Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
It was a normal night in Las Vegas, Nevada, all the lights were flashing brightly, until a man with one hand, one eye, and one leg walks into a pawn shop with a statue of a hideous looking Leprechaun. The owner claims it's a good luck charm. The statue also wore a medallion around it's neck. The careless pawn shop owner took off the medallion setting the Leprechaun free...
Leprechaun 3 gets mild credit for transplanting the franchise to Las Vegas, a genuinely fun setting that gives the series a bit of fresh energy — casino kills, showgirl gags, and a wish-coin subplot add some campy novelty over prior entries. But the plot is formulaic slasher fare, cycling through disposable victims with little tension or ingenuity. Acting is B-movie level throughout, with broad performances fitting the schlocky tone but never rising above it. Cinematography is flat and TV-movie cheap, functional at best. The ending resolves predictably with minimal payoff. A passable late-night horror-comedy curiosity, elevated slightly by its Vegas hook.