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Final Destination 3 is a 2006 American horror film, and the third installment of the Final Destination franchise. It was directed and co-written by James Wong, who also directed and co-wrote the first film, and was produced by Wong and his writing partner Glen Morgan, with franchise producers Craig Perry and Warren Zide. Released on February 10, 2006, the film performed well at the box office and gained a mixed reception from critics.
Final Destination 3 was originally considered as the final part of the trilogy and was in talks since the release of Final Destination 2, according to the interviews of the last-mentioned film’s makers. The idea of death omens appearing in photographs was taken from the 1976 horror classic The Omen, in which characters are impaled and decapitated.
This movie is based on Wendy Christensen’s premonitions that She perceives what worse is going to happen which ultimately leads to death of everyone close to her. The first instance happens when she visits an amusement park with her friends and she perceives that the roller coster’s seat harnesses and it will fail, killing everyone. Inspite of her telling her friends about it, they think she is mocking. But that’s the truth and everyone on board dies. Not just one time, but every time Wendy is suspicious the people in the picture die.
What really interested me in this movie is how every time she thought of something, whoever is going to die amongst the characters, was quite unpredictable. Final destination 3 is a movie made with proper technical skills and with the help of Cinematographer Robert McLachlan, the movie executed the creepy site quite well. The rides in the movie look fatal which is scary as hell. But when compared to the first two FD movies, its a little disappointing. The movie doesn’t fit that well according to the story line and there is no change in the age group of the people here. It just looks a teenage horror movie which was different in the FD 2. Also talking about the script of the movie it’s very hard for the audience to get involved in it as the characters act too cold at times and is expression less (especially Wendy). Overall I felt the movie was yes terrifying but wasn’t able to convince the audience well.
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