Dave Baxter’s review published on Letterboxd:
I held off on seeing this third entry until well after its theatrical run. I was shocked to discover it was an effective, if workmanlike, stab at a prequel. All the dark black Goth leather chains spikes fangs stuff from the previous films are here, somehow, looking the same in the distant past as they do in the modern present. All the cringe-worthy melodrama is here, too. And YET, we get a Romeo and Juliet doomed romance story that hits its beats, offers some action set pieces that utilize practical effects more than cheap CGI, and once again we get a return of Sheen and Nighy - two actors from the first film that made it more than it would have been otherwise, and they do the same here. I wish this was the final entry in the franchise. It was the highest note it could have hoped for. Instead, they tried to bring it back with one of the most poorly thought out revivals in movie history. But more on that in the review for #4.
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