Final Destination 3

Rating: R16 – Contains Horror Scenes & Offensive Language.
Duration: 82 mins.
Genre: Teen Scream.
Actors: Ryan Merriman, Patrick Gallagher, Texas Battle, Amanda Crew, Sam Easton, Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Director: James Wong.
Release Date: Available Now.

The first Final Destination was a damn good movie for it’s minuscule budget, and the second carried on the tradition rather nicely.

Final Destination 3 however is like going back for your third serving of dessert at a smorgasbord, and then regretting eating so much after you’ve finished.

It’s not that it’s a really terrible movie; it’s just that the formula has been flogged and now it’s nothing more than a carcass. Having said that, it does get one thing right – it ends well.

So for those who have yet to see either of the previous films, the plot goes like this: lead female has a premonition that something really bad is going to happen, freaks out major time causing some of her friends to be removed form the situation and consequently saving their lives.

Death however is not happy, and starts arranging horrible deaths in the order that they were originally supposed to be killed. There is an out clause however; if your ‘second’ death is prevented by the actions of someone else, then you’re sparred.

This in it’s self is an interesting concept, most of us like to believe that we are in control of our lives, but Final Destination lays it out that whilst you have the responsibility for your own actions, when it comes down to life and death, you’re not in control, indeed a complete stranger may have more control that you would like to think!

So with this storyline repeating it’s self over the three movies, the only thing left for originality is the location and types of death. All are splatter movie fare, with no real concern for believability. I’ll even go as far to say that thus incarnation of the franchise is the most unbelievable when it comes to the delayed dispatch of the mortal few.

To say that it’s entertaining would be a lie, but suffice to say that really is nothing left for a Final Destination 4.

Food for thought:
Does death have a plan for you?

Rent or Buy?
Rent it; it’ll help pass away an hour or so.