Astronomically awful, like the crappiest copy of a Dario Argento giallo ever made...Thr3e isn't even half the movie Se7en was.
Thr3e (2007)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:2
Rotten:34
Average Rating:3.2/10
Consensus: Thr3e is a shoddily made, thrill-free thriller that isn't half as good as the several movies it borrows from (Adaptation, Saw, Se7en).
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for violence, disturbing images and terror.
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:Jan 5, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $978,908
Synopsis: Jennifer Peters is a well-known police profiler who wrote a book about serial killers. This notoriety brought not only fame, but made her the target of demented psychopath, the Riddle Killer. RK,... Jennifer Peters is a well-known police profiler who wrote a book about serial killers. This notoriety brought not only fame, but made her the target of demented psychopath, the Riddle Killer. RK, as he is known, pushes his victims beyond their limits with cryptic riddles and impossible timelines. All who have become his obsession have died, but he was particularly cruel to Jennifer - forcing her to witness her own brother's gruesome murder. Wounded and emotionally raw, Jennifer jumps at the chance to work the case of Kevin Parson, a shy, naive seminary student who seems to be RK's next victim. The Riddle Killer orders Kevin to confess his sin. As Kevin struggles to put the pieces together on this dark "sin," the RK is unmerciful, calling with riddle after riddle and planting bomb after bomb - challenging Kevin to figure out the riddles before innocent people die. And then Kevin's childhood friend Samantha, now an Insurance Investigator and a former FBI agent, re-enters the story to protect Kevin. The Killer toys with Kevin, Samantha and Jennifer, ramming them against a ticking clock to save lives. As they are thrust forward toward the dark conclusion, Kevin's past comes into question. What is this "sin"? Who is the Riddle Killer? How is the RK tied to Kevin?s childhood? And, how much longer can they play this game before one, or all of them die? This is world where nothing is what it seems. Where your closest friend could be your greatest enemy? --© Namesake Entertainment [More]
Starring: Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Laura Jordan, Max Ryan
Starring: Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Laura Jordan, Max Ryan, Sherman Augustus, Priscilla Barnes, Tom Bower, Kevin Downes
Director: Robby Henson
Director: Robby Henson
Story: Alan McElroy
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Reviews for Thr3e
Suspenselessly directed by Robby Henson, Thr3e commits the eighth deadly sin -- boredom.
A tame variation on the usual serial-killer art direction and a hilarious number of A-Team-style explosions in which no one is killed. It's offensively dull.
Rent Se7en for an authentically scary thriller with religious undertones.
It's awfully familiar, right up to the ending, which bogarts the ending of another recent thrill-kill movie but, in fairness, I won't reveal that flick's identity.
Ultimately Three, for all its philosophizing, is little more than a standard serial-killer movie with pretensions.
The vile sadism of the Saw movies has been replaced by decorative references to Saint Augustine and Immanuel Kant, and there's a beautiful but brainy police profiler (Justine Waddell) on hand to dispense a thick layer of psychobabble.
Perhaps on the page this was spellbinding; on the screen, it's frequently hilarious... The embarrassing, jaw-droppingly dumb finale is stolen directly from a situation in director Spike Jonze's 'Adaptation.'
Perfect for that good Christian family who’s aching to see a neutered, unoriginal crime thriller that clumsily coughs up its 'spiritual' theme only in the last line.
If Thr3e is any indication of what we can expect from the emerging trend of studio-funded faith-based movies, we may find ourselves wishing The Passion of the Christ had been a box-office bomb.
Thr3e is exploitative nonsense that cheapens the studio that released it. And if that's not enough, the film is completely inept in its direction, story construction and performances.
There are no dead bodies here, but perhaps filmgoers, tired of all those secular scares and heathen horrors, won't miss the aesthetic pleasure of a creative murder scene.
Thr3e is an eccentric combination of horror film and religious morality play that isn't entirely successful on either level but gets by on the sheer professionalism of its makers.
...a mix of earnest uncertainty and shameless over-the-top hamminess.
There's precious little in the way of clammy tension or mounting apprehension as Thr3e plods toward a climax that is startlingly absurd, yet not entirely illogical.
I've seen films that said nothing in entertaining, even compelling ways. 'Thr3e' is not one of them. At least it's not wholesome too.
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