Of somersaulting cars and chopper pursuits.

That's what Mission Impossible III offers to the average cinema-goer. I watched this movie yesterday and found myself thrilled at the end of the show. Well, maybe I like typical kickass police-and-thief chases with glorious-looking-blondes-firing-revolvers-like-they-were-born-with-them type of movies, but this movie co-produced by Cruise himself offers a little more. What more, you may ask, so I have compiled a checklist of what action movies should include in order to make them sell in the world.

Checklist of atypical action movies which have made their mark internationally

1. Big time action star paid like US$20 million per film (Checked, No doubt the 5'7'' (which is about 1.7018m) Cruise is crusing through the movie with a fat hefty cheque stuck in his tights)

2. Expensive cars that blew up for no rhyme or reason (Checked, and boy that's an orange Lambo Gallardo we are taking about (say yahoo!). In the words of Maggie Q, the slim and sleek female lifeform that adorned the car before it was blown apart, "Uhh... it's such a nice car." Totally. And check Cruise crusing (I know I have been using this often, but it sounds nice) through the streets in a Mercedes SLK. Or is it SLR. Whatever. (say yahoo!)

3. Spiderman or Tarzan tactics (Checked, with barely half an hour to save his wife, Cruise leaps off a building (spidey) and swings (Tarzan) from Bank of China to the villain's den, before sliding himself before the building's edge. (say Wow!) Did I hear you ask who the stuntman was?

4. Wall Climbing (Checked, hmmm actually it is a partial check, cause Cruise did not climb up a wall like Jackie or Jet. He walked up the Holy Vatican wall, aided by one of his toys, slept at the top, took a picture and used it to smoke the security camera. Talk about multi-tasking man. I wonder how many NGs that took.

5. Toys (Checked. Any super action star needs his toys. And Agent Hunt (Cruise) has his own assemblage as well. Detonators, Watches, Smoke machines, Drugs... you name them, he has them. Kinda reminds me of Agent Solid Snake in MGS where he could carry all sorts of equipment on his body. How do you store a detonator if you have ran out of space in your tightsuit? They should make toys like that anal-friendly. And yes, Toys R'Us should start selling them soon.

6. Asian kick/kiss ass NPCs (Checked, step aside Michelle Yeong n Lucy Liu, here comes sweet yet perfectly composed Maggie Q. Her emotionless eyes make her one of the hottest killer you can find. Feeling warm at your groin? That's probably because she has a laser crosshair on the jewels.

7. Fly for free (Checked. Cruise and his sidekicks flew for free from US to Germany, then to Italy, then to Shanghai. No wonder everyone wants to be an agent nowadays.

8. Rooftop dancing (Checked, Agent Hunt later found that he had to pay the Chinese 1 RMB for every piece of rooftile he smashed. Ouch.)

9. Running through the streets n across roads (Checked, every hero has to dash through the streets and across the roads in order to save the damsel. Cruise had to do something extra when he ran through a crowded corridor in rural Shanghai. He had to sputter "Zou1 Kai2" and "Xiao3 xing1" every 3 steps. Must be hard on him. No I mean them, the Chinese who have to bear with his accent.

10. Big, fat villain (Checked, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman is literally that. I like the way he teased Cruise. "Who are you? Do you have a wife? A girlfriend? Whoever she is, I'm gonna find her. I'm gonna hurt her. And then I'm going to kill you right in front of her." Ohhh tat's wicked. But at least its pretty original. Sidetrack: He does look a bit like Donald Trump huh? Hmmm...

And as you can see, these are the reasons that make MI 3 a tag more special than other action movies. It is a sequel, yes I know that sequels usually suck, but this movie is above average at least.

Mr Black's ratings: 4 stars out of 5 (meaning "save that 8 bucks of yours on McDonalds and watch this film".)

**This post is based entirely on Mr Black's personal opinions only. No viable lifeforms were killed during the typing of this post.

Mr Black is a current undergraduate who resides in Singapore. This blog is a non-whimsical reflection of his life and the society in which he lives in at large.

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