This third instalment in the franchise is the poorest yet, but really we shouldn't be that surprised! This is over indulgent, over extended and over rated. Whilst there are a number of laugh out loud moments this lays on the violence, the ever increasingly stretched plot themes and the dire situations which the main protagonists find themselves in, and is all a tad too heavy and therefore hard to believe.
All the usual suspects are here again from the previous two more successful and believable films, and the best moments occur in the opening & closing five minutes and after the end credits roll. The first instalment set the bar for a new breed of Hollywood comedy which largely continued in the second film, but this third offering seems there for the sake of milking the franchise further without too much substance, comedic style or care obviously given to the two previous outings. A few redeeming features only and rest assured you can wait for the DVD before blowing the cost of a movie ticket. Watch out for the opening nod to 'Shawshank'!
Since this release Bradley Cooper has gone on to do much more convincing stuff, evening garnering an Oscar nod along the way in an attempt to shake off the shackles of this now tired franchise . . . God forbid that they roll this out for a fourth!
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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