Mission: Impossible 3

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Watched With: Jordan, Amberly

Sorry John Woo! We skipped your entry due to time constraints, but to be fair, it is the worst of the series. No slow mo flying doves for us.

So 10 years later, J.J Abrams takes the reins after 5 season of his own very fun Spy TV series. They add in a love interest for a bit of heart and keep the action big and the stakes high. And as usual have a mysterious high concept macguffin that is never explained but does allow for some nice location shooting for an action sequence on a skyscraper in Shanghai.

It also benefits from having a much clearer villain than the first instalment, here embodied with relish by the great Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Watching it directly after the first instalment a few things stand out. The spy technology for one, colour grading went crazy in 10 years and every set piece is 30 times bigger. The Helicopter chase at the start is nifty and I like breaking into Vatican City just because it shows off their more high tech mask creation technology, a staple of the series and one they finally sold me on with this instalment.

Again, a great cast of supporting characters, some of whom shall thankfully be returning in the next film.