danwilberforce

I rewatched the original movies (yes even the 3rd one) in preparation for this and all that it did was accentuate just how old and tired everyone is now.

The thing that made the originals (well, the first two at least) so good, was that they struck the perfect balance between action and comedy, that and the great chemistry between the cast. Unfortunately whilst the film had some decent action points, it was considerably lacking in the comedy department. Instead of being a fun, quick witted, action romp with our 3 favourite cops, 2 of the said cops were sidelined for the majority of the movie (understandably in Taggart's case as the actor is now in his late 70s) and Eddie's performance was so laid back it felt like he'd just got out of bed most of the time.

The story itself was also just a rehash of a hundred other films that we've all seen done before and better. Whether it's the bent cop, or the estranged daughter caused by the father's inability to prioritise his family over his job, we've been here, there was nothing new here.

Honestly the film wasn't horrific by any means, Eddie did show moments of his quick witted former self and it was nice to see them all back together again (minus Ronny Cox), but unfortunately I feel as though they waited 10-15 years too long to make this one happen and the film suffered greatly for it.