Relentless 3

1993
5.1| 1h24m| en
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Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killings committed by another crafty serial killer whom targets Dietz's latest love interest.

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Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
kclipper In 'Relentless', Detective Sam Dietz (Leo Rossi) defeated the notorious "Sunset Killer", then in 'Relentless 2', He tackled another highly-trained martial arts enabled serial killer. Now, in this third and powerful outing, Dietz returns to do battle with a new breed of sociopath in the form of the intense actor, William Forsythe. Forsythe plays Walter Hilderman, who is killing many women, mutilating them and then taunting the police by sending letters and pieces of skin in envelopes, and meanwhile interfering with Dietz's personal life and sanity. This is definitely a stand-alone film in the series, and a very competent ensemble cast plays it out believably if not unpredictably, but the real treat is Forsythe's performance as the seductive Walter. Forsythe stated that he did extensive research on serial killers in order to construct the perfect persona of the silk shirt wearing, self-confident and brutal murderer, and it shows. This is the smooth-talking, charismatic guy that everyone likes, and that is what makes this such disturbing material to watch. Rossi is in top form as the stubborn, sometimes self-centered cop from the school of hard knocks, and Its interesting to see how his character's emotional problems with his job wreck havoc on his personal relationships and mental stability. Also thrown into the mix is a convincing performance by Savannah Smith Boucher as Walter's sympathetic live-in girlfriend that he continuously controls and torments emotionally and mentally, and Signy Coleman is good as Dietz's intelligent love interest.This has few fatal flaws. The biggest being the extensive cuts made so that New Line Cinema can get its R-rating, and its evident in the editing. Another is the lack of appearance of Meg Foster, who brought so much to the series. Also, a very abruptly weak ending dampens the mood. Nonetheless, This is worthy for Forsythe's performance alone, who is agreed that this is some of his best and under appreciated work.
Jan Strydom Sam Dietz once again returns to track down another serial killer this time played by William Forsythe that taunts the police by sending them pieces of his latest victims.My idea of a third installment is a film that should stray more from the first and second entries to give people something they haven't seen before in terms of the series, RELENTLESS 3 doesn't stray at all but it is by no means a weak entry, in fact it is actually a good sequel for a third film in a series, the role of serial killer is once again perfectly cast, putting William Forsythe and the word creepy in one sentence works great because the man shines the most when he plays a creepy character, Leo Rossi who again plays the role of Sam Dietz gives a great performance as he did in the first and the second, but one of the scene stealers is Robert Costanzo whose character and performance added a somewhat light hearted touch to a series that's been very much serious up to this point.The storyline is basically a detective vs. serial killer type as in the first and second, but unlike the second film it concentrates less on the character story and more on the killer like in the first one, plus the highlight of the story is the ending, if you think you can predict it you're a genius because it one of the best endings I've seen in a while.Overall, better than the first but not quite as good as the second but its worth a watch.
RTheManF89 The Relentless series seems to be in my opinion, a very well made series of "To catch a Killer"-type films. After watching the first movie and then watching the second one, I decided it was time to view the third one, as well as the fourth one. And thanks to the good people over at Image Entertainment, we get both movies on 1 DVD.In part 3, Det. Sam Dietz (Once again, played by Leo Rossi, who this time around, gets top billing as well as even serving as one of this film's and part 4's producers) has returned from up north to the City of Angels, after being away for sometime. He is now divorced from Carol. This time around, Dietz agress to track yet another serial killer. The killer in this one, played by William Forsythe, finds various women and hacks them up and taunts the police by sending them the body parts. The killer is also someone Sam's arrested before. 7/10 In part 4, which is the better film, in my opinion, Sam is after yet another killer who kills women, based on their connection to therapist Dr. Sara Lee Jaffe (Played by Famke Janssen, in one of her first roles) in ritualistic-style murders. Sara herself holds the key to the case. Meanwhile, Dietz has other problems of his own, such as his teenage son Corey (Now being played by the late Christopher Pettiet), who's role in this seems to be somewhat bigger than part 1 or 2 and especially 3 combined (Watch 3 to know why). Also interesting to note that Ken Lerner, Michael Lerner's brother, who also appeared in part 1, plays a totally different character, a joke-loving coroner. 8.5/10 In closing, I believe 4 to be the superior film, mainly because of the intense ending, which I will not say how it goes. Both films recommend. I hope Cinetel Films decides to make a Relentless 5 soon, although it may never happen, we may just end up with some lame remake of the first movie, but one can dream.EXTRAS: None, except for a good 1:85 widescreen presentation for both films.
ccthemovieman-1 As with the second in the series, this keeps getting better than the previous film but also gets sleazier, so there is a good and bad material here. It's a rough film, make no mistake, but it's very interesting all the way. It has many of the same elements the two other films had: some grisly scenes, rough language but a fast-moving film which really goes fast considering it's only 80-some minutes long.Leo Rossi once again stars but I liked his partner (Robert Costanzo) much better. William Forsythe once again plays a creepy killer. He seems to be typecast. The female lead is someone I haven't seen before or since: attractive Signy Coleman.I did get confused a couple of issues such as how the detectives figured a few things out and that end. Also, whatever happened to "Marianne?" They do discuss something briefly but I couldn't get it. I don't claim this film is a great work of art: just entertaining.Without giving anything I will say I liked the ending which wasn't the usual clichéd one. This is the only one in the series I would consider re-purchasing for DVD but it isn't available.