Mission: Impossible III is a 2006 American spy action thriller movie directed by first time director J. J. Abrams and is the third movie in the "" series. It stars Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.