Crackerjack 3

In the U.S., Crackerjack 3 was released on VHS and DVD on December 12, 2000, by Monarch Home Entertainment.^[6][7] In Canada, the film debuted on video on April 24, 2001, through Lions Gate Films.^[8][9]

Discussing an advance screening of Crackerjack 3 in the post Cannes 2000 issue of French magazine Impact, Damien Granger found that it was "unfortunately undone by its amusing concept", as its senior protagonists appeared "better suited to delivering cane strikes than brandishing the de rigueur heavy machine guns", resulting in a "meager" action quotient.^[10] Writing for the Staten Island Advance and the Newhouse News Service, Rich Ryan did not find the inter-generational rivalry well realized and assessed: "Unfortunately the plot is weak, and the scenes with supporting characters take as much time as those with the leads."^[11] Jay Bobbin of the Tribune Media Services rated it a two on a scale of one to four, although the plot summary suggests that the film was not properly reviewed, as it presents Gruner's character as the hero, returning from previous entries, neither of which is accurate.^[12] The film was also reviewed by TV Guide, but the online version of the article has been lost.^[13]

Reception by the enthusiast media was just as poor. Eoin Friel of The Action Elite lambasted an "appalling film" consisting of "a bunch of old men talking" for much of its runtime, and further plagued by "unfunny humour and terrible music."^[14] Chris "The Brain" of Bulletproof Action concurred, writing: "As a pure action movie I would give Crackerjack 3 a thumbs down". He added that "it felt like a 2-hour pilot for an action comedy TV show that didn't get picked up, so they dusted it off and slapped the Crackerjack name on it."^[15]