It would be easier to forgive some of the film's excesses, however, if it were actually funny.
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10/08/05
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3 Strikes (2000)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:0
Rotten:29
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... [More]
Starring: Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, David Alan Grier
Director: DJ Pooh
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Reviews for 3 Strikes
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08/14/05
Embarrassingly slipshod comedy tripe.
04/03/05
Has far more than three strikes against it.
02/03/05
This one used up all three of 'em in the first few minutes.
03/24/02
Relies much too heavily on multiple repetitions of gags that aren’t especially funny the first time around.
02/14/01
Top CriticTo give you an idea of the level of comedy here, Fargas has fewer lines than farts, playing a flatulent uncle.
01/01/00
A second-string effort.
01/01/00
Top CriticDumb and sloppy.
01/01/00
Top CriticDesigned for a lowest-common-denominator audience segment.
01/01/00
Top CriticUnoriginal and insulting, 3 Strikes goes down without scoring a single chuckle.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe 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.
01/01/00
A sloppy hash of a movie, poorly directed and plotted in a way that looks as if it were improvised on the spot.
01/01/00
Top Critic3 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.
01/01/00
Sophomoric and unfunny.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe problem with the film is of course the weak script. Slapstick requires impeccable timing, and this doesn't have it.
01/01/00
There's absolutely no momentum -- comedic or otherwise -- to propel the film or hold one's interest in what transpires.
01/01/00
Pooh wastes a wonderful cast.
01/01/00
A bitter pill to swallow.
01/01/00
Butt-numbingly dull and almost entirely laugh-free.
01/01/00
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