Final Destination 3
(February 2006)

Let's face it, if you are going to watch a Final Destination movie you are interested in one thing - the kill. Final Destination movies have become known for their far fetched and often very glory deaths and the latest film in the series upholds that tradition admirably.

Glen Morgan and James Wong, writers of the first Final Destination, are back to helm the 3rd film of the Final Destination series. They seem to be trying to once again inject some X-Files-ish conspiracy theories into the movie which is a shame. We don't need subplots that go no where, it slows down the pace of the movie too much. The one good thing that they have reintroduced into the franchise is a "theme" song to foreshadow imminent death.

The movie starts out with a high school student having a vision about a fatal roller coaster ride. She and a hand full of other students are removed from the deadly roller coaster and escape death...or so they think. That is the entire plot of the movie. There is virtually no character development and that's okay because interesting kills is the name of the game and what people want. In that arena this movie is much more brutal and gory than its predecessors. Apparently death is getting really pissed off.

Bottom line: Final Destination 3 as a whole is a lesser successor to the first two movies. However, they have pumped up the gore factor is fans of the first two movies will enjoy this one as well.

Rating: R for strong horror violence/gore, language and some nudity.