Relentless 3 is a 1993 crime thriller film directed by James Lemmo

James Lemmo

James Lemmo is an American Photographer, film director, director of photography, and screenwriter. Prior to dedicating his professional life to photography, Lemmo also worked in film...

. The tagline for the movie was: When the fear stops...you're dead! Relentless 3 was filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is the third installment in the Relentless series.

The film was referenced twice on Saturday Night Live. The first time in 1993 Jeff Goldblum / Aerosmith #19.3 as a poster on the counter in ‘Karl’s Video Store’ and again on The Best of David Spade in 1995, again a poster on the counter in ‘Karl’s Video Store’.

Synopsis

Sam Dietz returns to Los Angeles from "up North" and agrees to consult on a serial killer case. Not wanting to be more involved changes however, when the killer targets Dietz’s latest love interest, thereby, forcing him to become actively involved in the investigation. The killer is someone he's arrested before.

Cast

• Leo Rossi
  Leo Rossi
  Leo Rossi is an American actor and writer. He is known for his role as Budd in the 1981 horror film Halloween II and as Turkell from the 1990 horror sequel Maniac Cop 2. His other films include Heart Like a Wheel , River's Edge , The Accused , Relentless and Analyze This...
  
   as Sam Dietz
• William Forsythe
  William Forsythe (actor)
  William Forsythe is an American actor, known for playing "tough guy" roles. He is also a writer, and has several short stories that are set to be published.-Early life:...
  
   as Walter Hilderman
• Robert Costanzo
  Robert Costanzo
  Robert Jason Costanzo is an American actor. He has an acting career spanning over thirty years and is often found playing surly New York types such as crooks or low level workers and mixes both drama and comedy roles...
  
   as Roy Kalewsky
• Edward Wiley
  Edward Wiley
  Edward Wiley is an actor who appeared in film and television throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He also directed an episode of Real Stories of the Highway Patrol called Missouri.- Filmography :* S.F.W. ... as Mr. Spab* NYPD Blue...
  
   as Lt Muldowney
• Tom Bower
  Tom Bower
  Tom Bower is a British writer, noted for his revelatory investigative work such as his unauthorized biographies.A former Panorama reporter, his books include unauthorised biographies of Tiny Rowland, Robert Maxwell, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Geoffrey Robinson, Gordon Brown and Richard Branson...
  
   as Captain Phelan
• Savannah Smith Boucher
  Savannah Smith Boucher
  Savannah Smith Boucher is an American actress originally from Springhill in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Her younger sister, Sherry Boucher, is a former actress who was the third wife of the late actor George Peppard....
  
   as Maianne
• Stacy Edwards
  Stacy Edwards
  Stacy Edwards is an American actress.Edwards was born in Glasgow, Montana, the daughter of Patty and Preston Edwards, who was an Air Force officer. She grew up all over the world, from Guam to Alabama. At 18, she received a scholarship to the Lou Conte Dance Studio in Chicago and began her...
  
   as Toni Keely
• Mindy Seeger as Francine
• George Tovar as Detective Santos
• Jack Knight
  Jack Knight
  Jack Knight is the name of:*Jack Knight, US Airmail Pilot, airline builder*Jack Knight , American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball*Jack L...
  
   as Detective Schulte
• Felton Perry
  Felton Perry
  Felton Perry is an American actor. He is known for his role as Inspector Early Smith in the 1973 movie Magnum Force, the second film in the Dirty Harry series. Felton's other well-known role is in the 1987 science fiction movie RoboCop as Donald Johnson, the executive at the corporation Omni...
  
   as Detective Ziskie
• Charles Dennis
  Charles Dennis
  Charles Dennis is a Canadian actor, playwright, radio actor, journalist, author, director, and screenwriter.-Background:...
  
   as Detective Cirrillo
• Signy Coleman
  Signy Coleman
  Signy Coleman , sometimes credited asSigney Coleman, is an American actress.-Background:Coleman grew up in Bolinas, California and attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley...
  
   as Paula
• Diane Rodrigues as Angry Woman
• Jay Arlen Jones
  Jay Arlen Jones
  Jay Arlen Jones is an American film and television actor. His most recognized role is that of Occam, the African-American slave who is enlisted as a Patriot fighter by his master, in the 2000 Revolutionary War epic The Patriot....
  
   as Angry Man
• Brendan Ryan
  Brendan Ryan
  Brendan Ryan is an Irish politician and former member of Seanad Éireann for the National University of Ireland constituency...
  
   as Corey Dietz

Home media

• The movie was released directly to videocassette on August 18, 1993. In 2006, Image Entertainment released a double feature DVD containing this and the fourth film. Both films are presented in widescreen.

Other films in the series

• Relentless
  Relentless (1989 film)
  Relentless is a 1989 American crime film directed by William Lustig and starring Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia and Leo Rossi. The film follows two LAPD officers on a hunt for an ex-cop turned serial killer....
  
  (1989)
• Dead On: Relentless II
  Dead On: Relentless II
  Dead On: Relentless II is a 1992 action thriller directed by Michael Schroeder. The tagline for the movie was: The first killer was unpredictable. This one is unstoppable. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is the second installment in the Relentless series.-Plot:L.A...
  
  (1992)
• Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes
  Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes
  Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes is a 1994 crime thriller film directed by Oley Sassone. The tagline for the movie was: This time nothing can stop the fear. Relentless IV was filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA...
  
  (1994)