Back to the Future Part III

Rating: ****/*****, or 7/10

Third and final entry in the Back to the Future trilogy adds a western element to the overall Sci-Fi feel of this set of films. Marty McFly tracks down his friend Doc Brown in the year 1885 to save him from his impending death at the hands of the nefarious outlaw Mad Dog Tannen, a murderous forebear of Marty's nemesis Biff. To complicate matters and add some romance to the movie, Doc has fallen in love with the local school teacher (Mary Steenburgen). This movie focuses a little too much on the western element and as such feels less connected to its predecessors, but is overall still a worthy watch, taking the parallels between the past and present to an even higher level and still delivering plenty of action and humour in the process. Overall, the trilogy's plot is wrapped up nicely, though the threat of a Part IV, which might hurt the story as a whole, has loomed for years.

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

USA: Universal Pictures, 1990