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Sergeants 3

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FINALLY the long awaited release of the 'lost' rat pack movie!! Yeah! As a life long Dean Martin fans who has about 20 bad dubs of this, i'm psyched to see it finally commercially released!!
Not only is Dean totally CUTE in both dress and casual uniform, he has a great part in this one. I suppose it took so long because of the racial overtones, but racism WAS a part of our history, whether we like it or not and Dean is kinda the good guy here.
And it's pretty well known that the Rat Pack was instrumental (pun - get it!) in helping blacks start gaining equality in Las Vegas...
It's not a serious piece, or a western drama. It's silly, full of in jokes, a total guy movie. The history of the Ghost Dancer Indians is completely wrong and not even close to real history, but the Indians were often the bad guys back then (another racial problem with the movie - but hey - it's the 1960's and it's the Rat Pack...deal with it)...

In short, the guys are great and seem to be having a blast, despite the fact that Lawford is still amongst them (tho not for long)...

And, like i said, Dean is TOTALLY cute in it. So relax, have a beer, and enjoy it for what it is...

kimmmmy
and dover, the wonder dog

If you thought "Ocean's 11" was a glorified home movie, wait until you see the Rat Pack's lazy Western remake of "Gunga Din." Some impressive Southern Utah scenery and Dean Martin's occasional asides cannot salvage this Frank Sinatra vanity production. Transporting Rudyard Kipling to the Old West proved a big mistake - made even worse by sloppy stunt work, cheesy exterior sets, and one of the lamest endings in cinema history. With Ol' Blue Eyes calling the shots, director John Sturges had little control over the amateurish hijinks. There's a reason why "Sergeants 3" never warranted a home-video release until 2008: It's a terrible film.

Yes, you need to see this "Rat Pack" film that disappeared for so many long years. It was the one film of Dino's that I had never seen, so like many other fans, I looked forward to it! The film has some really fine action scenes and some top notch scenery (Bryce Canyon National Park), and the transfer here is crisp and colorful. Dean and Frank are clearly the stars here, and they do just fine. The shortcoming of the film, from my perspective, is that it can't quite seem to figure out whether it is a serious drama or a comedy. Nevertheless, I do recommend it. It's not "Rio Bravo", but it is fun.

I saw this film the first time when I was about 20 years old. Friends asked me to join them going to this movie. When I asked what kind of movie we were going , they answered that it was with frank sinatra, dean martin and sammy davis. Oh my god I thought, it wil be a singing or some kind of musicalfilm. Not my kind of film. But they convinced me to go.
What a movie !!!! Since that time I saw it about 5 times in the movietheaters.When the internet came into our lives I started a search and finally at least, after more than many, many years a hit at amazon.
It made me very happy now that it is on dvd. I wil show this film to every one and hope that everybody wil feel the same kind of exitement I felt in those days.
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No, it's not the Magnificent 7, it's the Sergeants 3. Now, with that all cleared up, Sergeants 3 is the second Rat Pack flick. That's why anyone would watch it. Not that's there's really anything especially wrong with Sergeants 3; it's nowhere near as bad as you might have heard. There's a lot of action scenes and there's lots of action in them. The scenery, stunts and effects are quite decent, particularly the opening saloon brawl and a wild fight on board a moving coach. Praise also for Billy May who provided an intelligent score, rather somber which is unusual for him, done well. Of course Henry Silva and Buddy Lester (last seen in Ocean's 11) are underused and probably underpaid; oh well, that's an Indians life. There is what you would expect: Rat Pack chemistry with a lot of jesting references to Lawford's hifalootin' family ties). Both party scenes, first with Sinatra & Martin playing off Lawford and then with Sinatra & Martin playing off Bishop, are totally charming. Not funny, humorous. Martin gets a cute poker sequence (with Hank Henry, also seen in Ocean's 11 and Robin & the 7 Hoods) to call his own, too. Nice work if you can get it. My main problem is with Davis, Jr.: his character is too much a nerd to get much action going, with anyone. He's funnier when he gets to be hipper. (Note his pinky ring, tho.) To be sure, no-one gets to be as ring-a-ding as they would have been in Vegas. It's not quite F-Troop though. Some folks get tossed off cliffs. The first half of Sergeants 3 is stronger than the first but, whatever, the narrative intrudes as it must but the last twist bit provides a satisfying capper. Like Ocean's 11, Sergeants 3 is a lazy sprawl of scenes, some good but, unlike Ocean's 11, all falling short of excellent. If you love the Rat Pack, this movie is a done deal. If you love Westerns, well, why aren't you after something better?

As a fan of Frank & Dean and having soft spot for westerns, it wouldn't have taken much for me to drink the Kool-Aid here. Unfortunately, this is an awful movie on pretty much every level. The bad script and the disinterested performances are only surpassed by some of the laziest directing I've ever seen. That the culprit was the great John Sturges, who directed classics like THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN and THE GREAT ESCAPE, is really astonishing. "Action" scenes are laughably sped up and apparently no stunt coordinator was hired for the picture since nothing else would explain some of the worst movie punches ever thrown.

Fans of the Rat Pack, don't get conned into buying a movie which does the unthinkable: makes 4 FOR TEXAS seem like a good film.

Anyone who is a Sinatra fan will throughly enjoy this classic. If you like Frank you will love this very funny DVD.

This movie was dissapointing. I felt the movie was a waste of time for the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. It seemed the movie was just thrown together for a few laughs. The movie was a real dissapointment.

First of all I wish to point out the efficiency of Amazon, the order being received, abroad the US in only one week !!!
A great movie in the tradition of J.Sturges 's movies (Magnificent 7, Great Escape...).One can feel how much the rat pack enjoyed acting together.
The famous words of Dean Martin "you are all arrested" must be included in the legendary : C.Gable "I don't give..", De Niro "you are talking to me ?" and Dirty Harry "make my day ".
A "MUST"in the library of a movies lover !

Good product but would have been better if it had not been letterboxed. The original was not letterboxed. Some of the movie was not available at the bottom. Overall though I enjoyed it very much.