Hatchet III (2013)

Load of rubbish!!

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

A blood-covered Marybeth Dunston (Danielle Harris) walks out of the Louisiana bayou, carrying a severed head and a shotgun, into a police station and is quickly arrested. The police finds the bloody massacre scene. Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder) comes back to life and starts murdering again. Amanda Fowler (Caroline Williams) sneaks into jail with a plan to kill Victor once and for all. Sheriff Fowler (Zach Galligan) takes the SWAT team into the swamp only to be attacked.Having never seen the Hatchet franchise, this starts quite well. It doesn't hurt to have Danielle Harris who gets hosed down prison-style. She's a good smart-mouthed lead. There is plenty of bloody gore but the characters are nothing more than cannon fodder. It's still fun but they should have kept Danielle with them. Splitting the characters into two groups does not help. I simply don't care about the Sheriff and his people. There is a bit of fun with Sid Haig. This movie is a bit of a gorefest but it could have been more.

The best thing I can say about HATCHET III is that it's a slight improvement over its predecessor, HATCHET II. The first film is still the best, of course, and the only one I'd consider watching again; the problem with these sequels is that they simply retread the original plotting with a few twists to try to bring originality to it, but it doesn't work.Mary Beth thinks she's managed to kill vicious bayou murderer Victor Crowley for good, only for him to return from the grave once again seeking vengeance. She ends up being accused of the previous movie's murders and gets thrown in jail where she must join forces with a reporter to get to the heart of the matter, so to speak. Meanwhile, the sheriff organises a posse to go into the bayou and take down the killer for good...HATCHET III is another excuse for gory effects and the film is chock-full of gooey death scenes which take extreme to a new level. The level of splatter is incredibly over the top, but I didn't like how Kane Hodder looks like a generic mutant villain now and the kills are hardly anything to get excited about, if I'm honest; there's an air of familiarity over the whole production which saps enjoyment of it. This time around Adam Green lets a camera operator buddy of his handle the directing and the result is less than impressive. Still, we do get an impressive cast headlined by the likable Zach Galligan (GREMLINS) and featuring Derek Mears (THE AGGRESSION SCALE), Caroline Williams (THE Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2), a returning Parry Shen, and a cameoing Sid Haig.

Hatchet movies never were my type of horror-thriller. But I do enjoy the gore yet find hard to peep with wide open eyes because killing were very brutal even though I know it is fake. Like previous two, this the third installment was not bad at all. I can say third time lucky. The story followed with new characters and one unchanged, any guess? Victor Crowley. Without him this movie is nothing.As a sequel, it was well done, I mean well developed characters to bring to the killing arena. Of course, many intense scenes that did not bothered story to proceed. Kind of convinced, that it all ended here with this trilogy. That is what all I am believing right now, but I won't be surprised if another movie makes its way.

As a slasher this film is pretty decent. It's not Freddie or Jason or Micheal but if your a Slasher Horror fan it's definitely worth a look. The worst acting came from the Character of Amanda played by Caroline Williams. Talk about OVER Acting wow really ? I expected more from someone who's been in the business as long as she has. Now Kane Hodder well he is his usual AWESOME Self. That man plays an EVIL No One Can Kill Me SonofaBitch ... better than ANYONE in the Business. Now there was one other guy that was a TOTAL DOUCHE typical Hollywood Steroid MOFO who thinks he is THE Shiznit and everyone around him is a moron.... Until he gets EVERYONE around him into a Mess of Trouble cause he in reality is a Blithering Idiot. Who's name I will not reveal right Derek Mears ?