Film · 2006 · 126 min · Adventure · Action · Thriller
The mission begins.
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
Directed by J.J. Abrams
Starring Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q
TMDB lists no release dates for New Zealand yet. The first cinema release anywhere was on 25 April 2006 in the United Kingdom.
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25 April 2006 (the United Kingdom)
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