen times more just for good measure. The Stanley Kubrick approach to getting authentic performances- torture the actors until they break.

[@BenCol]

Jonathan Campbell Indeed, after all, EWS has the Guinness Record for longest continuous film shoot. Similar stories are found in many of Kubrick’s other films, most notably Shelly Duval in ‘The Shining’.

[@Parkerr__]

This is when the series gets good. MI 1 is a bit misguided and the second was just uh... yeah. But MI3 is exciting! And it just gets better with each installment after that

[@derekmcintosh6925]

If you need a possible review idea look up a 2000s movie with Wesley Snipes called "The Art of War". I used to love that movie back in the day but I might be in that boat alone....

[@BortimerThomas]

Yeah keep going! 4, 5, and 6 are all great

[@samuelstephens6163]

MI3 is definitely the most serious of the series.

[@patrickangelobalasa]

The MI movies start feeling more like ensembles starting with Ghost Protocol (and for the better IMO.) Hope you continue to like the movies!

[@calvindyson]

I'm all for it becoming more of a team effort. From what I understand of the M:I tv series, that was kind of the whole thing that made it unique. Here they're very much just Cruise action films.

[@tashrif46]

To me out of the 6 Mission Impossible movies, to me Fallout is the best, there is story telling and great action set pieces, some of them are breathtaking. I thought Rogue Nation set a bar that could not be eclipsed but damn I was wrong.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

I am so allergic to tc lol

[@eugene12310mobile]

Mission Impossible Fallout has got to be the bestest and most badass of the franchise. Plus the plot is not in your face too. You would need to listen closely to who is the villain.

[@jarjared3522]

Tom Cruise's antics backfired when Mission: Impossible III came out. People couldn't believe him playing an everyman that also happens to be a spy which I think has a lot to do with M:I III being the lowest grossing film in the franchise.

[@crashfan9997]

It's unfortunate. III is the most intense, serious MI movie and I reckon it should've made around $550mil. Around the figure Mission: Impossible II made which was a great success for its time.

[@hiddensword9387]

Tom Cruise has the energy of a big kid and I respect it. He has such a zest and love for life even if it can come across as erratic on interviews. But hey, we all aren't perfect and he's doing him.

[@demetrisross17]

Ghost Protocol is actually better than this one.

[@SnobbyRobbie]

Let's see how you like Lea Seydoux in Mission Impossible 4 :D To me MI4 is a very entertaining heist movie and probably my favorite of the series. I think you will enjoy it.

[@CK-ceekay]

Odd, being a younger guy I don't remember that Tom Cruise "drama" and looking at it now I don't really see what your gripe is. He seems a little highly strung which you'd expect cos the entire world was making fun of him for his beliefs and he was being treated as a god, as Oprah calls him, and was probably surrounded by people pushing him into that role. That's gotta make some one a bit tetchy. The Oprah interview seems like any other to me. I might be blinded by modern Cruise though, who knows. Very well put together video though

[@calvindyson]

Thanks for this! I don't have a gripe with the drama of the time neccesarily, I find it very interesting though! The Oprah interview was something else though. Like I say in the video, before revisiting it, I assumed to go back and see it as fairly eccentric but nothing outlandish. Watching it today though it's really awkward, I can see why it became such a cultural reference. I can't remember the last time I saw an A-lister jumping up and down on the interviewers furniture and wrestling with them at a couple of points. I think he definitely learned to tone it down as a result.

[@lexgil6520]

MI3 was meh, pretty much Alias The Movie, only without the Rimbaldi stuff. Him speaking about Scientology is no less silly than anyone else talking about their own beliefs.

[@tobyhart8515]

Speaking of sweaty bullish villains, how about Harvey Weinstein?

[@YoshMaster]

I agree that they get better and better except maybe the last one (6) I would put it slightly lower than 4&5. Maybe it doesn’t help that I saw 6 in a plane instead of at home haha but I’m surprised people love it so much. I felt the stuns were better in 5 especially. The story is fine.

[@jimmybd2309]

Rogue nation is one of the best films ever made

[@pieterwardenier5287]

I really like it but prefer Fallout

[@sgwh2002]

JJ loves a MacGuffin that never gets paid off.

[@SamiIsmail-z4p]

I really like this movie I do but every time I finish watching it I ALWAYS have a headache after it.

[@mancal5829]

Cruise has become more likeable with time. But you're right, before he could be quite annoying.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Uh, the context should be how bad JJ made it. It was his warped psyche here at work.

[@e-spaceproductions]

I just can't wait until you review M:I 6 so you can make an MI6 joke lol

[@NelsonStJames]

Yes, this is the beginning of when the MI franchise really found it's footing!

[@crashfan9997]

My fav MI movie. 2nd fav is Ghost Protocol so this is a good time! An interesting comparison, if I compare the Bond movies that came out close to the MI movies then: GoldenEye (1995) > Mission Impossible (1996) Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) > The World is Not Enough (1999) Casino Royale (2006) > Mission: Impossible 3 (2006) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) > Skyfall (2012) Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) > SPECTRE (2015) Overall MI is better than James Bond recently but Daniel Craig is actually my favourite Bond. Interesting

[@colinthedogfromspaced9365]

5 and 6 blow 3 out of the water. 6 was such a hit that Christopher McQuarrie has been hired to film 7 and 8 back to back.

[@markant9534]

What year was the peak of Cruise`s career?

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

MI:3. The actual bad one. Tone is all over the place, the mystery box pretentiousness, the all over the place story, character inconsistency. Jar Jar Abrams just combines elements that don't belong together. The Fred Durst of film making before Fred Durst actually started film making.

[@robvanderschaaf3880]

Hahahaaha I might have to steal this comment

[@crashfan9997]

What a bullshit comment. MI3 is the best along with Fallout.

[@moviestvmad3675]

I think Tom getting involved with bad robot and JJ Abrams saved the franchise he maybe a blunt object but he's a smart one I loved alias maybe you should talk about it on a video

[@thecrimsonpool]

i always tell people curious of the MI series to just start at 3 as well lol, 3, 4, 5 & 6 honestly give Craigs 007 era a run for there money

[@angelg6565]

Personally i woukd still recommend people to watch MI: 1 maybe for some is not the best but still is a very good film, the plot is awesome, the characters are well acted, and the classic style of De palma still holds up buyt please stay away from MI: it's absolutely trash, aviod it as the plague.

[@LeonWick526]

I actually liked Mission Impossible 2 more than this film. The action sequences were more memorable as well as the overall direction. The 2nd film would have been better if it wasn't edited down to a 2 hr running time (as opposed to it's original running time of 3 hrs and 15 min.) I'd like to think a director's cut will be released someday...

[@thatdude5353]

21 review?

[@ralphroshia9247]

Calvin couldn't agree more in that mission Impossible 3 is easily the best of the first 3 but the next 3 are far more superior to even Mission Impossible 3 that in sure you are really going to enjoy them with that being said Number 3 not only got the series back on track without this one the next 3 wouldn't ever had happened

[@calvindyson]

In that case I really have heightened anticipation for the next ones now! Like I say, I'd seen 4 before and really enjoyed it from memory but has been a good few years!

[@LeePresson]

Tom Cruise is bugfuck insane but it's hard to hate him because he's so damned good at what he does.

[@deraltetrekkie6088]

Gotta admit, I don't like the third one as much as I like the other movies. Might be a personal preference - or maybe just plain nostalgia. I remember, watching the first when I was 12 years old, with my parents, and I still remember me being able to tell that Jim Phelps was the bad guy, right from the get go. Might be because it was not Peter Graves, might be because there was a scene,in which Not-Phelps presses a button on his laptop and the lift starts moving, might be, because Angelina Jolies Dad didn't sound as concerned about one of if colleagues and friends potentially dying, it was just when they "killed off" Jim, that I was thinking that - maybe - I was wrong, but when Jim turned up alive at the end, I looked at my parents and said "Told ya!". I clearly remember liking and rewatching the second one as much as I could. And when the third one came around, I had expeceted something like the first or the second one and - man was I disappointed. You see, until then MI was a lighter-version of Bond, while Bond was already relatively high on impossible things and jokes. Out was MI III and out were the jokes, it felt like a very grim-gritty movie to me, to which I don't respond that well. It's one of the reasons, Casino Royale and QOS do not sit well with me, but Die Another Day is one of my favourites. Same with batman and Robin - I guess, I just like those movies, that are definitely not taking themselves too seriously and are very campy. I liked MI 4,5 and 6, because they are - and that might shock you - a bit of a return to formula, or better: inventing its own formula.

[@pbgauthier5487]

I don't get how can someone not like Tom Cruise. I just don't understand it at all.

[@mediamusings6875]

4,5, and 6 are great. They are worthy of hype.

[@matthewfrome7904]

All Indiana Jones movies??!!

[@thrillingcities4k475]

I get batman begins and casino royale vibes for this film, i felt they went the casino royale way.

[@user-ez05ob0WqQ]

actually MI3 (May 4, 2006) hits the cinema sooner than Casino Royale(November 16, 2006)...

[@davemacken00]

Wait until you get to Mission Impossible Rogue Nation and Fallout, wow you'll be blown away

[@markmoynihan2219]

I had a feeling you would like Tom in this

[@angelg6565]

The first time i saw this film i tought this was ok but with the of passing i starring to like it more and more just becuse Criuse and Hoffman performance was so great, i still didn't like the bait and and switch moments at the end of the film but even with those issues i think the film is still pretty good. About Tom Cruise acting, it is no surprise to me that you are start to like him as an actor, he is a graeat if you want too see perform at hightest level, i recomend you to watch "Born in the Forth the July" (he was nominated for an oscar for this one), "Magnolia", "Jerry Maguire" " Eyes White Shut" and "Collateral".

[@tobyhart8515]

Tom Cruise really does love women and they love him.

[@RighteousBrother]

If you like this, wait till you get to 4, 5 and 6 they just get better. In a lot of ways this is where the MI films start to really get going. Edit: it appears that everyone has been saying this.

[@BadSodaProductions]

You gotta get to the newer ones

[@gerardrendos808]

The best one is number six. They get better from 3 to 6, totally true.

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

Cant wait til you get to Rogue Nation aka SPECTRE but better, and then Fallout aka what No Time to Die is definately based on 3 is the first one to be kind of good and each one is just better than the last, 6 being one of the greatest action movies ever made