Last Bullet (Aka Lost Bullet 3) (2025)

Director: Guillaume Pierret

Starring: Alban Lenoir, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Stéfi Celma

Car genius Lino returns to conclude his vendetta against Areski and the corrupt commander who ruined their lives.

It’s been two years since Areski abandoned his family, and started a new life in Germany under a new identity. However, his past soon catches up with him and Areski is on the run again, but now he wants to go back to his family in France.

After three months as a prisoner, Lino is returned to France and handed to corrupt Narcotics Commander Alexander Resz. We’ve heard about Resz in the previous films but this is the first time we get to meet him. In ‘Lost Bullet 2’ it was revealed Marco and Areski answered to Resz. Resz is in line for a big promotion and he wants to tie up loose ends, so his henchmen soon go after Alvaro, Areski and Lino.

Through flashbacks, we also go back to the beginning, when Charas put together his team and Marco and Areski started working for Resz. This is a story I believe we didn’t really need. Marco and Areski were already identified as rogue cops and I feel it wasn’t necessary to provide us with all the intricate details.

There once again are plenty of car chases and awesome crashes to keep the action junkies entertained, but I was disappointed in the film for various reasons. Firstly, Lino takes a bit of a back seat in this installment, which is a pity and the biggest letdown. He was determined and unstoppable in ‘Lost Bullet 2’ but this determination somehow lacked in this installment.

In many ways it also felt as if they were going for a more American approach – possibly to try and reach a wider audience. It just didn’t feel as convincing and original as the first two films. Why change a recipe that works? In ‘Lost Bullet 2’ Lino avenged Marco. I was looking forward to Lino avenging Areski in the final installment, but it didn’t quite play out they way I was hoping for. The film even makes us want to root for Areski and he suddenly is not the antagonist he was in ‘Lost Bullet’. We have a new villain in the form of Resz.

‘Last Bullet’ concludes the story, as the title indicates. While it is still a good film in its own right, it just wasn’t as thrilling or captivating as its predecessors, and I doubt I’ll give this a repeat viewing.

In French.

Would I watch it again? No.