Having had mixed experiences with the previous two films, I was unsure what to expect from part 3. I hated the original movie when everybody else I knew loved it, yet for some reason I really enjoyed part 2. Unfortunately my memory of both films is very hazy, so I can't put my finger on why I felt the way I did, but that in itself speaks volumes about this series of movies. They're designed to give the audience cheap thrills, not long lasting memories.
One thing I do know, Final Destination 2 had a number of seriously cool death sequences and part 3 tries it's best to outdo them. However, just because they were the highlight of Final Destination 2 does not mean that a film comprised only of death sequences is going to put more bums in seats. Yes, they're very cool, yes, some will make you jump, and yes, some will make you squirm, but inbetween them all there's a big gaping void where a film should be.
The plot, as much as there is one, revolves around a girl having a premonition about people dying on a roller-coaster that she was about to ride on. A few of the people on the roller-coaster are spooked enough by her screaming fit to get off before the death ride begins and end up cheating death as a result. Unfortunately, death will always catch up to you and one by one, each of the cheaters is killed off in a mysterious (and usually very cool) accident.
Forget the plot though, turn off the part of your brain that handles reasoning, maybe have a few beers beforehand and simply enjoy the wafer thin tension, tits and gore. Yes there are tits in this movie, one pair natural, one pair false, unfortunately the owners die in probably the most gruesome way possible. Reach for the bronzer from now on girls!
Now for the clincher, the ending...
The ending takes place in a tube train and it's fair to say that when the dust settles we're shown a scene of absolute carnage which can't fail to remind us about recent events in London. Now I don't know how the majority of UK audiences will react to this ending (which was reshot to please American audiences), but all I can say is I was appalled. I know it's over six months since the July 7th bombings, but had that event happened in America the ending to this movie would never have been committed to film. I wonder how American audiences would have felt if we'd released a film in their cinema's six months after 9/11 that showed a skyscraper being utterly destroyed.
If you care about what happened in London, I hope the last part of my review persuades you to boycott this film. Don't give your money to the insensitive idiots who made this movie, it'll only encourage them to do it again.
One thing I do know, Final Destination 2 had a number of seriously cool death sequences and part 3 tries it's best to outdo them. However, just because they were the highlight of Final Destination 2 does not mean that a film comprised only of death sequences is going to put more bums in seats. Yes, they're very cool, yes, some will make you jump, and yes, some will make you squirm, but inbetween them all there's a big gaping void where a film should be.
The plot, as much as there is one, revolves around a girl having a premonition about people dying on a roller-coaster that she was about to ride on. A few of the people on the roller-coaster are spooked enough by her screaming fit to get off before the death ride begins and end up cheating death as a result. Unfortunately, death will always catch up to you and one by one, each of the cheaters is killed off in a mysterious (and usually very cool) accident.
Forget the plot though, turn off the part of your brain that handles reasoning, maybe have a few beers beforehand and simply enjoy the wafer thin tension, tits and gore. Yes there are tits in this movie, one pair natural, one pair false, unfortunately the owners die in probably the most gruesome way possible. Reach for the bronzer from now on girls!
Now for the clincher, the ending...
The ending takes place in a tube train and it's fair to say that when the dust settles we're shown a scene of absolute carnage which can't fail to remind us about recent events in London. Now I don't know how the majority of UK audiences will react to this ending (which was reshot to please American audiences), but all I can say is I was appalled. I know it's over six months since the July 7th bombings, but had that event happened in America the ending to this movie would never have been committed to film. I wonder how American audiences would have felt if we'd released a film in their cinema's six months after 9/11 that showed a skyscraper being utterly destroyed.
If you care about what happened in London, I hope the last part of my review persuades you to boycott this film. Don't give your money to the insensitive idiots who made this movie, it'll only encourage them to do it again.