TV Review: Lupin Part III (2023)

Lupin Part III (2023) created by George Kay

See my review of Part I here. and Part II here.

After wrapping everything up in the last season, I was worried about a third run of adventures with Assane Diop (Omar Sy), the gentleman thief who models himself on Arsene Lupin, a popular gentleman thief from French literature. The new story starts with Assane's only failure early in his career. He tried to steal the Black Pearl (not Johnny Depp's ship, but an actual pearl that is black) but wound up arrested. His past comes back to haunt him in more ways than one, so he decides to fake his own death. Ghosts don't haunt ghosts, right? After an outrageous and entertaining deception, he is ready to retire to obscurity, but then he gets some information on his long lost mother and has to follow through.

The story gets more over-the-top than previous seasons, but it is clever enough and Sy is charming enough to make it well worth watching. The focus is on his family, both his wife and son and his crime associates (on both sides of the law, no less!). They all play a role in his actions, sometimes as willing and sometimes as unwilling (or even unknowing) allies. Again, things are tied up by the end but a little tag suggests more possible adventures. Sign me up.

Recommended, this is fun escapist fare from France!

This is currently (as of November 2023) only streaming on Netflix.