Final Destination 3 DVD > Reviews > 3rd time unlucky

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Liked it
Story	Satisfactory
Characters / Performances	Satisfactory
Special Effects	Good
How does it compare to similar films?	Satisfactory

Advantages:	Great action sequence at the start
Disadvantages:	Repetitive and offers nothing new from the first two films

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I purchased the Final Destination 3 DVD in the hope that it would be good if not better then its predecessors. Sadly I was to be disappointed. Final Destination 3 is not a terrible film, it's got good action sequences and a lot of gore, but offers nothing new or different from the first two films. The plot is the same as in the first two films: a young girl forsees her schoolmates dying, in this case on a rollercoaster, and refuses to get on the ride, as do some of her classmates. Later down the line each of them is killed off in a brutal and gory fashion....etc etc.

The best part of the film is without a doubt the roller coaster crash at the start, which is a superbly crafted and well thought out action sequence. After this point however the film deteriates into a series of gruesome deaths involving characters we couldn't care less about. In the first Final Destination I actually liked and cared about the characters, but in this latest instalment they're merely cardboard cut-outs, with absolutely no character development. The only plus point is the promising Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who plays the lead character Wendy.

Even though the film isn't that hot the DVD is actually pretty good. There are some good featurettes on the second disc and you also have the ability to change the ending of the film, something that I have never been able to do before on a DVD. I also liked the making of the film and rollercoaster construction featurettes.

Final Destination 3 proves, yet again, that horror franchises will thrive as long as teenagers keep finding spectacular ways to die.