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3 Strikes (2000)

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Reviews Counted:11

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Rotten:11

Average Rating:2.4/10

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... 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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Nov 30, 1999

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Relies much too heavily on multiple repetitions of gags that aren’t especially funny the first time around.

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02/14/01
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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A second-string effort.

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A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Dumb and sloppy.

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Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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Designed for a lowest-common-denominator audience segment.

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Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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Unoriginal and insulting, 3 Strikes goes down without scoring a single chuckle.

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01/01/00
Dave Larsen
Dave Larsen
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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A sloppy hash of a movie, poorly directed and plotted in a way that looks as if it were improvised on the spot.

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Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Sophomoric and unfunny.

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Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Los Angeles Times
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Butt-numbingly dull and almost entirely laugh-free.

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Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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In 3 Strikes, empty jokes hang heavy, and you may find yourself fanning the air much as Uncle Jim's family does when the old coot lets one rip.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Pooh's 3 Strikes aims a good deal higher in concept than, say, your average booty movie — but the crude, witless jokes are on exactly that level.

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Michael Atkinson
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A giddy farce with sporadic laughs and no staying power.

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Tom Keogh
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