Review
Part III the wild west entry is probably the most fun. The original has just such a fantastic premise that creates a sense of urgency about seeing it out till the end but there is something uncomfortable about your mother having a crush on you that leaves a bad taste in the mouth during Part I. The premise of Part III is this in 1955 Doc learns that he will eventually travel back to 1885 to live out his days as a blacksmith but then Copernicus Docs 1955 dog stumbles upon a gravestone that tells Doc and Marty that Doc will be shot to death by Buford Tannen over a matter of 80 dollars. Naturally Marty says he will travel back to 1885 and get Doc and bring him back to the future with him (though it couldnt be 1955 because theres already one Doc there).
There are timejumping laws that are not obeyed by the scriptwriters here and much worse than in the second film but this ones so well concentrated and so much the better movie that they hardly matter. It has a climax involving a train that rivals the clocktower climax of the first one. A fantastic scene.
Thomas F Wilson the perennial bad guy of these movies who started off as Biff Tannen in the original played Griff Tannen in the second one throws himself into a Yosemite Sam part as Buford Mad Dog Tannen in the third. Mary Steenbergen in one of her few leading roles is a nice addition to the cast. She fits right into the wild west world as the dainty schoolteacher who plays "his beloved Clara" to the Doc.
Like the others its largerthanlife tone with the overblown timetravel dialogue and melodramatic highs and lows render it into a kind of liveaction cartoon. Kids will enjoy Part III the most but it is so goodnatured that adults should have fun with it too. Out of the three this is the one that youll be able to put on any time and feel good. Great harmless fun.