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Death once again shows he's determined to get what he wants in this teen-centric thriller. Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is a high school student hanging out with her friends at an amusement park on... read more read more...e night when they decide to ride on the roller coaster. Wendy, however, has a premonition that something horrible will happen, and finds a way to save herself shortly before the ride goes off the rails, killing most of its passengers, including her boyfriend, Jason (Jesse Moss), and best friend, Carrie (Gina Holden). However, while Wendy may have survived the night at the park, she soon discovers that a malevolent spirit is following her and her classmates as they begin dying in strange and horrible ways. Wendy learns that a series of snapshots taken that evening give clues to the mayhem that followed her pals, and she teams up with Kevin (Ryan Merriman), Carrie's sweetheart, to try to warn the potential victims about the fates soon to befall them. Final Destination 3 was directed and co-scripted by James Wong, who also helmed the first two films in the franchise. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: James Wong, Morgan, Wong

Release Date: February 10, 2006

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DVD Release Date: July 25, 2006

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  • fb729949618
    September 26, 2011
    fb729949618
    They should have stopped before this movie, things are too predictable now.
  • kiriyamakazou
    August 29, 2011
    kiriyamakazou
    Unlike the original, and even the second film, there is nobody to care about here. Dumb bitches, a pervert, angry black guy, sinister goth, whiny sister, etc. It got to the point where these characters were so stereotypical, that I couldn't even enjoy their death scenes. Granted,... read more I want to see awesome deaths, but that doesn't mean I should necessarily want the characters to die. I should have mixed emotions about it all. Anyways, the opening roller coaster isn't as inventive as previous tragedies. After all, you pretty much just fly off and die. After that, all the deaths you can see coming. In fact, now we have pictures that predict how people will die. Part of the fun should be analyzing the scene and thinking "How is this going to end?". With this film though, we know how each death will end up. Or they are so sudden we didn't have time to relish in all the possibilities. Some nice moments, and it is an easy watch, but the 1st one is great after 11 years and multiple viewings. This is tiring about a quarter of the way in.
  • StarCrossedVoyager
    August 17, 2011
    StarCrossedVoyager
    As good as the first two (which were pretty bad also) but it's rare in this sort of series. Acting is even worse but thanks to Winstead we can look past that. Extremely cliche and rather predictable but not as bad as it could have been.
  • fb733768972
    August 13, 2011
    fb733768972
    It is very hard to be original with a premise like this, but this film, even though they made a few mistakes with the take-off, the landing is actually quite perfect and satisfying. This is one of my favourites of the franchise, because it is extremely inventive and actually has ... read moreyou becoming a detective while you watch these people get picked off one-by-one. Final Destination 3 is a lot of fun!
  • coollala0910
    June 2, 2011
    coollala0910
    I recently saw the trailer for "Final Destination 5" and it looks like a total rehash of this installment. This is the only entry in the "Final Destination" series that I've actually sat through. I came across it on TV. Though it was not a very good film, I was entertained. Thats... read more the main goal of the film: to entertain and not be smart. On some occasions, the film will try to act smart.

    The film is about a group of cliched teens who attend their Grad Night at a theme park. They then go on the most thrilling ride in the park, "Devil's Flight". Once they board the ride, one of the students named Wendy has a horrific vision of her friends dying in a rollercoaster derailment. They get run over, fall off, and a dude even loses his torso. She gets them off before the REAL situation comes true. But, Death, or The Grim Reaper, won't stop there. You can't cheat with this dude. Hes after the kids and taking them away by rewarding them gruesome deaths.

    I descriped the characters as "cliched" and they really are. The scripting, acting, and characters are all cliched. But this is one of those fun cliched horror films.

    I love the deaths in this movie. Chick gets impaled with a pole, man gets crushed, chicks get killed with nailguns and get cooked in their tanning beds. The tanning bed death is quite disturbing. I found that one to be elaborately stupid, but fun! I mentioned how the film tries to be smart on some occasions. Every couple minutes, they hint the deaths visually with clues. I found this quite smart but the problem is that the film tries to be a mindless gorefest and also be a thinking film. Thats a big issue.

    This also scared me a bit psychologically. I love rollercoasters and I would hate to be in a derailment. Due to this fact, I'm scared to go on "California Screamin'" at Disney's California Adventure again but plan to go on again soon.

    Now that I really think about, the film was dumb and lies in between being terrible and decent. My only option is to givie it a 50%. So if you like mindless gorefests with dumb characters, watch this one and the other films in the series if you can. But this is a very forgettable film, folks. Horror movies are a lost art.
  • CreedsDelight
    February 12, 2011
    CreedsDelight
    Oh god this was so bad. D
  • blacksheepboy
    January 6, 2011
    blacksheepboy
    Morgan and Wong are back for this third film, only with no originality. Everything here is a rehash of the first installment, predictable and gory, with a roller coaster accident instead of an airplane. The tone aims for seriousness, but with poor dialogues, and the ending is dul... read morel and stupid.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    October 12, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    The idea for this film was far better than the second one,this time instead of a plane and a highway for the scene of the fatal accidents, the accident happens at an amusement park on a Roller Coaster. After the first two films, you get the idea of this series, people die in a s... read morepecific order, and so on. The film is of course predictable, and the actors themselves are not good, but the idea of the rollercoaster was a damn good one. As far this series is concerned, the first is the best one, the second one is the second best, and this one has lost it's puff, and the film ends up being boring. Not a very developed story or anything. The filmmakers could have done something so great with the concept of the accident, that like I said, was pretty cool. But unfortunately the overall film feels a tad too boring and like I've said, the filmmakers seem to be scratching the bottom of the barrel with ideas for this film. Final Destination 3 like the second entry to the series, almost plays out like a comedy horror film. The film is so predictable, and the dialogue is so bad in this entry, plus the actions of the characters who actually don't use any common sense to get out of danger is very laughable. Final Destination 3 like the first two in the series, doesn't try to do anything that great in the Horror genre. I thought that the first one was the best in the series and the two sequels that followed were borderline good. In this third entry they try to do something original, but we know whats will happen, and thats the biggest problem this film. All the good ideas have been explored and the only reason they keep making these films is because they want to make money. Well at least the first entry worked well enough to provide a few interesting jolts and
    scares. But for what it is, The Final Destination series is are a bunch of rediculous teen horror films that are guilty pleasures.
  • lewiskendell
    August 8, 2010
    lewiskendell
    "So let me get this straight; I'm gonna OD on nail polish, and Ian is gonna be embarrassed to death?"

    Well, it's FINAL DESTINATION 3. It shouldn't be too hard to guess what your probably enjoyment level from watching this movie will be. It's just like Final Destination 2 (and th... read moreerefore, the original Final Destination), but with different death scenarios and a hotter main character.

    Once again, a group of people who were spared a gruesome end in a disaster because of a person's sinister premonition (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) face Death's determined and elaborate attempts to take their lives and satisfy his original plans for their fates.

    The death scenes are once again suitably inventive and gruesome (you'll never look at tanning salons the same way), and Mary Elizabeth Winstead is really cute. Those are basically the only relevant issues. If you were a fan of the previous movies, it stands to reason that you'll also enjoy this one. If you hated the first two, the third installment won't change your mind. I'd say that this is my favorite of the bunch. The production values are better than the previous movies, and there's the all-important Winstead Factor to consider.
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    August 3, 2010
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Critic Reviews

Richard Roeper
February 16, 2006
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

The people in this movie are some of the stupidest people in the history of movies. Full Review

Susan Walker
February 10, 2006
Susan Walker, Toronto Star

As a horror flick, Final Destination 3 is literally laughable. Full Review

Peter Hartlaub
February 10, 2006
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

Fans of cheap thrills can enjoy FD3 for what it is: A ridiculous teen horror movie that piles on more than enough dry humor and freshly moistened gore to satisfy its lowbrow audience. Full Review

James Berardinelli
February 10, 2006
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

If you're a Final Destination fan, it's unlikely that #3 will disappoint. If you like horror/thrillers with plenty of cartoonish blood and gore, this will hit the spot. Full Review

Roger Moore
February 10, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Might this be the final Final Destination? Don't bet on it. Full Review

Lisa Rose
February 10, 2006
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

The plot has more holes in it than the victims, but the shocks make up for the flaws. Don't think, just watch, and expect a wild ride. Full Review

Kyle Smith
February 10, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Keeping this series of black-comedy skits fresh is a challenge that the writers don't always meet, and their expository scenes need to be nail-gunned.

Elizabeth Weitzman
February 10, 2006
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

After a fiendish start, filmmakers James Wong and Glen Morgan approach their task with all the subtlety of a hammer to the head (or a knife to the gut, or an ax to the back). Full Review

Tom Long
February 10, 2006
Tom Long, Detroit News

If this film makes money, and it probably will, there may never be a final Final Destination. And that is the most disturbing thing about this movie. Full Review

John Monaghan
February 10, 2006
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

Final Destination 3 still falls squarely into the category of guilty pleasure, but it's fashioned with a fair amount of craft. If fate should bring us another installment, let's hope it's at least as ... Full Review

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    • Jason Wise: Hey look I know you. And I'm thinking that maybe you're nervous about this roller coaster because they say that the real fear with these rides comes from the feeling of having no control. Everyone imagines weird stuff when they get scared. But it never turns out to be the way they imagine. Never.
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    • Lewis Romero: Fisher! What the fuck are you doing here?!
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