THE FUSE

2018’s “Super Troopers 2” wasn’t so much fan service as fan self-service. Kickstarted with nearly $5 million of crowdfunding after studios doubted the public appetite for a tardy sequel to the 2001 indie sleeper “Super Troopers,” it gave the people what they wanted and not much else: a familiar rehash of the first film’s broad characters and jokes, with a built-in hit of generational nostalgia courtesy of nothing more than time itself. 17 years separated those films; eight years later, along comes “Super Troopers 3,” and any semblance of event status feels duly halved. “Super Troopers 2” wasn’t very good, but its very existence was a satisfying underdog story in itself; made in less time with less resistance from studio brass, the new, Disney-backed film has a more routine, less victorious air of franchise maintenance about it.