Fitting ending to the franchise

Rating: 7/10 (8 March 2019)

So, we've finally come to the end of the road. And what a sweet journey it has been. Being the last one in the trilogy, this one is below par when compared to the other two and clearly suffering from script exhaustion. There's only so much you can get out of a story and in spite of all of its shortgivings, it still boasts one of the best crews and casts ever assembled for a motion picture. The script still has its moments, despite being a retread of the first two in most instances and there's a feeling of familiarity and repetitiveness to the whole thing. That being said, giving Doc Brown a romantic arc to his character and pairing him up with Mary Steenburgen, was a wise script choice, indeed and Thomas F. Wilson's turn as Beauford Tannen is his best yet, and he's been a constant brilliant during the whole franchise. Marty finally resolves his character's issues and gets to have his happy ending. But what really takes the cake here, is Rick Carter's efforts to recreate Hill Valley's Wild West origins and an amazing soundtrack by Alan Silvestri, up there with the best of Western themed scores and easily his best of the series. Continuity on this one is still a standard on how to make a sequel and what has made this trilogy among so many which have failed, stand the test of time. It leaves you with a bittersweet feeling but, as they say, all good things must come to an end.