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Overkill: Cinco Paul And Daurio

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The first two features in the series, which both were scripted by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, at least had central relationships that evolved over the course of the film, as Carell’s much-missed unsociable baddie, Mr. Gru, learned to become a father to three orphan girls (film one) or a potential romantic partner (part deux), with the fact that the villain was also the protagonist adding something fresh to otherwise-familiar character and plot developments.
What’s missing in Lynch’s screenplay is a similar kind of arc on which to peg all the individual sequences, as the minions — like the proper sidekicks they are — never really learn or change, always getting caught in variations of the same scenario. Add to that the fact that Overkill is a

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