Premiered: August 2, 2019

On: Disney Channel

Starring: Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart, Mitchell Hope, Sarah Jeffrey, Melanie Paxson, Thomas Doherty, Dylan Playfair, Zachary Gibson, Jedidiah Goodacre, Anna Cathcart, Jadah Marie, Dan Payne, Keegan Connor Tracy, Bobby Moynihan, Judith Maxie, Christian Convery, Luke Roessler, Linda Ko, Faustino Di Bauda, Jamal Sims, Cheyenne Jackson & China Anne McClain

On its third and final outing, Descendants 3 introduces new villains to the series while bringing back other characters with varying degrees of success.

Mal (Dove Cameron), Carlos (Cameron Boyce), Evie (Sofia Carson) and Jay (Booboo Stewart) are welcoming the next set of villain kids to Auradon when Hades (Cheyenne Jackson) tries to break through the portal. Audrey (Sarah Jeffrey) turns villainous, and Mal must team up with Uma (China Anne McClain) to stop her.

Making Audrey the main villain of the film feels both predictable and out of left field. Jeffrey’s lip synch to “Queen of Mean” doesn’t match her emotions to the recording making it the hardest to watch in the film. There also seems like a bit of queer subtext with Jay and Gil (Dylan Playfair) that’s never explored.

Final say: Needs a bit of fine tuning. ★★★☆☆