Made without the participation of Bob Clark, this third film in the 'Porky's' franchise follows the teen friends to graduation, with more mischief including another encounter with Chuck Mitchell as the titular antagonist from Part One. Scattered amusing moments include the friends spying on a scientist teacher at her home and the series-long running gag of Pee Wee's mother walking in on him, however, the film fails to charter any new ground; it is not even raunchier than the first installment. The film is not true to its title either, which implies Mitchell plotting revenge on the teens for trashing his establishment in the first film. It is hard not to wonder how the movie may have turned out with Clark's involvement. After all, he did wonders pulling the material in different directions in the second film, which became less about pranks and more about the friends sticking up for their classmates regardless of ethnicity, plus supporting their principal and teachers against hyper-conservatives crowds. Kaki Hunter also very nicely evolved into 'one of the guys' in the second film, whereas here she is relegated back to a second supporting character. Of course, no film with a half-naked Swedish exchange student is ever going to be worthless and there is something sweet about the gang trying to help their coach with financial woes, but this is clearly a step below its predecessors.
Review of Porky's Revenge
