Wow are we in for a big stinker today. If you want to know what I mean by that, I'm talking about the first direct-to-video Leprechaun movie (they're all going to be direct-to-video from now on), "Leprechaun 3," released in 1995.
A pawn shop owner, Gupta, played by Marcelo Tubert, gets the Leprechaun statue, takes the gold medallion off of it, which brings the Leprechaun back to life, and ends up killing Gupta. Next, we see a college student by the name of Scott (John Gatnis) who chases after a Casino employee, Tammy (Lee Armstrong). Scott takes the medallion and instead of using the money he had on his tuition, he decides to wish to win the jackpot at the casino. What a vacuous kid!?!?!?
You'll probably notice that all the employees are nothing different compared to the first two movies. They are actually the same people!!!
They all get their hands on the medallion, make wishes, the Leprechaun kills them all. The owner, Mitch (Michael Callan), gets electrocuted by a robot after being so desperate to sleep with a woman, Loretta (Caroline Williams), wishes to be young and beautiful, but the Leprechaun spontaneously combust her after expanding her chest, butt and lips, making her look like a duck, and Fazio (John DeMita), wishes to be a great magician, and the Leprechaun chainsaws him in half.
Here's a real shocker this time around: when the Leprechaun bites Scott, he starts to change into one. If he has the power to do that, how come it didn't happen when he did that IN THE LAST TWO MOVIES!?!?!?!? Bloodcrypt Keeper is right when he says, "I think maybe it’s because the Leprechaun was wounded and maybe his blood got mixed in. If you are capable of critical thinking like that, this film is not for you."
Do you really want to know how the Leprechaun gets killed in this one? His pot of gold is set on fire, which causes him to be set ablazed. How in the world does that work!?!?
Just forget it, this movie is just horrendous from the start. If you find yourself entertained with this franchise, then just go ahead and see this one. But I wasn't entertained. This series got more and more painful to sit through with each entry, and it shows, since they decided to go direct-to-video. Don't filmmakers know that if you decided to go direct-to-video, it automatically spells disaster? They need to learn that "rarely" a direct-to-video sequel works, but not all the time.
As much as I hate to say it, we still got a ways to go before we are done with this stupid "Leprechaun franchise." Just sit tight, we will get through this travesty.
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