Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) (V)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Brent Maddock

Writers (WGA):

S.S. Wilson (story) &
Brent Maddock (story) ...

Release Date:

2 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Food Chain Just Grew Another Link.

Plot:

Third entry in series returns to the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada seen in the first and briefly in the second.

Plot Keywords:

Graboids | Shriekers | Monster | Desert | Worm

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Michael Gross	...	Burt Gummer
Shawn Christian	...	Desert Jack Sawyer
Susan Chuang	...	Jodi Chang
Charlotte Stewart	...	Nancy Sterngood
Ariana Richards	...	Mindy Sterngood
Tony Genaro	...	Miguel
Barry Livingston	...	Dr. Andrew Merliss
John Pappas	...	Agent Charlie Rusk
Robert Jayne	...	Melvin Plug
Billy Rieck	...	Buford, Jack's Assistant
Kelly Connell	...	Tourist Guy
Matthew Seth Wilson	...	Tourist Kid
Jason Hopkins	...	Tourist Kid
Lorna Scott	...	Tourist Lady
Mary Gross	...	Tourist Mom

MPAA:

Rated PG for sci-fi violence and language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | UK:12 | Singapore:PG

Company:

Universal Family and Home Entertainment

Trivia:

In the trailer, the character of Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) is referred to as Bert Gummer.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Burt, Jack and Jodi are in the outhouse hiding from the "butt blowers" someone locks the door and 'IN USE' is showing. After they decide their plan they simply open the door while it is still in the 'IN USE' position, meaning it should still be locked.

Quotes:

Burt: And people called me paranoid.
Jack: Uh, *I* don't think you're paranoid!
Miguel: I do...
[Under his breath]
Miguel: ...but not no more.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars (1977)

Not nearly as good as the original, but an ok movie.

I knew this movie couldn't be nearly as good as "Tremors", and probably on the same level as "Tremors 2: Aftershocks", so I wasn't expecting anything great. I saw this film more out of curiosity than anything... and I got pretty much exactly what I expected. The movie isn't anything great, but it's got some cool stuff in it.

I thought it was funny that they managed to work in a mention of just about every character from the first film as they could, and if they didn't mention them, they actually showed them in the film. I thought it was also funny that they had more people returning to the 3rd installment than they did in the 2nd installment. The only returning characters in part 2 was Michael Gross and Fred Ward. The 3rd installment had Michael Gross, Ariana Richards, Tony Genaro, Charolette Stewart, and Bobby Jacoby. They even had one returning actor (John Papas) who was in part 1 as one of the construction workers that got killed, and played one of the Feds that got killed in this film. I guess that only makes sense though, since part 2 takes place in Mexico where as this film takes place back in Perfection, Nevada, where it all started. But, in any case, it still struck me as interesting.

One thing that I really liked about this film was Ariana Richards. Wow, has she grown up! She looks absolutely incredible, I'll definitely need to keep an eye out for future work.

I have to say I liked the new design of the next phase of the "Tremors" (or if you must, "Graboids"). I liked the idea of having the "Tremors" fly, but they way they (they being the film-makers) did it, was pretty stupid.

I was also less than stoked about the computer animated worm-tremors. What was that? They looked way too cartoon-ish and just plain weird. Anyhow, I didn't like that, but I didn't really care a great deal, cause the movie is full of problems.

All in all, this is an OK movie, but nothing too get excited about. I would DEFINITELY recommend watching "Tremors" first, then watch "Tremors 2: Aftershocks", and if you're still interested, go ahead and watch this one. Thanks for reading,

-Chris