I've already seen the first two Final Destination films, so naturally I had no interest in seeing this one...but what can you do when you're with a bunch of friends that all want to watch it? I guess it's a bit pointless to point out all the ineptitudes of this film, but since I've wasted ninety minutes of my life on it; I feel that I've earned the right. The 'Special Edition' DVD contains a feature that allows the viewer to change the order that the characters die in; and director James Wong obviously had this in mind when making the film, as the ridiculously over the top death scenes are just that; scenes in which someone is clearly and obviously going to die. The film is basically a very thin and highly unoriginal plot thread, which is peppered with such scenes, and the characters that manage to survive so they make it to the next scene don't have any effect on this whatsoever....thus making it all a little pointless, as the film is basically just a collection of sequences that see people die in gory and stupid ways. This may be OK for some people, but for anyone who takes their horror seriously; Final Destination 3 is a travesty.
The plot is exactly the same as the other two films, in that we start with an over the top scene in which a lot of people escape death, and then see them all get their comeuppance later on. The stupidity of the plot shines through more in this film than in the two previous ones, and the idea of death coming back to claim it's intended victims is pathetic, as if 'death' really is an all powerful force...why would it go to the trouble of setting up a bizarre sequence of events to decapitate/burn/crush these people, when it could simply give them a heart attack or some other less strenuous method of death? Of course, this series is renowned for its death scenes...but by part three, it really has run its course and this film is completely needless. The gore isn't bad, however, but most of the special effects look hokey and silly, which doesn't do a film that is already hokey and silly many favours. The film rips off many better films, such as The Omen, and every time there's a stolen idea; it just reminds the audience how bad this film is. Overall, fans of the original will probably like this as well...but it's not recommended to anyone over the age of 14.
The plot is exactly the same as the other two films, in that we start with an over the top scene in which a lot of people escape death, and then see them all get their comeuppance later on. The stupidity of the plot shines through more in this film than in the two previous ones, and the idea of death coming back to claim it's intended victims is pathetic, as if 'death' really is an all powerful force...why would it go to the trouble of setting up a bizarre sequence of events to decapitate/burn/crush these people, when it could simply give them a heart attack or some other less strenuous method of death? Of course, this series is renowned for its death scenes...but by part three, it really has run its course and this film is completely needless. The gore isn't bad, however, but most of the special effects look hokey and silly, which doesn't do a film that is already hokey and silly many favours. The film rips off many better films, such as The Omen, and every time there's a stolen idea; it just reminds the audience how bad this film is. Overall, fans of the original will probably like this as well...but it's not recommended to anyone over the age of 14.