Critters 3 (1991) Reviews

Initial Thought: Why do I do this to myself? I guess I am a glutton for punishment. This is the third entry in a mediocre series. The only reason I was interested in it was for Leonardo DiCaprio's first film role. Other than that I'm not really expecting much. I've heard they get pretty bad after the first one.

Characters/Acting: I'm pretty much here for Leonardo DiCaprio. Other than the returning characters Charlie and Ug no one else really garners any recognition. We do get some archive footage from characters of the previous films. I really didn't like the two asshole characters. The dad was a pretty useless character until the end. Some of the acting in some parts was rather aggravating.

Story: The critters return again this time to wreck havoc on a high rise Los Angeles apartment complex. There are only a handful of scenes I liked here. The ending pretty much made the first two films irrelevant.

Directing/Writing: I haven't seen any of Kristine Peterson's other work. Rupert Harvey and Barry Opper co-wrote the story for this one. They both wrote part four as well with Rupert Harvey taking helm as director. David J. Schow has good work under his belt with the likes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and The Crow. It seems that he didn't think properly when he wrote this because this was just terrible.

Final Thought: This was pretty awful. I was just really bored through this whole thing. I liked seeing where Leonardo DiCaprio started. That was about it for me. Other than him this movie really had nothing to offer. It changed up the lore of the series and barely did anything of note. This was uneventful and unmemorable. It might be of interest only to those who want to see where Leo started.

TRT: 1:24:41
First Death: 28:09
Last Death: 00:44:46
Critter Kills: 2
Total Kills: 2
Scenes with Blood: 3
Explosions: 5
Swears: 10
Tits: 0
Music: 3/5

When I was a kid, without daring watching the damned thing, I thought that ‘Critters’ looked awesome and pretty scary. Eventually, it took me about 20 years to finally watch this movie and I have to admit that it was rather harmless and pretty lame after all. So, you wonder why I would bother watch yet a 2nd sequel in this case? Well, in fact, the main reason I ended up watching this franchise is because I bought a (very cheap) dvd box with all the movies. The other reason I wanted to watch this 3rd installment was because there was Leonardo DiCaprio in it but honestly, it wasn’t really worth it though. I mean, sure, it was fun to see a very young DiCaprio giving a pretty average child performance (was he really 15-16 years old when he shot this?!? He looked so much younger) but, after 5 minutes, I'm afraid the fun was already pretty much gone. Basically, they just repeated again and again what happened in the previous movies and you can feel that this franchise was getting seriously lame at this point. So, I didn’t really like the damned thing but if you're into this kind of things, you may enjoy it more than I did but otherwise, you should probably avoid it.