Link: https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/super-troopers-3-review-1236828587/

It goes without saying that the Broken Lizard comedy group's latest outing is for fans only, but minus the nostalgia factor of 2018's 'Super Troopers 2,' even some of the faithful might shrug in response.

The Guardian: Super Troopers 3 review – misfiring cop comedy threequel

The return of the country’s most incompetent police force fails to bring enough laughs or any real justification for its existence
1 out of 5 stars

Rotten Tomatoes: 38%

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Still think it'll be hilarious.

It's not a normal studio movie that compromises itself to get widespread appeal and make the most money possible.

They make movies that they think are hilarious.

For people with their sense of humor, they're awesome movies. For people with a different sense of humor; I hope someone that shares yours makes a movie geared directly at you and not compromised and focus grouped so that everyone mildly enjoys it but no one dislikes it.

We need to go back to making more movies, that are aimed directly at individual demographics.

This shit where everyone agrees on "movie of the year" because there's only a dozen movies a year by 2 studios is tired.

I didn't even watch the second one for fear it would ruin the first, was that a bad decision?

The second one was not good.

I guess the magic really is gone...

The first one was lightning in a bottle. After that, they started making movies for themselves. I love that they took the Adam Sandler formula of making films with their pals. I love that for them and wish them happiness.

Stop laughing right meow!

The second one felt like they just remade the first one with worse jokes.

The first one was lightning in a bottle

I know you mean super troopers (2001), but their first movie was 1996's Puddle Cruiser. Basically a PCU knockoff, but a major subplot is Rugby

A couple years after Super Troopers took off, they did a dvd release of Puddle Cruisers, and it came out while I was in college playing rugby. And that is 99% of why I'm such a big fan, me and the guys I played with back then still quote parts of it to each other, to be fair we also do the "chips" chant from PCU too.

It's obviously their first movie, and obviously mid 90s, but it's the same core vibe as ST and all their other movies, the same humor.

I think the difference you're missing, is the first ST was the only one with production value and that makes it seem different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz0gYktuLmo

The movie is worth watching, but honestly almost everyone who likes it, likes it because they played rugby

I only found out they'd made a second one when the third was announced.

I assumed that was notice enough that I didn't need to watch it.

That sounds fun! I’ll give it a look.

And you’re right, I mean that it was the first Super Trooper film and their first film with a budget. Their humor with the gravitas of Cox and von Bargen meshed so well and hit at the right time.

I have similar nostalgia from watching repeatedly with friends.

I think that was club dread though.

No you're right, I could have sworn club dread was before super troopers but nope.

Wasn't bad either