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Final Destination 3

Final Destination 3 (2006)

February. 10,2006
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5.8
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R
| Horror Mystery

A student's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself – which seeks out those who escaped their fate.

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Taraparain
2006/02/10

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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Voxitype
2006/02/11

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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PiraBit
2006/02/12

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

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Billy Ollie
2006/02/13

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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sebijin
2006/02/14

Final Destination 3 is the first time in the franchise where things start to feel a bit stale, but I can't say that I didn't still enjoy this one.Compared to the first two, the characters aren't nearly as likable, though their relationships are a bit more solid. The deaths are more innovative, which makes sense, considering they've already done some more cliche deaths in the first two.The major accident at the beginning was a lot more small-scale, but I don't think that detracted from the film at all.This could be considered the start of the downfall of the franchise, but considering I really, really enjoy the 5th film, it's more accurate to say that this is just the humpday of the Final Destination Franchise.Watch it if you've seen the first two and enjoyed them.

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TheLittleSongbird
2006/02/15

While it was not a great or perfect film (particularly in the dialogue, ending and some of the acting), the first 'Final Destination' was entertaining and effective (especially with its terrific opening plane sequence and the creative deaths) with a fascinating idea done well.The bigger and bolder 'Final Destination 2' had its flaws but was just as good and perhaps the best of the four sequels. 'Final Destination 3' is just as big and bold, as well as gorier, and is also as good. Second sequels or third instalments of a franchise don't always fare well, especially in horror and comedy, 'Final Destination 3' is one of the better examples in a genre where sequels have a patchy history. The novelty has not yet worn off and in a way is more refined.Sure, the story is more of the same and formulaic. Meanwhile, there is too much dull downtime between deaths where dialogue and exposition can be clumsy at times.The special effects are not always brilliant and the characters are as shallow as ever.However, 'Final Destination 3' is as atmospheric and stylish as its previous two films. The music has a haunting eeriness and James Wong does a more than competent job in the director's chair, showing a genuine understanding of the concept and the horror genre, breathing atmosphere, fun and freshness into a tried and tested formula and not losing what made his direction work in the first film.Like the second, although there is a little too much of an over-reliance on gore, not all of it necessary, the death scenes are bolder, more elaborate and more creative (faring even better in this regard actually). The tanning bed and nail gun deaths were particularly good and two of the best and most imaginative of the series. The script has some wonderful humour that is black and ironic and has just as much tension and a sense of dread. The amusement park/roller-coaster scene is not as good as the opening scenes in the previous films, especially visually, but it's still very scary. The photo record is surprising and there is an intricacy in places.'Final Destination 3' has the best ending perhaps of the series, to me it's the least contrived and more logical than the one in particularly the second film. In the acting stakes, it fares favourably too. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is very good.Overall, a good deadly ride that's worth getting on board for, as long as one knows what to expect. 7/10 Bethany Cox

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Screen_Blitz
2006/02/16

The Final Destination franchise has experienced its ups and downs since its debut in early 2000 when James Wong worked in the director's chair. He made a solid impression with the first installment, bringing suspense and effective thrills of characters being picked off one by one. The sequel however, had David Ellis taking over the director's chair and what resulted was a less effective, but passable installment had some good moments but lacked the thrills that made the original a hit. This third installment see James Wong making his return as the director and showing significant improvement upon the previous entry, but also a signal that the franchise would wear out on creativity. The first film featured teenagers escaping a plane explosion, the second film featured a young woman escaping the massive highway pileup, this installment follows Wendy Christensen (played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a high school senior spending a night at the state fair with her boyfriend Jason (played by Jesse Moss), her friend Carrie (played by Gina Holden) and her boyfriend Kevin (played by Ryan Phillippe). Upon stepping aboard a roller coaster, Wendy is shocked by a horrifying premonition of the roller coaster derailing and crashing, killing her and her friends along with the other passengers. In paranoia, Wendy steps off the roller coaster along with a few others, while some remain on board. Within moments as you might have guessed, the roller coaster crashes killing the remaining passengers. Months later, Wendy and the surviving passengers are left grieving and try to move on with their lives. Death however, still has their names on the agenda and comes back take the lives of the survivors one by one in a series of gruesome deaths.This film follows relatively the same formula as the previous two, with an opening disaster sequence, and the main characters' mission to save the lives of those who survived from dying in unexpected and gruesome accidents. Thus, the formula results in a storyline that is somewhat predictable but surprisingly still fun, especially for those who enjoy blood and gore because there is plenty of it here. Sadly, the film doesn't leave much room character development beyond portraying the characters in distinct stereotypes: a lustful pervert, a goth, an arrogant muscle head, two stuck-up school girls, you name it. Generally no characters here you come to care about other than Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the main character who offers some emotional resonance. There is some suspense around some of the characters' deaths while others leave the scares to the absurd amount of in-your-face blood and gore splatter. Now the film isn't exactly the straight out scare fest, the characters offer a fair amount of humor and clever dialogue, can't as he same for others though. The plot itself works for most of the time, but eventually runs its course towards the final act. The performances by the cast are fine, but none of which truly stand out from one another. Final Destination 3 is a solid installment to its average franchise and shows the franchise has some redeeming quality above its flawed writing and shallow character development. This film won't likely entertain those who are looking for a straight forward horror-fest filled with nightmarish imagery and jump scares. Otherwise, this film makes a fair source of entertaining gore-fest.

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Dalbert Pringle
2006/02/17

Favorite movie quote - "Oh, sh*t, not again!!" In spite of some mighty impressive, super-gory, rapid-fire disaster scenes (with lots of splattered blood & guts & mangled bodies thrown everywhere), Final Destination 3 (FD3, for short) really wasn't much of a horror-movie roller-coaster ride since, right from the start, the viewer (unless they're an idiot) knew exactly what was gonna happen every single step of the way.Believe me, there was not even the tiniest inkling of a surprise in this utterly tired and shamelessly rehashed tale of freak accidents and fate's intervention.In fact, some of the "freak" accidents got to be so over-the-top and preposterously ridiculous that this viewer (who was far from being terrified) couldn't help but laugh out loud at the utter absurdity of it all. (I mean, give me a break, already!) Besides that - FD3 also had a terrible knack of gleefully exploiting every despicable & stereotypical behaviourism and character trait in the book of those precious, little darlings, better known as today's self-absorbed, snot-nosed, grate-on-your-nerves teenagers. (Oops! Sorry, kids!)*Special Note* - Set in the American town of McKinley, Pennsylvania, a number of FD3's scenes were actually shot at Vancouver's PNE, as well as at UBC.

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