Final Destination 3 DVD > Reviews > Final Destination 3, rollercoaster of loooove

Author's product rating:   

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

Advantages:	interesting death scenes, funny in places
Disadvantages:	dull plot, uninspiring cast

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Final Destination 3

Released 2006

Directed by James Wong

Runtime 93min

Rating 15

Cast
Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Wendy
Ryan Merriman - Kevin
Kris Lemche - Ian
Alexz Johnson - Erin
Sam Easton - Frankie
Jesse Moss - Jason
Gina Holden - Carrie
Texas Battle - Lewis
Chelan - Ashley
Crystal Lowe - Ashlyn
etc etc etc

The Director.
Final Destination 3 is directed by James Wong, who is probably best known for co-producing around 40 episodes of the X-Files TV series with Chris Carter. James was trying to make slightly different addition to the Final Destination series as the first and second films were connected with the same characters and relationships. This third film is full of new characters and is to show that the plan of death effects everyone everywhere. James was originally asked to direct the second film but he was too busy doing another film.

The Plot

During her schools graduation day party at their local theme park, Wendy has a premonition of the rollercoaster crashing, with her and all of her friends on it, much like the previous films, so she gets off the rollercoaster with half of her classmates in tow to because as a fight breaks out between them. The coaster then starts and her premonition comes true, everyone on the coaster, including her boyfriend Jason, die. Wendy along with her classmate Kevin, whose girlfriend also died in the crash, realise that they have cheated death and the its working its way back through everyone that got off of the coaster.

My Opinion
I really enjoyed this film actually, the plot is a bit dull i'll admit, and the cast are pretty much nobodies, none of them particularly stood out, but they were good enough for this film. If you have seen the other two films the you'll like this one. The deaths are a lot more gory and the chain reaction that leads to them isn't as ridiculously long. Its totally separate from the first two films, although there is a reference to this, happening before, a few years back.

Some of the special features are really cool, there's one that allows you to change the course of the film by picking each persons fate, this was new to me id never seen a feature like this before.

I wouldn't say this film was in any way scary and its actually quite funny in places, the choice of some songs and some of the visuals. I would recommend it to anyone who liked the first two films and i would go and see the fourth if they made one.