Cast:
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Ryan Merriman
Kris Lemche

Director:
James Wong

Release Date:
February 10, 2006

MPAA:
R

The Final Destination films are an interesting sort. They follow the same basic premise: the main character has a premonition of a fatal accident, they cause a commotion that prevents them plus several others from being involved in said accident, “Death” begins to hunt down the survivors by using elaborate setups that causes their demise, all meant to look like accidents. I can say I’ve enjoyed the first two for their creativeness and the third is no different. Where the first film had a overall dark feel to it and the second had a somewhat lightheartedness to it, the third dips back to the first in terms of darkness. As one of the characters states after an accident involving a stalled car and a motor fan in a drive thru, “Can’t you feel how brutal that was?”, the accidents in this film are pretty bad. Along with the drive-thru scene, there’s a tanning bed malfunction that claims the lives of two girls and a head crushing involving weights. The Final Destination films are well know for the elaborate death scenes and I think that’s why so many enjoy going to watch, they’re little thrill rides. Final Destination 3, while not really offering anything new, is fun and entertaining. Of course, that is if you can stomach a little gore here and there.

Rating:
8 out of 10