Rish Outfield's reviews
Not nearly as good as the other two. Very predictable (for the most part), which is sad because one of the things that made the first two Stepfathers neat was his unpredictability. There were two husband-less mothers in this one, which was new. And it was clever to hire someone who looked like Terry O'Quinn to portray a suspicious character, so we'd suspect him, then have the normal-looking guy be the actual stepfather, but that's pretty much where the innovations ended. A lot of rehashes of the first film. The new stepfather had none of the charm and personality that made me love O'Quinn so much, and was also less frightening when he snapped. As soon as they spoke of the little boy in the wheelchair, I knew he was going to get up and walk to save his mother, so when it happened, there was a lot of eye-rolling. It was fun to see the primitive computer technology used here (though only a few years old), but that was the extent of the fun.
Very violent, but basically TV movie fare the rest of the time.

The tyranist's thoughts
I never liked these movies as much as Rish, so when I found out that the third and last entry in the series was made for TV, I knew we had a bad one coming. Any redeeming qualities Jill Schoelen and Terry O'Quinn had granted to the series are completely gone when you get to this one. Interestingly, I can't picture the actual face of the actor in this one (in my mind he looks exactly like Terry O'Quinn). There is one plot device that is new and kind of clever, but for the most part, this is a rehash of the same old story. This time, however, there is almost no threat at all. It is very hard to watch the incredibly drawn out action without some sort of stimulant.