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Final Destination 3 (2006)

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Reviews Counted:112

Fresh:49

Rotten:63

Average Rating:5/10

Consensus: Final Destination 3 is more of the same: gory and pointless, with nowhere new to go.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong horror violence/gore, language and some nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Feb 10, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $54,098,051

Synopsis: James Wong (THE ONE), who directed the original FINAL DESTINATION film, returns to direct the third installment in the series. High-school senior Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is enjoying senior... James Wong (THE ONE), who directed the original FINAL DESTINATION film, returns to direct the third installment in the series. High-school senior Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is enjoying senior night at the amusement park and taking photos for the school yearbook. A control freak, she's not particularly fond of rides--especially the roller coaster. Despite her fear, Wendy decides to go on the coaster, but is soon traumatized by a vision that a fatal accident is about to occur. She and a group of other riders disembark from the ride--and the rest of the riders do indeed suffer a horrific fate. Having cheated death once, Wendy is tormented by an ominous feeling that something is very wrong. Her classmate, Kevin (Ryan Merriman), does some research and learns that something similar has happened before: a high-school student had a premonition that a plane filled with his classmates was doomed, a group of them refused to board, and the plane exploded in flight. Following that incident, the survivors all died under mysterious circumstances and in the order that they died in the premonition. Soon, Wendy and Kevin realize that the same fate is about to befall those who got off the roller coaster and survived. Perhaps more disturbing is that clues to the impending deaths seem to lie in the photos that Wendy took on the evening of the accident. In an instant, innocuous situations and common objects become fatal, causing particularly gruesome deaths. Ultimately, the real question becomes whether or not Wendy and Kevin can save their classmates--and themselves--from impending doom before it's too late. [More]

Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Texas Battle, Amanda Crew

Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Texas Battle, Amanda Crew, Sam Easton, Patrick Gallagher

Director: James Wong

Director: James Wong
Screenwriter: James Wong, Glen Morgan
Producer: Richard Brenner, Toby Emmerich, Matt Moore, James Wong, Warren Zide, Craig Perry, Glen Morgan
Composer: Shirley Walker
Studio: New Line Cinema

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Fernando F. Croce

Even Hostel showed more respect for the dead

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 30 2009 08:35 PM

CinePassion

N/R

Felix Vasquez Jr.

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 29 2009 03:15 AM

Cinema Crazed

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2/5

Brian Marder

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 20 2008 03:16 AM

Hollywood.com

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3/4

Lucius Gore

The film starts to pick up after it begins borrowing liberally from The Omen, even more liberally than the film's two predecessors which, as freak-accident horror films, are by definition Omen clones.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 18 2008 10:42 PM

ESplatter

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2/5

Rob Gonsalves

This one regresses the series to what Roger Ebert, back in the splatter-film '80s, dubbed the Dead Teenager genre.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 03 2008 12:45 PM

eFilmCritic.com

N/R

Garth Franklin

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 15 2008 03:15 AM

Dark Horizons

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2.5/5

Christopher Campbell

As a forced, unnecessary addition to the series, it lacks a satisfying relationship to its predecessors while simply rehashing the original's plot ...

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 17 2007 08:46 PM

Cinematical

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Felix Gonzalez Jr.

I'm not sure how much more overkill this franchise can take ....

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 10 2007 05:17 PM

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Ethan Alter

So lazily plotted and poorly written, one wonders why New Line didn't just release a half-hour version consisting of nothing but death scenes.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 01 2007 03:38 AM

Film Journal International

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3/5

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 30 2006 05:57 AM

Empire Magazine

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3/5

Jonathan Kiefer

Director James Wong enjoys organizing dangerous objects and circumstances into precariously menacing Rube Goldberg arrangements.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 12 2006 03:15 AM

Sacramento News & Review

N/R

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 06 2006 03:41 AM

Sydney Morning Herald

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Urban Cinefile Critics

A great date movie for couples who like to share their revulsion at squelchy death scenes and hug each other in dread. Not recommended for the squeamish.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 22 2006 07:57 PM

Urban Cinefile

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C-

Nick Schager

Vapid, pointless and wholly predictable.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 19 2006 06:32 PM

Lessons of Darkness

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Luke Y. Thompson

...the sick kind of comedy that involves laughing at stupid people being ripped in half, but we know there are plenty of you out there.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 16 2006 12:51 AM

New Times

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2.5/5

Marc Savlov

In its own morbid little way, this is very much a stand-up-and-cheer -- or shriek, as the case may be -- kind of film.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 04 2006 03:57 AM

Austin Chronicle

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2/5

Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

This film is the least of the three: it lacks the novelty of the first film and the cleverly morbid humor of the second one.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 25 2006 03:55 AM

Goatdog's Movies

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3/4

Mark Dujsik

With its third outing, the Final Destination series surprisingly gets a second wind.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 22 2006 06:44 PM

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3/4

Linda Cook

YOu know, the "Final Destination" movies contain characters who are self-obsessed, cheap, profane and mean-spirited. Maybe that's why it's so much fun to watch them get taken out, one by one.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 18 2006 08:42 PM

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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