Director: James Wong
Genre: Horror/
Thriller
Runtime: 93
minutes
Year: 2006
Starring: Mary
Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Amanda Crew, Alexz Johnson,
Texas Battle, Jesse Moss, Chelan Simmons, Sam Easton, Gina Holden, Crystal
Lowe, Maggie Ma
Description: Six years
after students cheated death, another teen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has a premonition
she and het friend will be involved in an accident. When the vison proves true,
the student and survivors deal with the repercussions of cheating the Grim
Reaper.
Review: What should
have been a fun night at an amusement park turns into a disaster when Wendy has
a vision of a terrible rollercoaster accident. Through her panic, she manages
to convince her friends not to go on the roller coaster. Then the vision turns
out to be true. Wendy and her friends seem to have escaped death, but when the
survivors subsequently meet their end one by one in dubious ways, a race
against time begins. If Wendy is to survive, she will have to stop the deadly
chain reaction in time. She will have to do everything in her power to outsmart
Death.
The films in the “Final Destination” series have a set
formula: the protagonist receives a vision of a deadly vision that is about to
take place and then prevents a group of people from falling into the accident
in question. But there is no escape from fate and so the main characters end up
one by one in an unusual and gruesome way. The third part in this series also
fully complies with this formula. In principle, there is little wrong with that.
In the first and second part there was at least an explanation and solution for
the why-do-they-die phenomenon and there was a strong link between the two
parts. But in “Final Destination 3” all this is only minimally present. In terms
of story, then, we expected a bit more, especially since this third installment
marks the return of original creators Glen Morgan and James Wong, to writing
and directing. The only new element is the photo gimmick. The movie obviously doesn’t
rely on a strong story full of surprising twists and well-crafted characters.
It does have, which happens to be the fact for most of the films in this
series, some really original death scenes.
“Final Destination 3” is a standard sequel following
the fixed formula. But it’s still an entertaining movie wit lots of original
death traps.
Rating: 3/
5
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