Home Alone 3 (1997)
5/10
Amusing but run-of-the-mill sequel with the same ingredients as the previous ones.
2 May 2024
¨Home Alone 3¨ (1997) by Raja Gosnell (editor of the two previous films) boasts a nice cast with Alex D. Linz taking over for the teenaged Culkin, Kevin Kilner, Olek Krupa, Lenny Van Dohlen, Haviland Morris, Scarlett Johansson. Here some international criminals trying to recover a microchip stashed in a toy car that has the mistakenly left home alone Alex Linz, while attempting to foil their plans, this sequel fails to carry the charm of its predecessors. A gang of international criminals has hidden a top-secret prodigious chip inside a toy car. They are: Beaupre (Olek Krupa), Alice Ribbons (Rya Kihlstedt), Burton Jernigan (Lenny von Dohlen) and Earl Unger (David Thornton). A confusion in the baggage causes elderly Mrs. Hess to collect the toy and give it to her neighbor Alex (Alex D. Linz) , who is home alone because of chickenpox. Alex must stay out of school along with Karen Pruitt (Haviland Morris), the mother of Alex, Jack Pruitt (Kevin Kilner), the father of Alex and Molly Pruitt (Scarlett Johansson), the older sister of Alex, and Stan Pruitt (Seth Smith), the older brother of Alex. Meantime, the criminals who want to recover the valuable chip at all costs undertake their search without suspecting that Alex is prepared to give them a warm welcome. There's a new kid on the block !. This Christmas, staying at home will be an adventure !. It's bad news for bad guys... Again !. Ready for more, much more !.

A routine and nothing new follow-up with fun incidents, genuine laughs, violence in cartoon style, entertainment and amusement. Little Alex's sharp ingenuity includes a complete arsenal of weapons, traps and ambushes complicating the evil plans of the nasty thieves. An average continuation in which spies want to get the toy back before their clients get angry and decide to burglarize every house at Alex's street to find a chip. Home Alone 3 (1997) is made without any originality, it is practically a copy of the original: Chris Colombus' Home Alone¨ (2000) . Practically repeating the same schemes, set pieces and similar gags. Although it is fun, the situations are already very familiar and frankly repetitive, we already know the beginning and the end. However, it is still entertaining and funny despite knowing what is going to happen and the already overexploited plot.

The motion picture in low budget was professionally directed by Raja Gosnell, but nothing original because it is a simple copy of the previous stories. Raja Gosnell is a prestigious editor and has made a few films, preferably comedies, such as: ¨Scooby-Doo¨, ¨Scooby-Doo, 2: Monsters Unleashed¨, ¨The Smurfs¨, ¨The Smurfs 2¨, ¨Big Momma's House¨, ¨Never Been Kissed¨, ¨Yours, Show Dogs¨, ¨ Chiahuagua in Beberly Hills¨, ¨Mine & Ours¨, ¨Gun and Hotel Bible¨. The saga ¨Home alone¨ is formed by: ¨Home alone¨(1990) by Chris Colombus with Macaulay Culkin, Daniel Stern, Joe Pesci, John Heard, Robert Blosson, Billie Bird, Kieran Culkin, Devin Ratray, Kristin Minter. ¨Home alone: Lost in New York¨ (1992) by Chris Colombis with Macaulay Culkin, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker, Eddie Bracken, Rob Schneider, Dana Ivey, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard. ¨Home Alone 3¨ (1997) by Raja Gosnell with Alex D. Linz taking over for the teenaged Macaulay Culkin, Kevin Kilner, Olek Krupa, Lenny Van Dohlen, Haviland Morris, Scarlett Johansson. Rating: 5/10. Passable second sequel but neither notable, nor original.
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