It would be easier to forgive some of the film's excesses, however, if it were actually funny.
3 Strikes (2000)
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Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 0
Rotten:28
Average Rating: 2.3/10
Consensus: 3 Strikes lacks direction and its low-brow humor isn't even that funny.
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This action-packed comedy follows a two time criminal (Hooks) who is already in trouble with the law. Threatened with serving a life sentence if he's convicted a third time, he commits to going straight and narrow. It isn't long before... This action-packed comedy follows a two time criminal (Hooks) who is already in trouble with the law. Threatened with serving a life sentence if he's convicted a third time, he commits to going straight and narrow. It isn't long before trouble finds him once again when an acquaintance of his shoots at a police officer. Mistaken for his accomplice, he must fight for survival while thinking of a way to prove his innocence. Music producer -- and co-writer of the sleeper hit Friday -- Pooh's debut as a director is fast, fresh, and filled with laughs. [More]
Starring: Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, David Alan Grier
Starring: Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, David Alan Grier, E-40, DJ Pooh, Vincent Schiavelli
Director: DJ Pooh
Director: DJ Pooh
Screenwriter: DJ Pooh
Producer: Marcus Morton
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Reviews for 3 Strikes
Relies much too heavily on multiple repetitions of gags that aren’t especially funny the first time around.
To give you an idea of the level of comedy here, Fargas has fewer lines than farts, playing a flatulent uncle.
Unoriginal and insulting, 3 Strikes goes down without scoring a single chuckle.
The simplistic formula of 3 Strikes relies on sexual humor, flatulence and references to not-so-current events, with the bombardment of mediocre jokes soon growing tiresome and repetitive.
A sloppy hash of a movie, poorly directed and plotted in a way that looks as if it were improvised on the spot.
3 Strikes is unlikely to break new ground as yet another attempt by rap musicians and producers to reach white Multiplex audiences with a low-budget comedy.
The problem with the film is of course the weak script. Slapstick requires impeccable timing, and this doesn't have it.
There's absolutely no momentum -- comedic or otherwise -- to propel the film or hold one's interest in what transpires.
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