The wow factor works overtime with state-of-the-art effects sequences that often are as beautiful as they are astonishing.

Michael Rechtshaffen

The Hollywood Reporter

A sense of strain envelops the proceedings this time around. One can feel the effort required to suit up one more time, come up with fresh variations on a winning formula and inject urgency into a format that basically needs to be repeated and, due to audience expectations, can't be toyed with or deepened very much.

Todd McCarthy

Variety

Overly long and complicated, it's packed with crowd-pleasing moments and satisfactorily wraps up the trilogy - without quite capturing the magic of the first two installments.

Lou Lumenick

New York Post