Worst of the Worst movie reviews - 3 Strikes (2000)

Every week I’ll be watching the worst rated movies on Rotten Tomatoes so you don’t have to. I’ll be doing one every week until the final issue where I’ll review the worst movie ever made (according to a random article I found). What are my qualifications you ask? I took Introduction to Media Studies in my first year and got a B average, so I think I know what I’m talking about. I’m going to watch each of these movies and decide whether it is rightfully on the worst movies of all-time list, based on my expert opinion.

Worst of the Worst movie reviews

3 Strikes (2000)

This week I’m reviewing 3 Strikes from my birth year, 2000 It’s one of the few comedies that’s appeared at the top of the worst ever movies list. It’s directed by someone I’ve never heard of - DJ Pooh. Turns out he was a creative director for GTA online, and also produced music for Snoop Dogg and Tupac. Those are all very good claims to fame, this movie 3 Strikes is definitely not.

The problem with this movie is that it’s a comedy that just isn’t funny. The plot had a lot of promise, it’s based on the California three strikes rule, where three serious convictions result in a life sentence for the offender. The main character, Rob, is hoping to get his life straight but gets tangled in a situation that could potentially put him in danger of a third strike.

As I mentioned before, it’s got a lot of potential for some comedy gold, while also painting a horrifying picture on the US judicial system. It doesn’t do either of those things though, instead it kind of stumbles through what could be a pretty decent plot without really making any memorable jokes. The whole time you kind of feel like it’s warming up to be funny and then it doesn’t happen. I imagine it’s probably what sex with a man feels like, slowly building up to something deeply unsatisfying in the end.

Despite the general slowness of what was meant to be a comedy, the characters aren’t awful. You get to know them reasonably well and you do end up kind of caring about what happens to them. It’s just disappointing that the script and plot lets them down a bit. I didn’t not enjoy it, it just felt like they could have done so much more. I’ll say what they say on house flipping shows - it had good bones.

Overall, I think it does deserve to be on the worst movie list, and I give it a 2 out of 5 - 5 being the worst movie ever.