Publication Date: 08-11-2026

Super Troopers 3 (2026) review

Dir. Jay Chandrasekhar

By: Steve Pulaski

Rating: ★★½

One of the secrets behind Broken Lizard’s success is the natural camaraderie amongst the cast. It makes all the sense in the world. After all, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske all went to Colgate University together, and have been regularly working together on various projects since the late 1980s. Their interplay and banter was assembled for years before they ever starred in their debut feature, Puddle Cruiser in 1996, and by the time they made the first Super Troopers a few years later, they had over 10 years of friendship under their belts.

Broken Lizard’s popularity has always been more niche than mainstream. Had Super Troopers not become a fixture on Comedy Central in the early aughts, there’s a good chance we would’ve never gotten a sequel, let alone Club Dread, their still-underrated/under-seen horror-comedy. Super Troopers 2 was far better than it had any right to be, and it still stands as one of the biggest success stories in internet-based crowdfunding (having raised nearly $5 million from fans after studios balked at any potential interest for a belated sequel).

Against all odds, we’re back in Vermont for Super Troopers 3 — unfortunately, as if it’s America’s acquisition of a portion of southern Canada from the last film haven’t even happened. Still, the troopers haven’t changed much. Their former captain O’Hagen (Brian Cox) has officially retired, though he refuses to stop hanging out at the station. He’s been replaced by Markowski (Nat Faxon), who prides himself on political correctness all while managing his prank-playing, joke-cracking squad, led by senior officer Thorny (Chandrasekhar, again serving as director). Also in tow is a rookie cop named Coy (Saturday Night Live‘s Andrew Dismukes), who likes to inform the crew if he’s seen one of their jokes on TikTok.

The central focus is how the frenemy dynamic between Thorny and the vulgar, roly-poly Farva (Kevin Heffernan) has hit a new threshold with Farva now being engaged to Thorny’s sister, Sarita (Hannah Simone). In the middle of occasionally policing the streets, the troopers are now actively involved in helping Farva and Sarita plan their Indian-American wedding. Thorny gets the honor of being Farva’s best man, but only agrees so he can attempt to sabotage the brute becoming a part of his family. This would be easier if Thorny’s parents (Iqbal Theba and Sakina Jaffrey) weren’t so enamored by their future-son-in-law’s buffoonery.

Barely registering as a subplot until it absolutely has to involves a Canadian drug ring that is vandalizing maple syrup trucks in the area. Mac (Lemme) takes the lead on getting to the bottom of that while Foster (Soter) is wrestling with being on a break with Hansen (Marisa Coughlan), his longtime girlfriend. Rabbit (Stolhanske) is simply thrilled with not being the rookie punching bag anymore with Coy joining the force.

Par for the course with Broken Lizard is the presence of gross-out sight-gags that near the realm of surrealism. At one point, Thorny fists an elephant. Mac finds himself trapped in a vat of corn syrup. Markowski eats a handful of mushroom-spiked chocolates, and Farva takes great pride in the “Indian burn” he feels after having sex with Sarita. That pain in the cheeks I felt about halfway through Super Troopers 3? The unshakeable smile I had on my face while watching it. This isn’t the most consistently funny installment of the series, but the strength of the collective, their authentic friendship, and lyrical way of playing off of one another is contagiously sweet.

The MVPs of this installment in my eyes are Iqbal Theba and Sakina Jaffrey. They are game for all the brazenly uncouth Indian and Hinduism jokes, and subvert your expectations more than once. A terrific bit comes during a rehearsal dinner where Farva sits down with Sarita’s parents, and gifts them a copy of Gandhi, expressing excitement for the sequel. Theba and Jaffrey play off of the entire cast with comic poise; Jaffrey gets to interact with almost everyone in some capacity. Theba even shows off some physical prowess during an obligatory-yet-still-amusing bit involving beef.

Super Troopers 3 loses a little luster in the home-stretch. There is absolutely mileage on this flimsy material. While the third act converges the wedding and drug ring plotlines well enough, things do turn more violent than funny, even if the plane is landed with turbulence comparatively minimal to other belated legacyquels to comedies. Broken Lizard has tried to experiment with different comic stylings in other films, such as the recent Quasi, but their audience ostensibly only wants to see them play bumbling cops. There’s a clear comfort afforded to the five actors reassuming these roles with such ease, but I’d love to see them branch out and go total left-field with something like Club Dread again. A mid-credits scene shows that’s probably wishful thinking right meow.

My review of Super Troopers
My review of Super Troopers 2

NOTE: Take a listen to my interview with Broken Lizard members Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan, where we talk their show, Tacoma FD, Club Dread, and more!

Starring: Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Nat Faxon, Andrew Dismukes, Iqbal Theba, Sakina Jaffrey, Hannah Simone, Brian Cox, and Lynda Carter. Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar.