Mission: Impossible III is a 2006 action film directed by J. J. Abrams, his first film as a director, starring Tom Cruise as agent Ethan Hunt of the IMF, who also served as a producer. It was first released on April 26, 2006 at the Tribeca Film Festival, and widely released in the United States on May 5, 2006. The film was a box office success, and it received mostly positive critical reviews. The Film is part of the Mission: Impossible . Ethan Hunt has retired as a team leader at the IMF and instead taken to training new recruits while settling down with his fiancée Julia Meade , a... nurse at a local hospital who is unaware of Ethan's past. At a party, Ethan is approached by his fellow IMF agent John Musgrave , who secretly relays a mission to him: to rescue one of Ethan's protégés, Lindsey Farris , who was captured while on a mission to investigate the infamous black market dealer Owen Davian .
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| Release date: | April 24, 2006 |
| Directed by: | J.J. Abrams |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 126 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Hai Cheng Zhao |
| Editor: | Mary Jo Markey, Maryann Brandon, Nick Gibbs |
| Music by: | Michael Giacchino |
| Cinematography: | Daniel Mindel |
| Screenplay by: | Alex Kurtzman, J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci |
| Estimated budget: | $150,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |