Final Destination 3 (2006)

A student's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from Death itself, which seeks out those who escaped their fate.

Director:

James Wong

Writers:

Glen Morgan, James Wong

Stars:

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Wendy Christensen
Ryan Merriman	...	Kevin Fischer
Kris Lemche	...	Ian McKinley
Alexz Johnson	...	Erin
Sam Easton	...	Frankie Cheeks
Jesse Moss	...	Jason Wise
Gina Holden	...	Carrie Dreyer
Texas Battle	...	Lewis Romero
Chelan Simmons	...	Ashley Freund
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe	...	Ashlyn Halperin (as Crystal Lowe)
Amanda Crew	...	Julie Christensen
Maggie Ma	...	Perry
Ecstasia Sanders	...	Amber
Jody Racicot	...	Bludworth
Patrick Gallagher	...	Colquitt

Storyline

When Wendy Christensen has a vision of an accident on a roller coaster, resulting in her and her friends' deaths, she instantly begins to panic and gets off the ride, causing some of her friends to get off as well. The remaining friends, including Wendy's boyfriend, are stuck on the roller coaster and find themselves involved in the accident. With Death waiting around the corner, Wendy and Kevin Fischer must try and work out Death's plan, before they and the remaining survivors end up dead.

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Plot Keywords:

bare breasts | blonde | panties pulled down | mini skirt | voyeurism | 

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Taglines:

This Ride Will Be The Death Of You.

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence/gore, language and some nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 February 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Final Destination 3-D

Filming Locations:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,173,094, 12 February 2006

Gross USA:

$54,098,051

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$117,719,158

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Hard Eight Pictures, Kumar Mobiliengesellschaft mbH & Co. Projekt Nr. 1 KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 86 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Much of the roller coaster footage was filmed on the "Corkscrew" at Playland, part of the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, British Columbia. The actual ride is much tamer and slower (only contains a double corkscrew inversion) compared to "Devil's Flight", which contains multiple vertical loops and multiple corkscrew sections. In order to achieve such a roller coaster, CGI was applied to the roller coaster set, which contained a hydraulic setup that mimic the actual roller coaster.

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Goofs

(at around 4 mins) Wendy uses the schools camera for the yearbook, saying that she has to turn in the pictures for a deadline. But in the scene where she is picking up her diploma (at around 24 mins) everyone already has their yearbooks. Later Julie asks to use the camera to get pictures of graduation to meet deadline.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Wendy Christensen: Oh my god!

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits you will hear the mortician (William Bludworth) laugh.

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Alternate Versions

The new 2-Disc DVD contains a feature when you can control what happens throughout the movie. You can make decisions on characters actions, which results in changes through the course of the movie. There is plenty of new, re-shot footage, and different death scenes and survival scenes.

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Connections

Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Final Destination 3 (2009)

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Soundtracks

Love Train
Written by Kenny Gamble (as Kenneth Gamble) and Leon Huff
Performed by Tommy Lee

User Reviews

I thought i was in for a disappointment. I was wrong .........

I'm not gonna lie to ya, i wasn't looking forward to final destination 3.Just seeing a roller coaster full of screaming people on the poster made me roll my eyes and assume that this franchise has run out of steam .

So you can imagine my surprise to find that final destination 3 is a entertaining , funny and shocking thriller that proves that horror sequels can be pretty darn good if handled properly .

Directed by james wong with style and a pace that hits the ground running ,the film is very much like a roller coaster in its self - fast,packed full of laughs and most importantly full of frights .

The film is essentially a remake of the first film only with a different cast, gorier deaths and a higher level of self awareness.But this is a rare case in which copying the original isn't a bad thing- it keeps that sense of inventiveness and wit that made the first one great. It may be a clone , but its a very good one !

Final destination 3 is gory ,homourous and clever fun that will make me think twice about my horror sequel prejudice....