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Mission Impossible 3 was very different from the previous two. This third installment ventured into the genre I think of as self-contained spy movies. These are movies with almost no exposition or external significance. Movies where the whole thing is just about this small group of people and whether or not they can pull off this hard to do job and not get screwed by double crosses in the process.

That's essentially the deal here. Tom and his buddies have to steal this "Rabbit's Foot" item, of which the only think we know is it's about the size of a breadbox (this is true throughout the movie.) Why do they need it? Why does the villain want it? Who cares! It's cool to watch them fight over it, and that's pretty much the whole point of the movie.

For this genre, I thought MI:3 was excellent. It was fast paced, all the characters are smart, and they got to do lots of over the top things. But by far the best part of the movie was Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the main villain. He didn't mess around with being a half hearted villain, or a good guy that lost his way. He is cold, self serving, and completely without morals or remorse to guide his actions. It's almost refreshing to see a pure villain like that in a movie.

This isn't a movie I'll remember as being ground breaking, but it sure was fun to watch.

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