![]() ![]() With four thieves (said to be working for a North Korean terrorist organization) looking to retrieve the toy car/computer chip gifted to Alex by his unknowing neighbor, Mrs. Unlike a normal cat burglar situation - the first two movies featured petty thieves just trying to score a hit during the holidays, eyeing million-dollar homes left unattended while the owners were celebrating elsewhere - Home Alone 3 is actually a matter of national security. The poster for Home Alone 3, featuring the house in the background. In fact, the plot of the third Home Alone was quite an elaborate - and downright frightening - one, seeing Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy living in Chicago, fending off international spies who were seeking a top-secret computer chip that was hidden in his toy car. ![]() That’s not because of the plot, cast, or setting, but rather the result of the ultra-high expectations created by the first two Home Alone movies, and the fondness audiences had for Macaulay Culkin (which refused to return for a role in the third one, despite popular demand). Year in and year out, we know the holidays are almost upon us when TV networks start airing Home Alone, the iconic family movie that has by now become synonymous with Christmas cheer.Īnd while the first two Home Alone movies starring Macaulay Culkin are the clear fan favorites, the third one (written and produced by the same John Hughes that gave us the first two festive flicks) was deemed the least successful in the series - by far - and failed to make a lasting impression. ![]()
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