Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible is an American action film of the super-spy subgenre. It is the third installment in the Mission: Impossible film series produced by Paramount Pictures. The movie was directed by J.J. Abrams with a script written by Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. It was produced by Abrams' studio, Bad Robot Productions, and premiered in the United States on May 22nd, 1996. The film stars Tom Cruise reprising the role of the heroic Ethan Hunt, with Philip Seymour Hoffman as the story's antagonist, Owen Davian. It also stars Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, Billy Crudup as John Musgrave, Michelle Monaghan as Julia Meade, Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Declan Gormley, and Keri Russell as Lindsey Farris.