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Super Troopers 3 Opens to Fans' Delight but Tepid Reviews

The Broken Lizard troupe returned with a continuity-driven R-rated comedy whose reliance on old jokes and cast chemistry signals franchise maintenance rather than reinvention.

Overview

  • Super Troopers 3 opened in U.S. theaters on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, as a Searchlight Pictures release from The Walt Disney Company.
  • The film centers on a wedding-sabotage storyline in which Thorny tries to stop Farva from marrying his sister and a secondary plot about vandalized maple-syrup trucks and a new Canadian superdrug.
  • Broken Lizard’s five core members wrote and star in the movie—Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske—with returning players including Brian Cox and new supporting faces such as Hannah Simone and Andrew Dismukes.
  • Early reviews are mixed: critics say the troupe’s chemistry and familiarity will please longtime fans but fault the movie for recycled gags, thin plotting and not delivering many fresh comic ideas.
  • The release also highlights production choices and franchise context: the film is set in Vermont but shot in Massachusetts and New York, and its Disney-backed theatrical slot shows studios still willing to bankroll continuity-driven cult comedies even if their mainstream appeal is limited.