Final Destination 3
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| Directed by | James Wong |
| Produced by | Craig Perry |
| Written by | Glen Morgan
James Wong Jeffrey Reddick (characters) |
| Starring | Mary Elizabeth Winstead Ryan Merriman Kris Lemche Alexz Johnson Amanda Crew Texas Battle Chelan Simmons Crystal Lowe Sam Easton Maggie Ma |
| Music by | Shirley Walker |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | February 10, 2006 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US $34,000,000 |
| Preceded by | Final Destination 2 (2003) |
| Followed by | Final Destination 4 (3-D) (2009) |
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Final Destination 3 is a 2006 supernatural thriller, and the third film in the Final Destination series. Distributed by New Line Cinema, the film was directed and written by James Wong, who co-wrote the original. It was produced by Craig Perry. The film was originally scheduled for release date on February 24, 2006; however, the date was altered to February 10, two weeks earlier.
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[edit] Plot
Wendy Christensen has a premonition of her and her classmates dying in a freak roller-coaster accident, with the coaster de-railing. After causing a comotion about it, several of her classmates get off the ride. Just like how she visioned it, the roller coaster then de-rails and crashes. Afterwards, the survivors begin dying in the same order they would have died had they stayed on the ride. Wendy finds out about the events surrounding Flight 180 in the first film in the series, about how a teenage boy claimed that he had a vison about the plane exploding, and realizes that the same thing is happening now. She teams up with her friend Kevin (Ryan Merriman) and tries to cheat death and stop everyone from getting killed but un-suceeds in saving nearly all of them, even after many clues foreshadowing their deaths. The only survivors she could save were herself, Kevin and her sister Julie. Five months later, Wendy, Kevin and Julie all meet inside a subway by fate, where Wendy has another premonition inside the already moving subway about the train crashing. The film then ends in pitch black, with sounds of the subway crash heard, and the viewers are left to wonder what has happened to the characters.
[edit] Cast
- Wendy Christensen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)
- Kevin Fischer (Ryan Merriman)
- Erin Ulmer (Alexz Johnson)
- Ian McKinley (Kris Lemche)
- Lewis Romero (Texas Battle)
- Frankie Cheeks (Sam Easton)
- Ashlyn Halperin (Crystal Lowe)
- Ashley Freund (Chelan Simmons)
- Julie Christensen (Amanda Crew)
- Perry (Maggie Ma)
- Amber (Ecstasia Sanders)
- Jason Wise (Jesse Moss)
- Carrie Dreyer (Gina Holden)
[edit] Rating
Final Destination 3 was rated R by the MPAA for strong horror violence/gore, language, and some nudity. It received a 15 certificate for the same reasons in the United Kingdom. In Germany, it received an 18 certificate, in contrast to the 16 received by the first two installments, due to the increased relative intensity of violence and gore.
[edit] Response
Final Destination 3 was successful both on film and DVD. The film was released in the United States on February 10, 2006, and opened at #2, showing across 2,880 screens with an opening weekend slightly under $20 million U.S. dollars averaging to a little under $6,940 per theater. As of April 16, 2006, FD3 had made $54,098,051 stateside, though the movie continued to screen across the country for another seven weeks after domestic tallies closed. The film grossed even more in foreign markets, raking in over $59 million as of Early August. Worldwide recorded gross has now reached approx. $113,270,000 so far, outperforming both the original and first sequel in the series. As of late October 2006, Japan gross tallies have yet to be calculated. The DVD rentals reached nearly $45 million, making FD3 the longest running video in the top 50 chart of October 29 (www.boxofficemojo.com) and the 4th best grosser of the 50 films on the list.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film was rated at 46%.[1] The original two films received equally poor scores. Besides deriding the film for the high level of violence and the reference to the attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001, a common complaint directed at the film was that it failed to offer anything new. The BBC awarded a rare 1 star out of 5[2], after awarding the first installment four stars and the second three.
[edit] DVD Release
The DVD release gave a "Choose your own adventure" style option where the viewer was able to make choices for the main characters to affect the outcome of the plot. Possibilities include whether to call Heads or Tails during a coin flip (which prevents the characters from ever boarding the rollercoaster) and what temperature to turn the thermostat to in the tanning beds.
Ultimately, most of the choices have little to no outcome on the plot of the movie, and only exist as a means to show deleted or alternate scenes. However, one action can save one of the characters, though he does not appear in the rest of the movie. Furthermore, one option allows the viewer to 'read' a newspaper detailing the deaths of Kimberly and Officer Burke from Final Destination 2.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Trailer
- Movie Stills
- Video comparing the roller coaster used in the film to the real coaster
- Final Destination 3 at the Internet Movie Database
- Discussion board with details on the choices given in the "Choose their fate" DVD option
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