3 Strikes
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDJ Pooh
Written byDJ Pooh
Produced byMarcus Morton
Starring
CinematographyJohn Simmons
Edited byJohn Carter
Music byStewart Copeland
Production
companies
  • MPCA
  • Absolute Entertainment
  • Lithium Entertainment Group
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 2, 2000 (2000-03-02)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.4 million[1]
Box office$9.8 million[1]

3 Strikes is a 2000 American comedy film written and directed by DJ Pooh, and starring Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love and David Alan Grier. Despite some commercial success, it was negatively received by critics. The title refers to California's habitual offender law, whereby three convictions confer an automatic life sentence.

Plot

Rob Douglas has just been released from jail for the second time. Fearing a third conviction, which will result in a life sentence, he decides to go straight and leave the street life. His friend J.J. picks him up. However, the police show up and he learns that J.J. was driving a stolen car. When his friend J.J. is wounded from a shot to the buttocks and is taken into custody, Douglas learns he has been implicated in the shooting. He reaches out to his probation officer for help in proving his innocence, but is told that his best option is to simply turn himself in. J.J. is planning to have Douglas take the fall for the crime.

Douglas' mother informs him that a woman named Dahlia has information that will prove his innocence. Dahlia, who has been infatuated with Douglas ever since they were in high school, agrees to cooperate if he will have sex with her. Robert accepts her proposal. The police find out that J.J. was behind the theft and also learn that J.J. was going to frame Douglas for it. As Douglas sneaks out of Dahlia's home, the police show up and send a dog after him. Douglas manages to get to his car and a high-speed chase ensues.

At his trial, the judge dismisses the felony charges. However, since Douglas failed to check in with his probation officer after leaving prison, he is sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating his parole. His family tells Douglas that they'll pick him up when he gets release this time. An epilogue states that Douglas was eventually released from prison early due to overcrowding.

Cast

Cameo appearances

Reception

Box office

The film opened at #12 at the North American box office making $3,684,704 USD in its opening weekend.[1]

Critical response

The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 0% of 29 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 2.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "3 Strikes lacks direction and its low-brow humor isn't even that funny."[2] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 11 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[3] Joe Leydon of Variety called it "exuberantly rude and crude, but generally more frantic than genuinely funny".[4]

Soundtrack

A soundtrack containing hip hop music was released on February 22, 2000 by Priority Records. It peaked at the 190th position on the Billboard 200 and number 52 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The film's score was composed by Stewart Copeland.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "3 Strikes". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  2. ↑ "3 Strikes". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  3. ↑ "3 Strikes". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ Leydon, Joe (2000-03-01). "Review: '3 Strikes'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
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