Mission: Impossible III

Agent Ethan Hunt wants to retreat into private life when one of his protégés is kidnapped. Soon his fiancée's life is also in danger. After Brian De Palma and John Woo, Tom Cruise initially wanted David Fincher to direct the third instalment of his private James Bond series, but it ultimately became the cinema debut of J.J. Abrams, celebrated for TV series such as Alias and Lost. Accordingly, the quick-cut style of the modern TV and streaming era characterises a brisk sequence of suspenseful episodes. Cruise is, of course, outplayed by an adversary: Mission: Impossible III actually belongs to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who shines as the icy villain. (Christoph Huber)

Since the second part is screening in our main retrospective, we are taking the opportunity to show all three films in one weekend:

Sat, 22.03. 18:00 - Mission: Impossible
Sat, 22.03. 20:30 - Mission: Impossible II
Sun, 23.03. 18:30 - Mission: Impossible III

Photo: Austrian Film Museum