Final Destination 3 (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) |  | Directors: James Wong, Julie Ng
Actors: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Sam Easton
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN10372D
UPC: 794043103728
EAN: 0794043103728
ASIN: B000FC2HS6
Theatrical Release Date: February 10, 2006
Release Date: July 25, 2006
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IN THIS THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE FINAL DESTINATION SERIES, A STUDENT'S PREMONITION OF A DEADLY ROLLERCOASTER RIDE SAVES HER LIFE AND A LUCKY FEW, BUT NOT FROM DEATH ITSELF WHICH SEEKS OUT THOSE WHO ESCAPED THEIR FATE.
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Giddily gruesome and perversely entertaining, Final Destination 3 proves, yet again, that horror franchises will thrive as long as teenagers keep finding spectacular ways to die. A stand-alone sequel to the first two Final Destination thrillers, this one begins when a group of seven high-school graduates luckily escape from a deadly roller-coaster disaster, only to discover that their own deaths have been only temporarily avoided. Cute brunette Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) spots clues of impending doom in digital photos of her soon-to-be-expiring classmates, and an ill wind follows her everywhere, suggesting the presence of a supernatural force that makes her a catalyst for gory events, as each of her friends is dispatched in the order they were meant to die. Returning to give their brainchild a suspenseful, low-budget makeover, franchise creators and former X-Files writers James Wong and Glen Morgan cleverly play on our collective fears (the roller coaster sequence is genuinely terrifying) with a knowing nod to violent urban legends, which explains their inclusion of the '70s hit "Love Roller Coaster" on the soundtrack when two stuck-up girlfriends pay an ill-fated visit to a tanning parlor. And that's just for starters: With Wong as director, FD3 serves up its grisly deaths with tight pacing and humor, and the cathartic carnage is discreetly edited yet gory enough to satisfy hardcore horror buffs. When morbid mayhem is this much fun, it's a safe bet that another sequel is just around the corner. --Jeff Shannon On the DVD
As befits a horror franchise heavily invested in the idea of "fate," the Final Destination 3 disc carries a "Choose Their Fate" option. In other words, you can watch the movie with occasional choices offered; click on one of two alternatives, and see that version play out. This won't give you the power to let one character live or die; it's more like deciding whether somebody honks her horn twice in a scene, calls heads or tails on a coin flip, or pushes the thermostat to 72 degrees or 76. Not exactly life-changing, but it's kind of fun. The bonus disc includes a 90-minute "making of" feature called Kill Shot, which covers the production of the movie in exhausting detail (honest detail, too: filmmakers James Wong and Glen Morgan are funny and blunt about the business they're in, including a section on how the original ending was scrapped in favor of a bloodier finale). It's everything you'd want to know about this movie--but who needs to know this much? A 7-minute cartoon, "It's All Around You," is an amusing meditation on bad luck and laws of probability, while a 25-minute featurette called Dead Teenager Movie spins off from Roger Ebert's theory about the rigid formula of a certain kind of horror film (Ebert weighs in on the subject himself). A few experts opine on the traditions of teenagers dying in horror films; some of them don't seem to be aware that the formula pre-dated the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Audio commentaries, special effects sidebars, and trailers fill out this needlessly authoritative disc. --Robert Horton
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 I don't care what they say, this was slippery, gross and totally entertaining! September 24, 2006
- Kasia S. (New York City)
27 out of 29 found this review helpful
Being a big fan of the previous Final Destination movies I knew I would love this one as long as it stuck to the formula. Not only did this movie accomplish the task, it left me squeezing my boyfriends arm a few times too many, a good sign that the disturbing scary horror parts did their job! I liked al the new characters introduced, a class of McKinnley high school seniors celebrating end of their schooling with a wild night at the amusement park. The whole movie does not take the place in the park, only the beginning, the place of unspeakable horrors and lot's of bloody bodies.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead in head role as Wendy Christensen was a new face to me but a joy to watch on the screen. She had a really disturbing premonition of the roller coaster ride breaking, and while everything happened as she imagined, the remaining people who thought they were lucky had no idea what horrible things would await them. I was shocked at the gruesome death scenes perfectly set up in a cat and mouse style of a game. It reminded me of those old fashioned Dominoes games I would play, arranging the pattern on the floor for hours, then at one push one thing led to another and the whole design pushed forward slumped in a mess. That's how death worked in this movie, one misplaced object would leak onto another, push a cart then a bottle toppled over, wetting a heater which in then increased the temperature in a tanning booth while two saved girls tanned in. A coat hanger tripped by an air fan showed the bookshelf on top of the booth locking them in, that is how this movie happens. There are no bad guys, no monsters , no ghosts, just that evil draft and unfortunate coincidences that somehow brought boys and girls to bloody pulp. All of the death scenes were amazing, as much as disturbing, they were really shown in full detail, as I had no idea this movie was going to be that hair raising. The rollercoaster scene itself was incredible, totally disgusting and something I will love to see again.
The best, well the most disgusting death scene was with the nail gun, you guys who have seen it know what I am talking about, I was shocked yet at the same time I was really impressed at the effects and the poor actors. Overall a great fun movie, a blast to watch and really gory but interesting enough when you care for the characters.
I loved trying to figure out with them how to cheat death and seeing their failed attempts and small successes lead somewhere. I hope more parts will come out, as I can never get bored of this theme!
- Kasia S.
"Final Destination 3" AKA 'Cheating Death... February 12, 2006
Blade (WA, USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Director James Wong (IV) returns to bring us the next horrifying installment to the FD franchise. The original cast from, the first and second films have been removed entirely, but we are introduced to some interesting new young faces, including Mary Elizabeth Winstead (as the main heroine). I liked the original just as much as I did with FD2, but I absolutely LOVED FD3! Personally, I consider it to be the best one thus far even if the stubborn critics disagree! Mr. Wong knows how to entertain an audience by making his movies scary, imaginative, and fun at the same time! His work is also the most original, when compared to most of the cheap, PG-13 imitations put out today. I got the opportunity to view this with my older brother and friend at the movie theatre yesterday and wasn't in any way disappointed!
Taking place six years since the tragic account of Flight 180 (See the original, "Final Destination"), high school senior, Wendy Christensen (Winstead) has a premonition involving a fatal rollercoaster accident. Before the ride is launched, she succeeds at saving herself and most of her friends from meeting an untimely demise. But death soon comes back to re-claim its victims, as mysterious and bizarre accidents begin to occur! Now, Wendy must solve death's puzzle and save everyone before it's too late! Her only clues lead to the photographs that she took of herself and her friends at the carnival, which also represent the order that they're to die in. Will she succeed, or will death finish them all?
If you've enjoyed FD1 and FD2, then you're sure to enjoy FD3 even more! The acting can drag a little here and there, but the well-written script and amazing special effects do more than make up for it! Furthermore, the death sequences are very creative and executed nicely even more so than that of the first two films (Watch out for the tanning booth and weight room scenes)! However, if you are squeamish and/or the faint of heart, then you may want to look elsewhere! You'll need a very strong stomach if you are to get through the whole movie! But longtime horror fans and gorehounds alike are sure to enjoy this third [and possibly LAST] 'Destination'!
SCRIPT: 10/10
ACTING: 7/10
SPECIAL EFFECTS: 10/10
MAKEUP EFFECTS: 10/10
MY OVERALL RATING: 10/10
...Can't wait for the DVD release!
A complete Rollercoaster ride June 2, 2006
MovieLover (California, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
***THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SOME MAJOR SPOILERS, DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE SPOILED***
Being a big fan of the Final Destination movies, I was overly excited to hear that a Final Destination 3 would soon be gracing the theater screens, I wondered what accident they could come up with and put into effect in this one, after hearing that it would be a Rollercoaster disaster that started the film off, I was drooling all over the place, I wasn't sure if they could top the insane highway pile up accident seen in the second FD film.
I had my expectations set high for this film and first i'll say, it met them perfectly, yeah there were some nitpicks I found in the film but overall, the great outdid the bad.
The film basically starts off with a control freak senior, Wendy Christenson (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), enjoying herself at an amusement park celebrating her and her friends upcoming High School graduation. Everythings all fun and games, that is until her and her friends board a Rollercoaster, it crashes, people are thrown from there carts, carts tear off and leap from the tracks, people are impaled, people hang onto there harnesses for dear life when the Coaster goes upside down, great, action packed stuff. Everyone dies in the accident, but wait, it was only a vision seen by our main protagonist, Wendy of course, she freaks and gets herself as well as 9 other kids kicked off the ride, soon after, she witnesses the ride crashing, just like in her premonition, everyone on board dieing, including her best friend and boyfriend who tried to get off but were not allowed by security. Wendy feels guilty about not trying harder to stop the ride and has basically shunned herself from everyone around her, when Kevin, her best friends boyfriend, comes to her with a theory that death might be coming back to reclaim its victims, she basically tells him to F off and thinks hes being his usual, jackass self, but when two of the people who got off the ride die in violent, vicious ways, she begins to believe and realizes that Kevin was right, and that clues of there soon-to-happen deaths are hidden in photographs that she had tooken of the survivors for the High School Yearbook at the amusement park. Her and Kevin team up to try and prevent death from claiming them and the other survivors.
The Accident: I'll admit, the accident wasn't as great as I was hoping for, it just didn't give that all out crazy, in your face feeling that the accident in the second movie had, but all that said, the accident was still visually amazing and directed with some quick sly and action paced movements, I had my hand gripping the armrest next to me in the theater, you could sense the fear that the charectors had while it was happening, especially when the harnesses first give way and flew up, the fear in the charectors expressions and actions were so convincing, especially from Wendy. The CGI was surprisingly not as bad as I expected it to be, it was only noticeable in a couple segments of the scene, including one where a guy is barely hanging onto his harness as the Coaster spins around on a loop, sending him in a messy circle of hanging on for his life, and even the CGI wasn't that bad during that scene. The climax of that scene was also great and effective, seeing Wendy screaming as she hurtled down to the track below and then coming out of her vision just before she meets with the track face on.
The Acting and Charector Development: This is where the film was weak, the acting was sort of stale at many times, fortunetly, it was from the actors whose charectors bite the dust early on in the film, there were three actors that I just could not stand to watch anymore and was just hoping that death would kill them off all at once, even if it did disobey the order of the design. Fortunetly we don't have to deal with them that long. I will give big props to Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Sky High, the upcoming Bobby) who was excellent as the lead, I didn't find any faults with her, Ryan Merriman (The upcoming Home Of The Giants) was also very convincing. Though not as great as those two, Alexz Johnson (TV's Instant Star) and Kris Lemche (Ginger Snaps) were great in there roles of Erin and Ian, the gothic/punk rokish emo couple, last but not least, Amanda Crew (TV's Life As We Know It) was fine in the part of Wendys younger sister, Julie. Jesse Moss (Ginger Snaps) and Gina Holden were also great as Jason Wise and Carrie Dreyer, the boyfriend and best friend of Wendy, even if they were only in it from the beginning up until after the Rollercoaster accident. The rest of the cast were pretty bad in my honest opinion, though Texas Battle (Coach Carter) wasn't nearly as bad as Crystal Lowe, Chelan Simmons and Sam Easton.
Now onto the Charector Development, well, basically there wasn't really any, that was my main problem with the film, it seemed like the creators thought that the film would be better if it focused on just the two main charectors and the gory, bloody deaths, well while that works, it would have been nice to care about the charectors at least a little, but the only charectors I found myself even remotely caring for were Wendy (Winstead), Kevin (Merriman), Julie (Crew) and perhaps Erin (Johnson), all the others I felt were just there to get picked off and nothing more, as a matter of fact, all the actors besides Winstead, Merriman, Crew and Lemche were only featured in the film for about ten minutes as a whole and were then picked off in there scenes rather quickly. I would have liked to have seen more of Alexz Johnsons charector, Erin Ulmer, and was sad to see her featured in the movie for less than twenty minutes all together, though Johnson had the advantage of having one of the best scenes in the movie being her last. So heres to hoping that there is more added charector development in the possible fourth movie, which I expect considering the high box office numbers this movie got.
The Deaths: My god, this movie was put out to shock us with insane, grusome gory deaths, and let me tell you it did its job. There was only one death in this movie that didn't have me covering my mouth and whispering or shouting "Damn!" too, only one, the other ones were just so crazy, this movie was def. the bloodiest of the three, i'll never go to a Tanning Salon for any reason after seeing this movie, and i'll def. be a lot more weary of my surroundings while walking into a Warehouse/Home Depot type store, or when taking a future trip to the Gym. The best death had to be the Nail Gun death at the Home Improvement Store, bloody goodness and man did the charector suffer! All in all, I went into the movie expecting some insane, gory deaths and I got what I wanted. This movie also had the highest body count i'd say.
The Climax to the film: I must say, I didn't know how they'd end this film and I was happy with the result I got, it just let you know that sometimes you can't escape death and you have to basically deal with it. I liked the fact that the ending provided a second disaster, a Subway accident, really nifty and it was a real big bonus.
When the DVD comes out, i'll be going out of my way to pick a copy up, can't wait.
Rollercoaster Of Death July 6, 2006
www.steveo2006.co.uk (steveo2006.co.uk)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I saw this film the day after its release and despite being extremely ill, I really enjoyed it.
This time, the film looks at a group of teenagers enjoying graduation by going to a funfair. One of them is a photographer for the school paper and starts to notice strange things in the photographs she takes. (For instance the ride that said 'high die' instead of 'high dive') Her friends decide that they want to go on the rollercoaster and although the photographer isn't sure about it, she decides to go on it as well. I was so scared when the rollercoaster started to move. That part was really good because it definitely built up some tension and as soon as the rollercoaster went down the drop, things really started to get nasty. (In a good way though!)
The death scenes in this film are incredibly gory. There nastier than the first film. (Again, in a good way!) My favourite death scene had to be the one of those two girls on the sunbeds as that part truly terrified me and had me on the edge of my seat. I also loved the ending too but i won't say anything about that 'cause I don't want to give too much away!
"Final Destination 3" wasn't as good as the first film but its still great and all fans of horror and gore should get it!
Final Destination: My Room Watching This!! June 17, 2006
Unnatural Disaster (Atlanta, GA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Final Destination 3 still delivers even with the same plot as the first two. In this one, a class is at a carnival for a Graduation Party. The main characters all decide to go on the rollercoaster "Devil's Flight." They all board the rollercoaster when suddenly one of the students, Wendy, has a terrifying and graphic premonition of the rollercoaster derailing and everyone on board dying. When she wakes up, she freaks out and gets half of the people off of the rollercoaster. Now death is after the survivors. Most of the actors in this movie are relatively unknown, similar to the first two, but there are a few stand out characters. Wendy is played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Sky High), Kevin is played by Ryan Merriman (The Ring 2), The role of Erin is played by Alexz Johnson (Instant Star), and Ian is played by Kris Lemche (Ginger Snaps). Final Destination 3, in my opinion, has the best death scenes out of the three, but the worst character development. Still, the deaths are why people see the Final Destination series anyway, right? The DVD brings in some pretty cool features. There is the Dead Teenager Movie documentary, commentaries by the people who worked on the movie, etc... am I forgetting something? Oh yeah! The Choose Their Fate feature!! In this feature, you can either watch the movie as it was shown in theaters, or you can watch it according to your own decisions. In Choose Their Fate every ten minutes or so, a screen will come up asking you a question that has two choices. You choose one of them and it happens. It's just like those books you read as a kid that asked you a question and you would turn to a certain page to see what happens. I think this will be very interesting to see. I am very excited about this dvd and I am counting down the days until it is released!! A little over a month to go!
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