It only takes a few seconds to see a huge loss from the early installments: The lack of Guy Doleman as Ross. The replacement has nowhere near the same calm, arrogant and bureaucratic malice as the irregularly unpleasant Ross.
The plot is an old and familiar one, with Palmer getting axed with no regard for all previous efforts.
That's not the only re-visit of the genre though. There is a mysterious blonde man lurking (Jason Connery) and if women are beautiful they should all be dealt with very carefully.
Palmer still has the quizzical, dry wit whilst keeping cool, though it's regularly taken too far. At those times he seems much like a young brat asking "why is that?" to every answer provided. In the beginning he almost seems a bit of a fool, in over his head. It is given a bit of meaning later on though, as Palmer is clearly confused by the "private order" rater than knowing who all parties are and who they work for.
Both Palmer and the movie eventually find a path they can relate to, but by then it's a bit late
The music is truly awful and adds nothing even close to suspense, and the director could have needed it, as the action-sequences lack a great deal. Unlike the earlier installments, there isn't much of a build-up here and they immediately start a long chase-sequence that fails in every conceivable way.
A strange treat is the fun in seeing car-chases involving only crappy Eastern-European cars though. The sounds are a wee bit different than that of the american V8's.
It's very amateurish and never a good sign when the producers pay a well-known actor for 2 scenes and headlining them. Such is Michael Gambon in "Bullet to Beijing". Not a brilliant cameo, just a bad publishing stunt. And it adds little.
This installment is the very definition of flogging a dead horse. Unnecessary.
3/10
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