Final Destination 3 (2006)

Let's be realistic.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

After a premonition allows her to save her friends from a fatal roller-coaster crash, a teenager becomes convinced that Death still has a plan to get them in this third film in the 'Final Destination' franchise. The writing-directing team of Glen Morgan and James Wong return to the helm here (after the reigns to Part Two were given elsewhere) and they deliver several memorable novelty deaths, with a tanning salon sequence sticking out in a particular. The overall film though feels like a missed opportunity for Morgan and Wong who do not delve any deeper into the mythology of how Death works, why certain individuals get premonitions and the seemingly sadistic need of Death to make the experience as gruesome as possible. Morgan and Wong do, however, add an additional element of certain photographs that allow the protagonists to predict the ways their surviving friends will later perish - but then this only really furthers the mystery and suspense rather than the mythology behind the series. That said, a scene in which they enter a gym and spot several different possible ways in which their friend could die (in accordance with his photograph) comes with a deliciously dark comedic streak. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is also as appealing as ever, however, this third entry sorely lacks the twist connections to Part One that made the second film such a memorable experience.

I must say that after a rather wanting sequel, I've had very lowered expectations from Final Destination 3. Luckily, this have turned out to be in my favour, as this film has impressed me more than I could anticipate and has spared me unnecessary disappointments.The main gist of the story remains the same, the premonitions of foreboding doom made famous and turned into a franchise. This time, it's a roller-coaster accident. Again, the survivors start dying, and must learn to read the signs and recognize death's design in order to intervene and save each other. Seeing as how director James Wong (who's done a much better job here than in the first film) had obviously had no intentions of offering anything innovative or new, and had just meant to capitalize on the already successful motives - the best way to look at FD3 is by comparison.The good: I find it difficult to connect to the whole damsel in distress routine when it's forced upon the main protagonist, but objectively speaking - it was called for. The first two films showed very brave young people in their late teens or early twenties, and being so brave and composed in the face of such tragedies and dreadful predicaments damages suspense of disbelief. This time, Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Wendy) is a much more realistic character, much more human in the face of death. Also, using pictures as signs and hints (while completely unoriginal in Horror) was a nice addition. And finally, the ending was the best one yet. Involving a few surprises and half- twists, and not at all comical like in the first film (altogether, there is nothing comical about this film, no comic relief or anything of the sort. Good to see Wong has learnt from his past mistakes!). Before I forget - Candyman Tony Todd doesn't appear in this one, but his voice does!The bad: first of all, the famous nude cheat. Come on. Was it really necessary to degrade the film and audience by throwing in two naked girls? Not to mention degrading the actresses (Chelan Simmons and Crystal Lowe, who've performed beautifully delivering a very convincing and authentic duo of shallow bimbos - yes, it takes some skills playing the part right). Second, the unnecessary addition of viciousness felt forced and redundant. There was no need to add a vindictive side to Death, having it simply doing its jobs and killing those whose time had come was more than enough.All in all, I still don't think the film had the same impact as the first, and I did miss the sense of continuity which appeared in the 2nd film, but if you're a fan of the franchise - you'll definitely enjoy this one.

Final Destination 3 is the only final destination movie I have seen. I caught it on Cinemax late last night and thought it might be fun. This film was fun and pretty entertaining to watch. The acting was actually pretty good here, I wasn't expecting a whole heck of a lot from the actors. It is a little bit predictable, but it was still entertaining nonetheless. Amanda Crew was very impressive, i really loved her in the role. And Ryan merriman was impressive as well, I really loved the casting in this movie, I usually am not a humongous fan of horror film castings, but this movie had great actors in it. The visual effects were pretty well done. I didn't like a couple of the deaths and how graphic they were, didn't need to see some of that. I also didn't care to see the blonde girls's boobs in the tanning bed, unnecessary. But the script and dialogue was well written I thought. And it was entertaining, I had a pretty good time. I wasn't a huge fan of how the film ended though. 7/10.

After a premonition saves a group on a roller coaster crash, the survivors begin to die off in a series of grisly accidents and forces the remaining friends to find a way of stopping the deaths from continuing.Overall this was quite an enjoyable and wholly entertaining part of the series. Like with the others, what really works well here is the setup for the initial premonition, as the scenery at the carnival is quite well-handled and really amps up the suspense in here. The party atmosphere is successfully blinded by the demonic statues, games and the different signs showing up around the park even before getting to the main roller coaster which is yet again is a rather imposing event which lets the action go on quite nicely with all the suspense around them. There's also the start of the film's best part here with its spectacular action scenes really carrying this one along with spectacular scenes that just overwhelm with the spectacle and the ingenuity to pull off the scenes here in the absolutely thrilling crash scene that occurs here. It comes off incredibly well and even plausible as to how the crash could occur in real like taken to an extreme in allowing the deaths to occur here in really great ways, and set up the later encounters quite well. There's plenty of big action encounters here from the sequence in the tanning salon that comes off incredibly cruel, the crash at the drive-up window and the insane tension at the hardware store makes this a notable sequence with all the different potential hazards at play before getting to the crazy death scene. There's also the grand finale at the celebration which features some thrilling scenes, a rather exciting horse-chase sequence through the grounds and really gets a great resolution to this one. Along with the usual high-quality gore for the kills, these here make this one quality enough to hold off the few small flaws here. The main issue here is that there's very little set-up for the kills which are just so quick and over so briefly that they don't have much in the way of suspense about them. This is compounded by the other factor here with the lame mystery about the photographs not being all that well-handled and it just doesn't have much intrigue about them. These here are what hold this one down.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Graphic Language and a non-bloody animal killing.