The Skulls III (2003) (V)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

J. Miles Dale

Writers (WGA):

John Pogue (film The Skulls)
Joe Johnson (written by)

Release Date:

23 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Blackmail, lies, murder...How far will she go to fit in?

Plot:

A young college co-ed tries joining the elite, all-male, secret society, the Skulls, and in so doing, she uncovers some unscrupulous methods used by some of the members to get what they want.

Plot Keywords:

Secret Society | College | Sequel

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Clare Kramer	...	Taylor Brooks
Bryce Johnson	...	Roger Lloyd
Barry Bostwick	...	Nathan Lloyd
Steve Braun	...	Brian Kelly
Karl Pruner	...	Martin Brooks
Dean McDermott	...	Det. Staynor
Maria del Mar	...	Det. Valdez
Len Cariou	...	Dean Lawton
Brooke D'Orsay	...	Veronica Bell
Shaun Sipos	...	Ethan Rawlings
Chris Trussell	...	Conrad
David Purchase	...	Killebrew
Toby Proctor	...	Sam Brooks
Martha Burns	...	Swim Coach
Alison Sealy-Smith	...	Dr. Franks

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Newmarket Capital Group

Goofs:

Factual errors: Towards the end of the movie, Taylor Brooks dials 911 on a cell phone to allow the police to overhear Nathan Lloyd's plot, but she never presses the "send" button on the phone, so there is no way it would've connected to 911's service. You hear the beeps for 9-1-1, but no beep for send...

Quotes:

Roger Lloyd: Stand up. Shed the last symbols of your old life. Remove your clothes.
[everyone looks around unsure]
Nathan Lloyd: Stand up! Hesitate and you'll never see this place again.
[Brian and some of the other guys look at Taylor, waiting to see what she does about this]
Taylor Brooks: All right, boys. You heard the man.
[pulls off her shirt]
Taylor Brooks: No time to be shy.

Movie Connections:

References Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Soundtrack:

Everything's Changing

Not bad...

If i were you, i would skip Skulls 2 and go directly to this nice little gem. Clare Kramer actually did a decent job at this film, as well as the other cast. Normally i don't expect much from direct to video sequels of popular teen movies but this one actually surpassed the original in my opinion. Providing more interesting twists and turns than the original ever did. Not to mention the carbon copy sequel which really sucked. This one really held my interest and kept me guessing at an outcome.

Kramer stars as Taylor a bright and head strong young woman who is still haunted by her brothers suicide and her fathers growing distance. She decides that she will take up the mantel her brother failed to do with becoming a skull. But as the old saying goes, be careful what you wish for. As Taylor suddenly begins to spiral out of control down a path of betrayal, jealousy and murder.

Unlike Skulls 2, this third actually spends time detailing the grueling process of becoming a skull, Skulls 2 skipped all that and just repeated the same scenes from the original, the only thing skulls 2 had differently was a breasts. And sadly Skulls 3 didn't but I'm not complaining the story was so good, i quickly forgot my horn dog ways. Skulls 3 has everything you would want in a good Friday night movie...except breasts but i think we can overlook that cant we?

Not a bad way to waste a couple of bucks on a weeknight.