The comedy troupe is back with their latest wacky effort about a ragtag group of Vermont cops.
It’s somehow been 25 years since the first awful Super Troopers movie created by the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, which goes to show you that time flies when you’re having fun. And by fun, I mean not having to see any Super Troopers movies, with the exception of the similarly misbegotten Super Troopers 2 in 2018. The third installment has now arrived, presumably indicating that these films have their fans. But if you’re not one already, Super Troopers 3 is unlikely to bring you into the fold.
Yes, it’s another moronic comedy best appreciated by stoners and others who find dick jokes and ethnic humor hilariously funny. The old gang — consisting of Thorny (Jay Chandrasekhar, who also directed, and I use the term loosely), Farva (Kevin Heffernan), Mac (Steve Lemme), Rabbit (Erik Stolhanske) and Foster (Paul Soter) — are back, older if definitely not wiser, with their trademark mustaches intact.
Other repeat offenders are friendly cop Ursula (Marisa Coughlan) and Captain O’Hagan (Brian Cox), now retired but constantly hanging around headquarters for reasons not revealed until the final moments. You’d think that after his triumphant turn in Succession, Cox would have resisted the urge to revisit his role as the endlessly cantankerous chief, but it must be said that it suits him perfectly. Sitting with the troopers listening to a speech by their new captain Markowski (Nat Faxon), O’Hagan mutters, “It’s fun down here in the peanut gallery.”
