The vile sadism of the Saw movies has been replaced by decorative references to Saint Augustine and Immanuel Kant, and there's a beautiful but brainy police profiler (Justine Waddell) on hand to dispense a thick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.
Thr3e (2007)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:0
Rotten:9
Average Rating:2.7/10
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
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.
Ultimately Three, for all its philosophizing, is little more than a standard serial-killer movie with pretensions.
Suspenselessly directed by Robby Henson, Thr3e commits the eighth deadly sin -- boredom.
Directed by Robby Henson, this theologically driven thriller from 20th Century Fox's Fox Faith division, steps gingerly around sex and watches its tongue. But it's far too comfy with the lingua franca of American cinema: violence.
Rent Se7en for an authentically scary thriller with religious undertones.
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.
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