Mission: Impossible III, 2006 - ★★

J.J. Abrams’s hackery will definitely be a major chapter in the history of 21st century cinema’s decline.

This movie is convoluted - even for a Mission Impossible film. And much like his even more  execrable Star Trek and Star Wars films the stakes feel impossibly small.

He even manages to waste a pretty solid Phillip Seymour Hoffman villain performance by reducing him to two monologues and a way too short climactic fight.

One of our greatest actors ever and he’s reduced to nonsensical motivations about nothing.

J.J. should stay in movie jail - right where he belongs.

Woof!