Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Peter Sellers returns for the sixth pink panther film, the last made before his death. This time it seems some drug cartel is trying to kill our hero in an attempt to show off to potential clients from America.
The plot for this film has some nods to The French Connection (1971) in it's set up details but otherwise is fairly thin on the ground at best and just an excuse to wheel out Sellers again. There are some funny moments, especially the finale in the firework factory but in general this is not what you would call a riotous affair. It also appears that there is a fair amount of racism to Asians, particularly in the final third with plenty of references to “thinking yellow” and the like.
3/5 not bad but just about holds together.
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