Scream 3
The "Scream" series comes to a close (hopefully) with this installment not really starring Neve Campbell. Courtney Cox and David Arquette are the real stars here as the story takes them to Hollywood where a killer is dressed up in that same black costume murdering people, only this time he follows a movie script.
The premise offers a lot of possibilities but the execution of the story is mediocre. What's supposed to be funny and satirical is only good for the occasional gaffaw but not too many belly laughs or sly zingers the original "Scream" offered. In fact it's not really accurate to classify this film as a horror, there's really nothing scary about it. It's more of a lame action/thriller since there doesn't seem to be anything remotely supernatural.
Teenyboppers will love it, but the rest of us will just have to accept the fact this franchise ran out of steam fast.
GRADE: C+
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