Wendy Christensen and a group of teens who escaped a fatal roller-coaster crash face a bloody date with Death.Wendy Christensen and a group of teens who escaped a fatal roller-coaster crash face a bloody date with Death.Wendy Christensen and a group of teens who escaped a fatal roller-coaster crash face a bloody date with Death.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
- Ashlyn Halperin
- (as Crystal Lowe)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaThe cast members on the roller coaster had to ride it 26 times on the same night in order to shoot the film's main premonition scene.
- Goofs(at around 32 mins) In the tanning salon sequence the tanning bed is locked down by the rack of CDs above it that fall. Tanning salons are not allowed to hang or set anything above the tanning bed.
- Quotes
Ian McKinley: Equal... in death's eyes? All of us? How can you say that? Dude, think it through: Charlie Manson, made it to 70, Osama, still kicking. Pimps, vice presidents, walking around, all the atrocities they've committed, they're alive and well. These two girls, never done shit to anybody, they don't get to make it to 18. Where's the fucking equality in that?
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the credits you will hear the mortician (William Bludworth) laugh.
- Alternate versionsThe free preview bonus DVD that came packaged with the "Final Destination: Scared 2 Death Pack" featured an extended version of the scene where Wendy and Kevin are being escorted off the roller coaster by security. In this version, they don't cut away to show the roller coaster flying off the tracks. Instead you only hear the accident as a horrified Wendy witnesses the incident.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Death's Design: Making 'Final Destination 3' (2006)
- SoundtracksTribal Dance
Written by Ray Slijngaard (as Raymond Slijngaard), Phil Wilde (as Filip De Wilde), Filip Martens and Xavier De Clayton
Performed by 2 Unlimited
Courtesy of Byte Records
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A deadly ride
While it was not a great or perfect film (particularly in the dialogue, ending and some of the acting), the first 'Final Destination' was entertaining and effective (especially with its terrific opening plane sequence and the creative deaths) with a fascinating idea done well.
The bigger and bolder 'Final Destination 2' had its flaws but was just as good and perhaps the best of the four sequels. 'Final Destination 3' is just as big and bold, as well as gorier, and is also as good. Second sequels or third instalments of a franchise don't always fare well, especially in horror and comedy, 'Final Destination 3' is one of the better examples in a genre where sequels have a patchy history. The novelty has not yet worn off and in a way is more refined.
Sure, the story is more of the same and formulaic. Meanwhile, there is too much dull downtime between deaths where dialogue and exposition can be clumsy at times.
The special effects are not always brilliant and the characters are as shallow as ever.
However, 'Final Destination 3' is as atmospheric and stylish as its previous two films. The music has a haunting eeriness and James Wong does a more than competent job in the director's chair, showing a genuine understanding of the concept and the horror genre, breathing atmosphere, fun and freshness into a tried and tested formula and not losing what made his direction work in the first film.
Like the second, although there is a little too much of an over-reliance on gore, not all of it necessary, the death scenes are bolder, more elaborate and more creative (faring even better in this regard actually). The tanning bed and nail gun deaths were particularly good and two of the best and most imaginative of the series. The script has some wonderful humour that is black and ironic and has just as much tension and a sense of dread. The amusement park/roller-coaster scene is not as good as the opening scenes in the previous films, especially visually, but it's still very scary. The photo record is surprising and there is an intricacy in places.
'Final Destination 3' has the best ending perhaps of the series, to me it's the least contrived and more logical than the one in particularly the second film. In the acting stakes, it fares favourably too. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is very good.
Overall, a good deadly ride that's worth getting on board for, as long as one knows what to expect. 7/10 Bethany Cox
The bigger and bolder 'Final Destination 2' had its flaws but was just as good and perhaps the best of the four sequels. 'Final Destination 3' is just as big and bold, as well as gorier, and is also as good. Second sequels or third instalments of a franchise don't always fare well, especially in horror and comedy, 'Final Destination 3' is one of the better examples in a genre where sequels have a patchy history. The novelty has not yet worn off and in a way is more refined.
Sure, the story is more of the same and formulaic. Meanwhile, there is too much dull downtime between deaths where dialogue and exposition can be clumsy at times.
The special effects are not always brilliant and the characters are as shallow as ever.
However, 'Final Destination 3' is as atmospheric and stylish as its previous two films. The music has a haunting eeriness and James Wong does a more than competent job in the director's chair, showing a genuine understanding of the concept and the horror genre, breathing atmosphere, fun and freshness into a tried and tested formula and not losing what made his direction work in the first film.
Like the second, although there is a little too much of an over-reliance on gore, not all of it necessary, the death scenes are bolder, more elaborate and more creative (faring even better in this regard actually). The tanning bed and nail gun deaths were particularly good and two of the best and most imaginative of the series. The script has some wonderful humour that is black and ironic and has just as much tension and a sense of dread. The amusement park/roller-coaster scene is not as good as the opening scenes in the previous films, especially visually, but it's still very scary. The photo record is surprising and there is an intricacy in places.
'Final Destination 3' has the best ending perhaps of the series, to me it's the least contrived and more logical than the one in particularly the second film. In the acting stakes, it fares favourably too. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is very good.
Overall, a good deadly ride that's worth getting on board for, as long as one knows what to expect. 7/10 Bethany Cox
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- Language
- Also known as
- Cheating Death: Final Destination 3
- Filming locations
- Playland Amusement Park, Pacific National Exhibition Grounds, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada('The Corkscrew' rollercoater)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $54,098,051
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,125,000
- Feb 12, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $118,890,272
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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