Mission: Impossible III
Movie, 2006, Ethan Hunt, Set in 2006
Mission: Impossible III is #5 of 10 in release order and #3 of 10 in chronological order in the Mission: Impossible.
The story
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
Mission: Impossible III recap
Ethan Hunt has left field work to train agents and is engaged to Julia, a nurse who thinks he works for the transport department. He is called back to rescue his former trainee Lindsey Farris from the arms dealer Owen Davian in Berlin, but she dies from an explosive planted in her head. Ethan marries Julia, then captures Davian at a party in the Vatican. Davian threatens to kill Julia, and his men break him free from IMF custody on a bridge. Davian kidnaps Julia and demands the Rabbit's Foot, a mysterious item, giving Ethan 48 hours. Ethan steals it from a building in Shanghai. Davian plants a charge in Ethan's head too. Ethan learns that a senior IMF official is working with Davian and suspects his boss, John Brassel.
Mission: Impossible III ending explained
In Shanghai, Ethan kills Davian, then finds Julia tied up, and with the charge in his head about to go off, shocks himself with live wires to disable it and has Julia revive him. The traitor is Ethan's superior Musgrave, and Julia shoots him. Back home, Brassel congratulates Ethan, who leaves on his honeymoon.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III is streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Pluto TV, and Tubi in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 73%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Mission: Impossible 2, before Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.
- Chronological order: after Mission: Impossible 2, before Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.
What to watch before Mission: Impossible III
In release order, the essentials before Mission: Impossible III (2006) are Mission: Impossible (1996) and Mission: Impossible 2 (2000).
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Owen Davian
- Ving Rhames as Luther
- Billy Crudup as Musgrave
- Michelle Monaghan as Julia
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Declan
- Keri Russell as Lindsey Farris
- Maggie Q as Zhen
- Simon Pegg as Benji
- Eddie Marsan as Brownway
- Laurence Fishburne as Theodore Brassel
- Bahar Soomekh as Davian's Translator
Directed by J.J. Abrams.