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Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down

Driven mad by Inspector Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) incompetence, Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) commandeers a doomsday device and threatens global destruction. His only demand? Clouseau'...( read more  read more... )s death. But Clouseau's dumb luck serves him so well that the 26 assassins hired to kill him can't manage to get the job done -- though Clouseau may very well do the trick himself by tripping over his own two feet!

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PG, 103 min.

Directed by: Blake Edwards

Release Date: December 15, 1976

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DVD Release Date: August 15, 2001

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  • sononothing
    February 11, 2009
    sononothing
    Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) bumbles his way through another set of adventures in the Pink Panther Strikes Again, a misleading title since the Pink Panther diamond doesn't appear in this chapter of the series (though the cartoon panther does). Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus...( read more) (Herbert Lom) has been a patient in an insane asylum since the events of Return of the Pink Panther. He escapes and attempts to murder Clouseau, but once again fails at his obsessions. Being unable to take it anymore Dreyfus gets his hands on a doomsday device and demands a ransom from the world- kill Inspector Clouseau or he'll start bringing destruction down on everyone's head. This leads to dozens of assassins hot on Clouseau's trail with hilarious results.

    Strikes Again is probably the best Panther film since Shot in the Dark. The movie is filled with some great jokes and prat falls, though there are some moments that fall flat, the positives outweigh the negatives. Once again Sellers is great as Clouseau and the various disguises he employs which usually end up being utterly useless in the long run. Herbert Lom makes great use of his turn to a low rent Bond villain hell bent on killing the inspector. It's almost as if this film is a Bond parody, ahead of its time in some places (the Anglo-Russian affair in this film predates the Spy Who Loved Me by a year).

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again is another great platform for Peter Sellers redemption in the 1970's. Though most of the film community had written him off he proved that he still had what it takes to be a comedic genius and a great actor.
  • Deano78
    September 6, 2008
    Deano78
    More laughs as Inspector Clouseau manages to avoid assassination......but not on purpose! Very funny moments in this film.
  • FangsFirst
    December 17, 2007
    FangsFirst
    My, it's going to be difficult to review many more of these. What is there to say? Sellers is brilliant, many jokes are funny, some are not. Let's see what I can work out for everyone here on this one though...

    After the events of Return of the Pink Panther--which I've ne...( read more)ver seen--(former) Chief Inspector Dreyfus (still Herbert Lom) has been committed to an insane asylum, and we open to find him theoretically rehabilitated, discussing with his doctor his previous homicidal impulse to destroy Clouseau (Sellers, of course) at every given opportunity. "Every day in every way, I'm getting better and better," Dreyfus quotes (quotes what, I don't know, but I vaguely recall hearing these words on an episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle, specifically a "Fractured Fairy Tale," but my memory could be mixing things together) as he is let outside before being put before the Sanity commission. Here he runs into Clouseau, coming to give him kind words and a recommendation...as well as numerous trips into the neighboring lake. It's no surprise that Dreyfus soon begins chasing Clouseau threatening once again to kill him. Naturally his escape must now be just that--not a signed, official release. He takes to crime, building a small group of criminals to kidnap Professor Fassbender (Richard Vernon) and his daughter Margo (Briony McRoberts). He makes one last solo attempt on Clouseau first during an extended "exercise" between Cato (Burt Kwouk, Cato, and not Kato, for all films after A Shot in the Dark) and Clouseau that involves multiple hand-to-hand weapons and the destruction of an awful lot of Clouseau's apartment.

    Failing once again, Dreyfus instead uses Fassbender's knowledge to employ a doomsday device which he uses to threaten the population of the world into assassinating Clouseau for him. Dozens of assassins are sent out after Clouseau, all failing by pure chance, as usual, to stop the oblivious detective. One of them is none other than Deep Roy, ageless little person who also appeared in 1980's Flash Gordon, some of the original Star Wars trilogy (alternately helping Kenny "R2-D2" Baker and playing smaller roles like Bith musician Droopy McCool), a few Doctor Who stories (including some starring my favourite Doc--Tom Baker), a rather harrowing episode of The X-Files, and most recently as "the" Oompa Loompa in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (singing voice by the master himself, Danny Elfman--but I'm so far off topic at this point...). This, Clouseau's interrogation of the Fassbender household, and his "sneak" into Dreyfus' hideout castle are the centerpieces of the film, with Sellers and Lom both noticeably aged from the last time I saw them--though that is skipping a few years and a whole film. Both are still on top of their game and continue to bring great life to completely ridiculous characters, with Sellers' accent getting even more pronounced--I'm going to have to be careful not to accidentally refer to "reums" and "cleus" in the coming days.

    One of the most obviously new elements was an animated title sequence made not by DePatie/Freleng, but by Richard Williams, this time the animated Panther leading the animated Inspector on a chase through numerous movie parodies, including Singin' in the Rain, The Sound of Music and a few old silents that I couldn't place. The animation has a cleaner look to it, thanks, most likely, to the more recent age and developments in technology between. It loses a bit of charm when it lacks the grain and muted colours of 60s and earlier 70s animation, especially from the DPF studio, but it does gain something from the new design Williams brings to it.

    Still a strong entry in the series--and I hear the last. I'll know soon enough, I suppose, with two more still to go in the box set I own.
  • AgentLexi2132
    August 13, 2007
    AgentLexi2132
    Good follow up !
  • garyX
    February 27, 2007
    garyX
    Yet more of the same ham-fisted slapstick.
  • clairebear44
    November 22, 2009
    clairebear44
    Haha, oh dear. This is one of the more ridiculous. Ohhhh dear.
  • studmuffin0681
    October 7, 2009
    studmuffin0681
    Driven over the edge by the maddeningly incompetent Clouseau (Peter Sellers), former Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) commandeers a doomsday device and threatens to destroy the world. His only demand? Clouseau's death! But thanks to his nemesis' dumb luck, the assassins hire...( read more)d to kill him can't seem to finish the job - although Clouseau may do it himself by tripping over his own two feet!

    also stars Burt Kwouk, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter, Andre Maranne, Deep Roy, Byron Kane, Dick Crockett and Lesley-Anne Down.

    directed by Blake Edwards.
  • ElCochran90
    September 18, 2009
    ElCochran90
    This is, perhaps (although not the best of the series), the most hilarious and unbelievably funny Pink Panther film with Peter Sellers. Good film; very enjoyable.

    69/100
  • myfavchords
    September 14, 2009
    myfavchords
    This is the second best Pink Panther movie, only A Shot in The Dark is better. Peter Sellers is great playing his most famous character. I think Herbert Lom really shines in this movies as well. This is a must see for Pink Panther fans.
  • samanthaseaotter
    August 10, 2009
    samanthaseaotter
    Pretty frigging funny. The slapstick Pink Panther and damned hilarious. The kids will go mad for it. Features the famous dog scene in the chalet. ("Does your dog bite?")

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  • sarahkorndorfer
    July 15, 2006
    sarahkorndorfer
    Hye, all Pink Panther fans! This film is great, I've watched it millions of times and still don't get bored. What do you think? What is the new Pink Panther film l;ike? I haven't seen it yet so I'm dying to know what people think about it.
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