Blu-ray Review – Curse of the Pink Panther

By 1983, the "Pink Panther" franchise was big business for co-writer/director Blake Edwards, who was eventually stuck without his all-important star after the death of Peter Sellers in 1980. Edwards wasn't ready to slaughter the golden goose, concocting a "tribute" with 1982's "The Trail of the Pink Panther," which utilized old footage to resurrect Sellers for one final victory lap as Inspector Clouseau. Edward waltzed into reboot territory with "The Curse of the Pink Panther," which debuted less than a year later, submitting a new bumbling detective in Sleigh, played by Ted Wass. Trying to keep the heart pumping on a dying series, Edwards bends over backwards to make "Curse of the Pink Panther" work, but all it takes is two minutes of Wass in the starring role to understand how badly miscalculated the refreshing is, stumbling through old jokes with man who just doesn't possess the proper insanity to carry the brand name forward.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com