Hoffman always brought his A-game to his craft, one of those few actors that just stole the show almost every time. He was just so incredibly good, we are lucky to witness such talent.
MI III is criminally underrated. PSH was one of the most terrifying "action movie" villains in recent memory. There was a calm, confident, sincerity to his words that gave greater weight to their malicious and violent nature. I also appreciate how it didn't really matter what the Rabbit's Foot did. It's a bio weapon, it's a nuke, a computer virus... does that really matter? Do we really need to spend time explaining how bad this thing is? No. There was a simplicity to the plot and that made the movie's pace brisk.
@@Aerial_ImagingYes, sadly that is why it was deemed not that good. As the ending was not a good payoff for the time invested. Nonetheless, still a fun watch.
Am I the only one who thinks this villain sucked? PSH is always great but this character is all hate sink. Just made to be as hateable as possible, no real substance. And his death was so meh, you could've missed it.
Yeah noticed it on my 2nd viewing, you just do feel like Ethan is screwed, even when he is the one doing the questioning you just see how he's totally not in control and loosing his sh*t throughout the movie
Yes, Cruise is low-key awesome in both the scenes where he faces off against Hoffman. The cold open when Hunt goes through every tactic he can think of as Davian counts to ten, and then in the interrogation scene when Hunt is never really in control of the situation and finally erupts.
The first 5 mins of MI3 absolutely blew me away. Phillip Seymour Hoffman's villain follows through with his threats and that lingers with you all throughout the movie
I’ll never forget seeing this in a theatre and during that opening scene, you can hear a pin drop as the tension build! Hoffman was genius in that chilling performance! Kudos to Cruise too.. He held his own!
Fun Fact: At one point during production, Ricky Gervais was cast in the film as an ally to Ethan Hunt, but due to various production and casting changes, Gervais had to pull out of the film and was replaced by Simon Pegg.
@@albertgaspar627lol they did a poor job at it. Both Cage and Travolta completely freestyled their role once they switched characters but still a great movie though
What made him so scary is that even Ethan feared him. Unlike previous villains who have a mastery of some skill set such as fighting or weaponry, PSH is smarter than Ethan. A classic pen is mightier than the sword set up.
I remember being at the theatre with zero hopes after MI2, and then being floored with the first 5 minutes of this movie. That scene alone, is responsible for whatever we had after the third movie. And I'm grateful for it.
The scene where hunt tries 10 different approaches to bargaining with him is some of the best acting you will ever see. Tom should have won an Oscar for that scene
Boy can you imagine if Philip Seymour Hoffman played The Penguin like this in a Christopher Nolan Batman movie like this… that would of been Heath Ledger’s Joker levels of awesome
This was instantly my favorite Mission Impossible movie, and still is - solely because of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s performance, and the depth of the relationship that Tom Cruise had with his wife… actually bringing her into the plot of the story, and the chemistry between them. It was beautiful.
That scene with him holding the gun to Ethan’s “wife’s” head is so chilling to watch. You can tell that he just wants to see Ethan suffer in that moment, knowing that he can’t do anything to prevent it. It’s one of the only times in the series where Ethan doesn’t have the upper hand, and for sure the only time we hear him beg. It feels so real. Great acting by Tom and PSH in that scene. Can’t wait for Dead Reckoning! Haven’t been this excited for a movie in quite a while. It’s not often that you know an action film will blow your socks off before you even see it.
That's just Hoffman for you. You give those lines "I'm gonna find her and I'm gonna hurt her" to another actor and that's not gonna sound as creepy as it did. What a treasure he was!
The scene with this guy in the introduction of MI3 is like a core memory for me from when I was 9 or 10. My eyes were glued and I mean GLUED to the screen every time dad and I popped this into our DVD player.
Moneyball, Love Liza, Capote, Boogie Nights. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was one of the last of his kind. A true chameleon who could disappear into a role, but was spectacular enough to not be labeled a “character” actor.
@@mew10521 An actor best known (or better suited) to playing characters rather than 'star power'. You might recognise their faces from other movies, but you'd be hard-pressed to name them. John Travolta, Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie...they're NOT character actors
Still my favorite MI to date. And over half of that is due to Philip Seymour Hoffman. This also being the movie that made me see Ethan Hunt as a fully realized/fleshed out character.
Exactly, Ethan is finally a human being here similarly to Craig’s Bond. But viewers wanted just a spectacle without the baggage and we got MI4, MI5, MI6
@@ChristopherLono - I don't really understand this comment. In MI4, 5 and 6, they continued to humanize Ethan, with a strong focus put on the interactions between the characters and the team chemistry. Compare this to MI1, where Ethan is practically a blank slate (and the reference to his parents feels like it exists in a vacuum).
Mine too. I love MI3, and it's really mostly because of Phillip Seymour Hoffman and non stop GOOD action... I love the middle part of the movie... Great opening BAM, intense scene of saving Lindsey who dies, BAM, intense conversation in the headquarters, Ethan catches Owen Davien and just like that they attack the bridge, release him, he kidnaps his wife and makes him rogue, BAM - what an interesting finale this will be... It's pacing is just incredible, and action scenes are amazing.
Both Hoffman and Cruise deserved Oscar noms for their performances in MI3, it was Cruise's best acting in an MI movie. The chair scene alone hasn't been topped in terms of acting. Underrated.
This is still my favorite Mission impossible film. I think it’s highly underrated. It has the best opening scene in the franchise and I think has the most emotional/powerful performance from Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt.
Amen! Am I the only one who also thinks Laurence Fishburne's character as the IMF Director in this film was epic with the most iconic line of the franchise: "You can look at me with those judgmental eyes all you want, but I bullshit you not, I will bleed on the American flag to make sure those stripes stay red." Like c'mon. Why was Henry Czerny brought back in Dead Reckoning but not Fishburne!
THAT high octane intro tho. MI3 is one of the greatest action films ever, let alone the best MI! Brilliant acting supports the brilliant action choreography. Fabulous pacing is aided by clean (not simple) storyline.
Another thing that makes his villain stand out against a lot of the others in the franchise, much like Goldfinger or Le Chiffre in the Bond films, is that he isn't a terrorist who's whole character centers around some world ending/society crippling scheme, Solomon Lane works in those later films but I still don't find him massively interesting or unique. From the get-go Owen Davian is established as an arms dealer, plain and simple, from that its easy to comprehend why he does what he does, it makes him feel a lot more real and he isn't bogged down by lofty speeches that can easily come off as generic. That plane scene has such simple and clear dialogue but his delivery makes it so memorable and unsettling, none of the other villains in the franchise have hooked me as much as he did.
This was my first Mission Impossible movie and I vividly remember being so afraid of this man. Later I realized this was the same guy that played a comedic relief character from a Ben Stiller rom com I saw previously and it kind of blew my mind. That was what made kid me start paying closer attention to acting performances and understand the talent behind them. Philip Seymour Hoffman is to this day my favorite actor. RIP to one of the greatest to ever do it
I wanted to cast the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman in an Indie project i'm making but his agent keep saying he has passed. It's tough when small flim maker have great actors pass up on their script.
Watched MI3 for the first time as a kid… I remember watching Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s performance made me feel TERRIFIED. Probably the first movie villain that made me feel scared and anxious at the same time.
He’s such a phenomenal villain because, in any other film, with any other actor in the role, it would be the same one note, forgettable “bad guy” character we’ve seen a thousand times before. It was how Hoffman and the film went in the complete opposite direction of the trope and audience expectation, that made this villains so terrifying and memorable.
MI:3 has the best opening sequence. It is a throwback to the TV series, and done so chillingly well. It sets the stakes for the rest of the movie. None of the other MI movies had a terrifying intro as MI:3. It's a masterclass in acting -- between PSH and TC.
Going to another Abrams project, I think that Michael Emerson’s Benjamin Linus is one of the greatest screen villains of all time. He also fits the “mystery box” philosophy as you never knew what he was capable of. Characters would beat and torture him and he would bleed and suffer, but never fold. He sent the clear message that there was nothing you could do to him. In a show full of amazing characters, his was a stand out.
I find him overrated and k like overstaying his welcome kinda way. The scene where He's had Ethan's wife hostess, Tom Cruise's acting was better, if you don't think so you're biased against Tom Cruise. Is Hoffman an outstanding actor? Yes Is he better actor than Tom Cruise? No coz He can't play an eccentric madman or a Sex guru like Cruise did in Magnolia.
Seeing this as a kid was quite an experience, such an underrated action movie. It was so chaotic and visceral in the best way, and having PSH in there resulted in one of the best and most menacing onscreen movie villains, such a versatile and amazing actor. He passed far too soon, RIP.
Zod from Man of Steel will always be one of my favorite Villains. Michael Shannon nailed that role. The moment before he's sent to the Phantom Zone, screaming at Lara (Superman's mother) "I will find him!" sent chills down my spine. The dialogue where he sees Superman destroy the terraforming ship, preventing Zod from turning Earth into Krypton 2.0 (thus also preventing Zod from restoringthe Kryptonian civilization), portrays him as so much more than a power-hungry and brutal antagonist. He sees himself as the protector of Krypton and it's people. In his eyes, Superman just murdered an entire race, a race Zod was hell bent on saving.
A race Zod was created to protect. The rage he displays afterwards is not only due to losing his only purpose for living, but also for what Superman did in destroying what was left of Krypton. His performance was amazing in MoS.
That's why i love mi 3, starting from how amazing the villain is, to how it deals with "flaws" from mi2, aka having PSH character recite a weird poem to replicate his voice, to the first continuos shot of tom cruise running, to the little details of him in the beginning of the film noticing what his GF's friends were saying by reading their lips to this coming back in the middle of the film where he gets information in the same way, to the whole section in Italy, specially him measuring how high the wall was for him to drop safely (amazing callback to MI 1)
Absolute legend. The way he plays this character if perfect. Even when he’s captured you can tell that he still has the upper hand. Drugs stole a true talent from us.
Absolutely one of my favorite villains. My all-time favorite, though, is Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk from the Netflix Daredevil series. Honestly, most of that series plays to me like an origin story arc for Kingpin, though he and Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock are really well-balanced foils for one another throughout.
@@jc4jax I was never a fan of Kingpin until the Netflix series. D'Onofrio gave him new life, imo. Really rounded out the character and drove home just how unstable and dangerous he was always supposed to be. Also much scarier as the stakes got higher and he got more unhinged. He's not the "immovable object" he was in the comics, but he's a lot more believable for me. Really drew me in. Sorry you didn't enjoy it
Ive been telling and saying this for years, in comments and rankings, MI3 is so underrated, its probably one.if not top 4 all time MI movie... if not for Tom Cruise'z antics that year this movie would have been a much more hit
Green Goblin from the Tobey Maguire Spider-man films stands out to me a lot, he is a psychotic killer but also uses subterfuge and intellect, his line "In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you." stuck in the back of my mind throughout the entire Tobey Maguire Spider-man movies.
too right. re-watching the third film i forgot how dark it was and how deeply unpleasant Davian was. I think it's helped by the fact Hoffman doesn't 'look like' a bad guy
PSH always blows me away. When I saw this movie as a kid I was terrified. We truly lost one of the greatest of all times in my opinion. I have yet to see a film where he isn't at the top of his class.
I’ll never forget the first time I saw MI3, it was magical! PSH absolutely nailed his character, and you know that he was an A-list villain when his demise was that satisfying. Rest in peace, legend. Thank you for delivering on the film that turned the series around.
Mission: Impossible III is the most darkest movie in the franchise and I love it, definitely an underrated movie, and his villain is the best one in the whole franchise
This was my fav villian in movies for a long time. He was such a great bad guy I wish we got to see more of him playing the heel. One of the best actors of my generation and i was very saddened by his passing. His talent was huge. Let's be honest he wassnt the typical Hollywood actor, not in the stereotypical sense ...but his talent bought him upto the highest levels of the industry. Was a great loss of a great artist.
Hoffman in this movie, is in my opinion, one of the best movie villians ever. I loved how we knew very little of Davien's past but yet knew he had to have gone thru some fucked up shit early on in his life to be such a cold hearted motherfucker. It left me hoping to find more information on Davien's life, childhood, and mental state in order for me to process the reasons as to why he did the things he did and why there was absolutely no bargaining with the guy whatsoever. Nearly identical to a character that some of you may have heard of in Christopher Nolan's, The Dark Knight.(The character being Joker in case you have lived under a rock for the remainder of the 2000s. If only they could've made a prequel, dedicating a small portion of the movie to touch on his origin without ruining the mystery/interest of the character, or a part 2 of MI3 to help build up the showdown of Davien/Hawk even more. I'm just glad to hear that others have put Hoffmann's performance as Owen Davien, as one of the best. Great performance!!! REST IN PEACE TO PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, A TRUE MASTER OF HIS CRAFT.
It's so funny... When people ask which MI movie is my favorite, it has always been (and will always be) PSH in MI3. His character was just so menacing. Literally no matter what, that dude's demeanor was just so calm, and I always thought he was BRILLIANT in this. RIP
This is why MI3 was the peak of the franchise. Hoffman's performance was incredible both as the villain, and when they were impersonating him with the masks.
This review is spot-on, imo. Even the split-second hesitation that Hoffman employs before deciding to remove his jacket in the hotel's bathroom scene is wonderfully nuanced, realistic, and highly relatable. He was a tremendous actor, a rare gift, and greatly missed.
I’m glad someone else has said this. Also not only was he the best villain in the series but I think Mission Impossible 3 is the best so far out of all of them. Hoffman being so drastically different from Twister was crazy.
Am I the only one who thinks this villain sucked? PSH is always great but this character is all hate sink. Just made to be as hateable as possible, no real substance. And his death was so meh, you could've missed it.
That short scene where PSH is acting as Tom Cruise whose acting as Ethan Hunt whose acting as Davian... is so good!!! The way he subtly shifts his tone, cadence, movements... chefs kiss. So masterful
Philip Hoffman was a rare acting talent. For me it had gotten to the point where I would usually watch any movie with him in it, since his presence was a pretty good indicator of a good flick. I miss him.
I think I first saw MI3 when I was 13 or so years old and to this day I still remember that foreshadowing intro so well. The other movies have amazingly great action, but that intro of Davian being a true menacing villain will always stand out to me.
I remember watching the intro of this movie playing on a tv in an antique store. I was blown away by Hoffman's villainy. His monotone voice, the way he matter of fact threatens to kill curisies wife, he seemed more like a force of nature than a human being.
I saw MI3 when I was a kid and the interogation scene(which is the first scene) scared the shit out of me and begged my parents to get out of the theatre. Man what an absolute performance he did.
I agree. It's one of the best villains, not only, of the MI franchise but of all action movies. He made the movie feel like a drama instead of an action movie sometimes. You can feel "fear" with his acting.
I have been saying this for years, he is in my top 10 THEATRICAL villains. OMG you got a sub for this, you literally saved me the trouble of creating this on my channel myself.
Hoffman always had such powerful nuance in every character he played. He could say so much with just a look. You could grasp how his character felt just by the way he delivered a small line. He was a brilliant, rare talent.
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Hoffman always brought his A-game to his craft, one of those few actors that just stole the show almost every time. He was just so incredibly good, we are lucky to witness such talent.
Shame he threw it all away being a weak assed junkie.
Leaving his son to grow up without a Dad.
He dead a loser junkie....lol
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MI III is criminally underrated. PSH was one of the most terrifying "action movie" villains in recent memory. There was a calm, confident, sincerity to his words that gave greater weight to their malicious and violent nature. I also appreciate how it didn't really matter what the Rabbit's Foot did. It's a bio weapon, it's a nuke, a computer virus... does that really matter? Do we really need to spend time explaining how bad this thing is? No. There was a simplicity to the plot and that made the movie's pace brisk.
The climax was a bit disappointing.
@@Aerial_ImagingYes, sadly that is why it was deemed not that good. As the ending was not a good payoff for the time invested. Nonetheless, still a fun watch.
Am I the only one who thinks this villain sucked? PSH is always great but this character is all hate sink. Just made to be as hateable as possible, no real substance. And his death was so meh, you could've missed it.
@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom At least, he was better than the other villains
@@sluggishhollow2030 I like August Walker.
I think Cruise doesn’t get enough credit for selling Davian’s menace with his performance too. Both great actors.
Yeah noticed it on my 2nd viewing, you just do feel like Ethan is screwed, even when he is the one doing the questioning you just see how he's totally not in control and loosing his sh*t throughout the movie
Cruise in MI 3 is incredible. Best performance Cruise has given aside from The Last Samurai.
@@ComedyBros5Born on the Fourth of July and Magnolia beg to differ…
Yes, Cruise is low-key awesome in both the scenes where he faces off against Hoffman. The cold open when Hunt goes through every tactic he can think of as Davian counts to ten, and then in the interrogation scene when Hunt is never really in control of the situation and finally erupts.
Fyi- While you're all here fellating, Cruise is low-key high-key complicit to a disappeared white lady in his scientology cult @@WastedPo
The first 5 mins of MI3 absolutely blew me away. Phillip Seymour Hoffman's villain follows through with his threats and that lingers with you all throughout the movie
He didn't kill Ethan right in front of Jules tho
SEVEN!!!
@@RiffleVFXportfolio"Ten." And cold as ice, he shot "Jules" in front of Ethan. Absolutely brilliant way to open a film.
Keri Russel was amazing. I wish we had gotten a prequel with her character and Hunt.
I’ll never forget seeing this in a theatre and during that opening scene, you can hear a pin drop as the tension build! Hoffman was genius in that chilling performance! Kudos to Cruise too.. He held his own!
RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman
He died?
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@@VO1D333 2014. Drugs
@@FarhanMehmood whaaaat I don't remember this at all. No wonder I haven't seen him in new stuff. What drugs was it? I'm thinking heroin and coke lol
@VO1D333 it was everything you said and then some.
Fun Fact: At one point during production, Ricky Gervais was cast in the film as an ally to Ethan Hunt, but due to various production and casting changes, Gervais had to pull out of the film and was replaced by Simon Pegg.
Probably for the best
No way! Is this real??
Probably for the better, Simon sold better as a tech savvy
Good. I can't stand Gervais.
One can only hope that Gervais gets replaced by Simon Pegg everywhere. Would be a welcome change.
The torture scene was really intense and Tom cruise's acting was on point. Never knew he could act like that.
He isn't a bad actor when it comes down to it.
Watch a few good men. Tom is on par with Jack in that one courtroom scene.
Have you watched The Last Samurai? the guy can do it all, probably the most versatile actor of the generation
Magnolia.. that is Tom Cruise at his best.
@@yt_hatesfreespeech the trivia of the dedication of tom cruise in the last samurai was eye opening
I love the small bit where he plays Ethan Hunt disguised as Davian. He immediately does a perfect Tom Cruise impression. Legendary.
if you like that, catch "Face/Off"--two actors who do a great job with the mannerisms of the other.
@@albertgaspar627lol they did a poor job at it. Both Cage and Travolta completely freestyled their role once they switched characters but still a great movie though
Agreed. I also thought Vanessa Kirby did an exceptional job playing Grace in disguise in the latest entry.
@@mphvideographerTrue, Dugrey Scott had to do two scenes as Tom Cruise in MI:2 but they went by pretty quick.
He was the first Mission Impossible Villain I took serious.
What made him so scary is that even Ethan feared him. Unlike previous villains who have a mastery of some skill set such as fighting or weaponry, PSH is smarter than Ethan. A classic pen is mightier than the sword set up.
He also clearly inspired Heath Ledgers "Joker". They speak very similarly, though with Joker obviously being more crazy.
😐no. He's. Not. Crazy. @@hellcatdave1
*seriously
@@hellcatdave1 umm how? Dark Knight was 2008, this was 2006
I remember being at the theatre with zero hopes after MI2, and then being floored with the first 5 minutes of this movie. That scene alone, is responsible for whatever we had after the third movie. And I'm grateful for it.
Yep. MI2 was appalling.
Didnt watch another until MI6
People say this but that movie was enjoyable as hell.
I wasn’t the only one watching and digging it.
Agreed.
Why would you see the third movie if you had zero hopes for it?
@@Alienkiwi730 I took a risk, thankfully. It paid off big time.
The scene where hunt tries 10 different approaches to bargaining with him is some of the best acting you will ever see. Tom should have won an Oscar for that scene
It would have been better if the guy actually killed his wife instead of doing the same villain nonsense they all do.
@@JDoe-gf5oz Agreed. Having it be a fakeout death just destroyed the tension and cheapen the effect of the brilliant performances of the actors.
@@JDoe-gf5ozHunt would’ve made him suffer. He’s like Rambo but not as severe
Phillip Seymour Hoffman would have made an incredible Oswald Cobblepot in Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy.
Boy can you imagine if Philip Seymour Hoffman played The Penguin like this in a Christopher Nolan Batman movie like this… that would of been Heath Ledger’s Joker levels of awesome
This was instantly my favorite Mission Impossible movie, and still is - solely because of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s performance, and the depth of the relationship that Tom Cruise had with his wife… actually bringing her into the plot of the story, and the chemistry between them. It was beautiful.
I'm in complete agreement.
It's because Cruise has had a lot of practice playing the role of doting husband outside of work.
This movie defined the rest of the franchise, and I will forever be grateful for JJ's work.
Arguably JJ's best work. Not sure where he misstepped but he was on FIRE for this.
when i was a kid i legitametly was scared of Hoffman as a villain, an incredible played character
Definitely the best villain
That scene with him holding the gun to Ethan’s “wife’s” head is so chilling to watch. You can tell that he just wants to see Ethan suffer in that moment, knowing that he can’t do anything to prevent it. It’s one of the only times in the series where Ethan doesn’t have the upper hand, and for sure the only time we hear him beg. It feels so real. Great acting by Tom and PSH in that scene. Can’t wait for Dead Reckoning! Haven’t been this excited for a movie in quite a while. It’s not often that you know an action film will blow your socks off before you even see it.
And of course the villain doesn't follow through for reasons. Yeah, real terrifying guy.
That's just Hoffman for you. You give those lines "I'm gonna find her and I'm gonna hurt her" to another actor and that's not gonna sound as creepy as it did. What a treasure he was!
Loved that little.pause "That was ....fun."
The scene with this guy in the introduction of MI3 is like a core memory for me from when I was 9 or 10. My eyes were glued and I mean GLUED to the screen every time dad and I popped this into our DVD player.
Moneyball, Love Liza, Capote, Boogie Nights. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was one of the last of his kind. A true chameleon who could disappear into a role, but was spectacular enough to not be labeled a “character” actor.
plus his best role in The Master
What's a character actor?
@@mew10521 short version: someone typecast as a supporting weirdo
@@mew10521 An actor best known (or better suited) to playing characters rather than 'star power'. You might recognise their faces from other movies, but you'd be hard-pressed to name them.
John Travolta, Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie...they're NOT character actors
@@lostsock9852Stanley Tucci and Ben Kingsley are the first character actors that come to my mind
Philip Seymour Hoffman was phenomenal actor.
He could play anything.
Still my favorite MI to date. And over half of that is due to Philip Seymour Hoffman. This also being the movie that made me see Ethan Hunt as a fully realized/fleshed out character.
Exactly, Ethan is finally a human being here similarly to Craig’s Bond. But viewers wanted just a spectacle without the baggage and we got MI4, MI5, MI6
@@ChristopherLono - I don't really understand this comment. In MI4, 5 and 6, they continued to humanize Ethan, with a strong focus put on the interactions between the characters and the team chemistry. Compare this to MI1, where Ethan is practically a blank slate (and the reference to his parents feels like it exists in a vacuum).
@@WastedPo They were better than the first one but only slightly, MI3 was unique where we get to see his life.
My fav after Ghost Protocol
Mine too. I love MI3, and it's really mostly because of Phillip Seymour Hoffman and non stop GOOD action... I love the middle part of the movie... Great opening BAM, intense scene of saving Lindsey who dies, BAM, intense conversation in the headquarters, Ethan catches Owen Davien and just like that they attack the bridge, release him, he kidnaps his wife and makes him rogue, BAM - what an interesting finale this will be... It's pacing is just incredible, and action scenes are amazing.
Both Hoffman and Cruise deserved Oscar noms for their performances in MI3, it was Cruise's best acting in an MI movie. The chair scene alone hasn't been topped in terms of acting. Underrated.
It’s a shame you never mentioned his acting in The Hunger Games, he really pulls off a super complex character with his limited screen time
This is still my favorite Mission impossible film. I think it’s highly underrated. It has the best opening scene in the franchise and I think has the most emotional/powerful performance from Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt.
Amen! Am I the only one who also thinks Laurence Fishburne's character as the IMF Director in this film was epic with the most iconic line of the franchise: "You can look at me with those judgmental eyes all you want, but I bullshit you not, I will bleed on the American flag to make sure those stripes stay red."
Like c'mon. Why was Henry Czerny brought back in Dead Reckoning but not Fishburne!
THAT high octane intro tho. MI3 is one of the greatest action films ever, let alone the best MI! Brilliant acting supports the brilliant action choreography. Fabulous pacing is aided by clean (not simple) storyline.
Another thing that makes his villain stand out against a lot of the others in the franchise, much like Goldfinger or Le Chiffre in the Bond films, is that he isn't a terrorist who's whole character centers around some world ending/society crippling scheme, Solomon Lane works in those later films but I still don't find him massively interesting or unique. From the get-go Owen Davian is established as an arms dealer, plain and simple, from that its easy to comprehend why he does what he does, it makes him feel a lot more real and he isn't bogged down by lofty speeches that can easily come off as generic. That plane scene has such simple and clear dialogue but his delivery makes it so memorable and unsettling, none of the other villains in the franchise have hooked me as much as he did.
This performance made the movie really better in my opinion
That’s scene where he tells him his name so calmly, “Ethan” 😈
That's right !! Philip Seymor Hoffman is BY FAR the best villain of all MI movies ! He was cold, menacing and brutal !
This was my first Mission Impossible movie and I vividly remember being so afraid of this man. Later I realized this was the same guy that played a comedic relief character from a Ben Stiller rom com I saw previously and it kind of blew my mind. That was what made kid me start paying closer attention to acting performances and understand the talent behind them. Philip Seymour Hoffman is to this day my favorite actor. RIP to one of the greatest to ever do it
Same. I knew dude saying “ I sharted” lol
I mean, you cast the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman in anything, you expect him to overdeliver. That's just what Hoffman did so well.
I wanted to cast the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman in an Indie project i'm making but his agent keep saying he has passed. It's tough when small flim maker have great actors pass up on their script.
@@whakjob did you not hear what the guy said? He's late, like all the time. Maybe wait a few more years
@@thepeanuts55he said late in his comment as knows Phillip Seymour Hoffman is dead
@@thepeanuts55were you listening to the dudes story? So you have no frame of reference here….
Hoffman portrayed a genuine psychopath better than any other actor in the MI franchise.
Watched MI3 for the first time as a kid… I remember watching Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s performance made me feel TERRIFIED. Probably the first movie villain that made me feel scared and anxious at the same time.
Best mission impossible movie for me. Seymour Hoffmann is incredible here.
He’s such a phenomenal villain because, in any other film, with any other actor in the role, it would be the same one note, forgettable “bad guy” character we’ve seen a thousand times before. It was how Hoffman and the film went in the complete opposite direction of the trope and audience expectation, that made this villains so terrifying and memorable.
MI:3 has the best opening sequence. It is a throwback to the TV series, and done so chillingly well. It sets the stakes for the rest of the movie. None of the other MI movies had a terrifying intro as MI:3. It's a masterclass in acting -- between PSH and TC.
0:01 I find it funny how Hoffman always shakes his head when he deliver his menacing lines
Owen Davian was such a good MI villain that I actually remember his name, unlike the other movies.
God damn i miss Philip Seymour Hoffman so bad. What an incredible actor. Even in a Mission Impossible movie he couldn't help but bring his A game
Going to another Abrams project, I think that Michael Emerson’s Benjamin Linus is one of the greatest screen villains of all time. He also fits the “mystery box” philosophy as you never knew what he was capable of. Characters would beat and torture him and he would bleed and suffer, but never fold. He sent the clear message that there was nothing you could do to him. In a show full of amazing characters, his was a stand out.
this is a bad guy from the tv show lost, saves you googling it like i had to
MI3 has always been one of favorite in the franchise because Hoffman nailed it. RIP and thank you Philip.
Philip Seymour Hoffman literally played the best Mission Impossible villain ever.
True and MI3 is so amazing. One of the best movies of 2006 and it made almost $400 million.
I find him overrated and k like overstaying his welcome kinda way.
The scene where He's had Ethan's wife hostess, Tom Cruise's acting was better, if you don't think so you're biased against Tom Cruise.
Is Hoffman an outstanding actor? Yes
Is he better actor than Tom Cruise? No coz He can't play an eccentric madman or a Sex guru like Cruise did in Magnolia.
Seeing this as a kid was quite an experience, such an underrated action movie. It was so chaotic and visceral in the best way, and having PSH in there resulted in one of the best and most menacing onscreen movie villains, such a versatile and amazing actor. He passed far too soon, RIP.
One of the most underrated movies in all of cinema. 3 turned that franchise for the better and I'm not sure why many people fail to see it that way.
Zod from Man of Steel will always be one of my favorite Villains. Michael Shannon nailed that role. The moment before he's sent to the Phantom Zone, screaming at Lara (Superman's mother) "I will find him!" sent chills down my spine. The dialogue where he sees Superman destroy the terraforming ship, preventing Zod from turning Earth into Krypton 2.0 (thus also preventing Zod from restoringthe Kryptonian civilization), portrays him as so much more than a power-hungry and brutal antagonist. He sees himself as the protector of Krypton and it's people. In his eyes, Superman just murdered an entire race, a race Zod was hell bent on saving.
A race Zod was created to protect. The rage he displays afterwards is not only due to losing his only purpose for living, but also for what Superman did in destroying what was left of Krypton. His performance was amazing in MoS.
He’s the reason I still go back to this movie, he was a great villain
The opening scene of MI3 is still to this day the best opening scene I've ever seen in a movie.
Hoffman and Michael Nyqvist really brought an aspect to the franchise that we haven’t seen since.
That's why i love mi 3, starting from how amazing the villain is, to how it deals with "flaws" from mi2, aka having PSH character recite a weird poem to replicate his voice, to the first continuos shot of tom cruise running, to the little details of him in the beginning of the film noticing what his GF's friends were saying by reading their lips to this coming back in the middle of the film where he gets information in the same way, to the whole section in Italy, specially him measuring how high the wall was for him to drop safely (amazing callback to MI 1)
Absolute legend. The way he plays this character if perfect. Even when he’s captured you can tell that he still has the upper hand. Drugs stole a true talent from us.
Absolutely one of my favorite villains. My all-time favorite, though, is Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk from the Netflix Daredevil series. Honestly, most of that series plays to me like an origin story arc for Kingpin, though he and Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock are really well-balanced foils for one another throughout.
Hated Donofrio's Fisk, he's not whiny and petulant like that in the comics
@@jc4jax I was never a fan of Kingpin until the Netflix series. D'Onofrio gave him new life, imo. Really rounded out the character and drove home just how unstable and dangerous he was always supposed to be. Also much scarier as the stakes got higher and he got more unhinged. He's not the "immovable object" he was in the comics, but he's a lot more believable for me. Really drew me in. Sorry you didn't enjoy it
Back when JJ Abrams still had our respect
He doesn't now? I didn't know that.
Jar Jar!
He acted even better as the agent impersonating him.
Ive been telling and saying this for years, in comments and rankings, MI3 is so underrated, its probably one.if not top 4 all time MI movie... if not for Tom Cruise'z antics that year this movie would have been a much more hit
Green Goblin from the Tobey Maguire Spider-man films stands out to me a lot, he is a psychotic killer but also uses subterfuge and intellect, his line "In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you." stuck in the back of my mind throughout the entire Tobey Maguire Spider-man movies.
too right. re-watching the third film i forgot how dark it was and how deeply unpleasant Davian was. I think it's helped by the fact Hoffman doesn't 'look like' a bad guy
PSH always blows me away. When I saw this movie as a kid I was terrified. We truly lost one of the greatest of all times in my opinion. I have yet to see a film where he isn't at the top of his class.
Solomon Lane is probably my favorite MI villain but yeah Philip Seymour Hoffman was awesome too.
In my mind, Philip Seymour Hoffman wasn't just one of the greatest actors of our generation- he was THE greatest actor.
There’s this Daniel Day-Lewis kid who’s pretty good too. Seems like a real up-and-comer
PSH is definitely top 5, but Id argue, DD-L, Gary Oldman, and Anthony Hopkins are better.
I’ll never forget the first time I saw MI3, it was magical! PSH absolutely nailed his character, and you know that he was an A-list villain when his demise was that satisfying. Rest in peace, legend. Thank you for delivering on the film that turned the series around.
Forgot Matt Damon was playing Todd character from Breaking Bad in this
truly an odd way to move the Franchise towards. but well, it worked wonders!!
Mission: Impossible III is the most darkest movie in the franchise and I love it, definitely an underrated movie, and his villain is the best one in the whole franchise
This was my fav villian in movies for a long time. He was such a great bad guy I wish we got to see more of him playing the heel.
One of the best actors of my generation and i was very saddened by his passing. His talent was huge. Let's be honest he wassnt the typical Hollywood actor, not in the stereotypical sense ...but his talent bought him upto the highest levels of the industry. Was a great loss of a great artist.
I saw this movie at 10 years old and bc of Hoffman remembered it for the rest of my life
Hoffman in this movie, is in my opinion, one of the best movie villians ever. I loved how we knew very little of Davien's past but yet knew he had to have gone thru some fucked up shit early on in his life to be such a cold hearted motherfucker. It left me hoping to find more information on Davien's life, childhood, and mental state in order for me to process the reasons as to why he did the things he did and why there was absolutely no bargaining with the guy whatsoever. Nearly identical to a character that some of you may have heard of in Christopher Nolan's, The Dark Knight.(The character being Joker in case you have lived under a rock for the remainder of the 2000s. If only they could've made a prequel, dedicating a small portion of the movie to touch on his origin without ruining the mystery/interest of the character, or a part 2 of MI3 to help build up the showdown of Davien/Hawk even more. I'm just glad to hear that others have put Hoffmann's performance as Owen Davien, as one of the best. Great performance!!! REST IN PEACE TO PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, A TRUE MASTER OF HIS CRAFT.
MI3 is my favorite - the opening scene wonderfully sets the tone for the entire movie
It's so funny... When people ask which MI movie is my favorite, it has always been (and will always be) PSH in MI3. His character was just so menacing. Literally no matter what, that dude's demeanor was just so calm, and I always thought he was BRILLIANT in this. RIP
This is why MI3 was the peak of the franchise. Hoffman's performance was incredible both as the villain, and when they were impersonating him with the masks.
This is my favorite mission impossible movie next to ghost protocol this villain was truly menacing
He also was icy cool, keeping his composure even when Hunt was threatening to throw him off a plane
Rogue Nation is my favourite film of the franchise.
This review is spot-on, imo. Even the split-second hesitation that Hoffman employs before deciding to remove his jacket in the hotel's bathroom scene is wonderfully nuanced, realistic, and highly relatable. He was a tremendous actor, a rare gift, and greatly missed.
Rip Philip Seymour Hoffman
That segment coupled with the opening was chilling. Great acting.
This is my favorite mission impossible movie
I’m glad someone else has said this.
Also not only was he the best villain in the series but I think Mission Impossible 3 is the best so far out of all of them. Hoffman being so drastically different from Twister was crazy.
MI2 was great. Easily the most memorable of them all. Why do people hate it? lol
Yeah, pick that boss fight over groggy Ethan vs out of shape villain in MI3 anyday.
@@barriolimbasSaid nobody with functioning brain cells
Obviously not
MI2 was ridiculous. But that beach fight was pretty fun
@@spacequack5470”obviously not” = “some disagree”
The way this movie began with the interrogation scene cold open was chilling. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was just amazing I miss him still.
I swear to god, if you make another video with "THIS WAS CHILLING" in the thumbnail, I am unsubbing.
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Damian was definitely the most menacing villain in the franchise. Absolutely terrifying. Brilliant performance from Phillip.
Am I the only one who thinks this villain sucked? PSH is always great but this character is all hate sink. Just made to be as hateable as possible, no real substance. And his death was so meh, you could've missed it.
I thought I was the only one. He was easily caught and then rescued. He was only able to fight Ethan because he had a bomb in his head.
That short scene where PSH is acting as Tom Cruise whose acting as Ethan Hunt whose acting as Davian... is so good!!! The way he subtly shifts his tone, cadence, movements... chefs kiss. So masterful
Most terrifying movie villain ever. But also remember him being a dork and saying "FOOOOOOOD" in the movie Twister. LOL.
"Well Dude ... we just don't know" One of my favorite lines Mr Hoffman ever delivered. That guy was an amazing talent.
Solomon Lane - “What about me?”
Philip Hoffman was a rare acting talent. For me it had gotten to the point where I would usually watch any movie with him in it, since his presence was a pretty good indicator of a good flick. I miss him.
I think I first saw MI3 when I was 13 or so years old and to this day I still remember that foreshadowing intro so well. The other movies have amazingly great action, but that intro of Davian being a true menacing villain will always stand out to me.
As always, you nailed it. RIP to an absolute legend
Adored this film. The drone attack on the bridge was incredible
I remember watching the intro of this movie playing on a tv in an antique store. I was blown away by Hoffman's villainy. His monotone voice, the way he matter of fact threatens to kill curisies wife, he seemed more like a force of nature than a human being.
MI4 is when people started really loving the series, but I fell in love with #3 because of how great Hoffman was as a villain.
I saw MI3 when I was a kid and the interogation scene(which is the first scene) scared the shit out of me and begged my parents to get out of the theatre. Man what an absolute performance he did.
I agree. It's one of the best villains, not only, of the MI franchise but of all action movies. He made the movie feel like a drama instead of an action movie sometimes. You can feel "fear" with his acting.
I have been saying this for years, he is in my top 10 THEATRICAL villains. OMG you got a sub for this, you literally saved me the trouble of creating this on my channel myself.
I just did a Mission Impossible marathon hearing up to see Dead Reckoning and yeah, this was the greatest villain of the franchise by far.
Hoffman always had such powerful nuance in every character he played. He could say so much with just a look. You could grasp how his character felt just by the way he delivered a small line. He was a brilliant, rare talent.
JJ Abrams: "Mystery is the catalyst for imagination!" This might as well be the TLDR explanation for Lost lol
Seymour-Hoffman has two of the most tense "tied to a chair" scenes ever, one as the bad guy in Mission Impossible III, and one as the victim in Red Dragon.
Hoffman as cruise as Hoffman was legendary .
Hoffman was flat out terrifying in that role. Amazing performance by a great actor