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Best movie of this year hands down!

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Best movie ever!

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Seems a wobbly gangster wants to prove his worth by bumping off the indestructible Clouseau. Trouble is that's like trying to shoot Pacman.As expected, gags fly faster than a scatter gun, maybe too fast. Sight gags, verbal gaffes, innuendo, all follow one another in no particular order. Plus, movie sets by the dozen get blown up, smashed, or burned, while stunt men get a real workout-- all in fun, of course. Then too, Sellars gets to bumble along in his trademark, knee-slapping fashion. Trouble is it's hard to really get your laughs since they're so quickly followed by another gag. Here, it's not just funnyman Clouseau, but Cato and Dreyfus who also get the clown spotlight. And catch the many ethnic jokes directed Cato's way that would likely not survive today's culling. Anyway, Farrah Fawcett look-alike Dyan Cannon delivers a bouncy turn that helps elevate the familiar Clouseau shtick. It's Sellars' last turn as the hapless chief inspector (please), which has to go down as one of the best comic creations of its time, even if it's getting harder for each new series entry to top the last. Probably, it's just as well that the series ended at this point. Still, the irreplaceable Sellars is sorely missed.

Revenge of the Pink Panther was the film which marked the last time Peter Sellers would play the bumbling French detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau before his untimely death two years later. He would feature in the later Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) of course, but seeing as his appearances in that film were made up exclusively of old out-takes, this one is the true final film really. In this one Clouseau is mistakenly thought to have been murdered by a gang of drug smugglers. He uses his anonymity to assist him bring the crooks to justice.This seems to be generally considered to be the weakest of the Sellers 70's comeback Panther films. This is probably a fair assessment, although I wouldn't say there is a lot in it, as while this is clearly an uneven comedy, the other 70's entries are too and this one still has some good scenes and is overall quite an enjoyable watch. Like seems to have become the formula, in this one Clouseau sports all manner of disguises, including a Godfather impersonation. There are, in fact, more disguises here than ever before which isn't necessarily a good thing, as when Sellers is in disguise, he is less Clouseau. Pound for pound, there are probably fewer genuinely funny Sellers moments in this one, with the most amusing scene in fact belonging to Herbert Lom when his Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to give a memorial speech praising Clouseau, where he continually fights uncontrolled laughter. Another memorable moment occurs when Clouseau returns to his home to discover that his manservant Kato has turned it into an oriental themed brothel! Pleasingly, this sequence features the spectacularly gorgeous Valerie Leon as a leather-clad dominatrix replete with whip. The plot runs through the motions and eventually winds up in Hong Kong, which quite a few films did in the 70's. Essentially, while this in a lesser Clouseau outing, it still was very likeable all the same.

"Revenge Of The Pink Panther" is unlikely to be most people's favorite entry in the Pink Panther series, but it earns its place in the collection. It's far too slack in its pacing, but there are scattered chuckles throughout, though the single funniest moment, paradoxically, does not belong to Peter Sellers but to Herbert Lom; it's the scene at Clouseau's "funeral" where Dreyfus has to read an eulogy speech for Clouseau but cannot stop laughing! In fact, one of the problems of this film is that Lom is underused - usually when he appears on the screen he sees Clouseau popping up out of nowhere and he faints. And talk about "underused": it was a genius piece of casting getting the buxom Valerie Leon as a whip-wielding dominatrix - so why did they make her part so tiny? At least the gorgeous Dyan Cannon's role is bigger, and the final 15 minutes feature some good multiple-vehicle chases & stunts in the streets of Hong Kong. **1/2 out of 4.

although i don't think this is the funniest of the series i have watched up to this point(#5),i do think it is the most entertaining,and the most well paced.this one isn't boring at all,and there are certainly some amusing moments,especially when Clouseau is in some of his 'disguises',and most of the scenes with Cato.the story is interesting enough and former Chief Inspector Dreyfus is brought back in a way that makes sense and fits in well with the story.Burt Kwouk returns as Cato returns,obviously ,but i wish his role had been more substantial.though,like i mentioned,his scenes were funny. all in,a pretty good entry in the Peter Sellers cannon of Pink Panther films.for me,Revenge of the Pink Panther is a 6/10