Tom Cruise reprises his role as agent Ethan Hunt in this actioner, the third in the series that began with Mission: Impossible (1996) and Mission: Impossible II (2000). Hunt's assignment this time around is to go after a malevolent international arms dealer named Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who kidnaps his fiancée (Michelle Monaghan) halfway throughout the story. Supporting cast members include Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ving Rhames & Maggie Q.