The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)

Sam Reide uses his power to time travel to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's death.

Director:

Seth Grossman

Writer:

Holly Brix

Stars:

Chris Carmack, Rachel Miner, Melissa Jones

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Carmack	...	Sam Reide
Rachel Miner	...	Jenna Reide
Melissa Jones	...	Vicki
Kevin Yon	...	Harry Goldburg
Lynch R. Travis	...	Detective Dan Glenn (as Lynch Travis)
Sarah Habel	...	Elizabeth Brown
Mia Serafino	...	Rebecca Brown
Hugh Maguire	...	Detective Jack Nicholas
Richard Wilkinson	...	Lonnie Flennons
Chantel Giacalone	...	Anita Barnes
Michael Ellison	...	Anita's Boyfriend (as Michael D. Ellison)
Ulysses Hernandez	...	Paco
Linda Boston	...	Landlady
Michael Paul Place	...	Young Sam (as Michael Place)
Catherine Towne	...	Young Jenna

Storyline

Sam Reide has the ability of traveling to the past and works with the police department solving unresolved crimes, witnessing the events with the support of his sister, Jenna Reide and reporting the criminal's identity to detective Dan Glenn. When Elizabeth Brown, the sister of his former girlfriend Rebecca Brown that was murdered a couple of years ago pays a visit to him, she tells him that she has just found Rebecca's journal with evidences that Lonnie Flennons, who was accused for the murder is innocent. Sam decides to witness the murder of Rebecca and his interference affects the future. He travels to the past to try to fix his mistakes, but every time he returns, the future is in worse condition.

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Plot Keywords:

woman initiating sex | rape fantasy | time travel | alternate timeline | leg spreading | 

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Taglines:

Death repeats itself.

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Genres:

Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for graphic bloody violence, a strong sex scene including nudity, language and some drug content

Did You Know?

Trivia

At 35:17 when Sam is in the greenhouse with Harry, Harry warns him not to sniff a particular flower and tells him it is "Burundanga, Devil's Breath." Burundanga is another name for Scopolamine, a drug that is found in several plants in the nightshade family including datura (jimson weed), hensbane, and the plant shown in the film - Brugmansia, also called Angel's Trumpet.

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Goofs

When Vicki and Sam are having sex, they are supposed to be nude however, there are brief glimpses of Vicki's thong, which appears and disappears in some shots.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mother in the Park: Alright, Josh. Time to go.

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Connections

Follows The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)

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Soundtracks

Fiesta
Written and Performed by Miklos Malek
Courtesy of Malek Music (SESAC)

User Reviews

A pretty decent recovery after a bad first sequel

Someone should go back in time and replace the worthless Butterfly Effect #2 with this one. Like lots of other viewers I had very low expectations, I was just a fan of the premise. But as soon as the music starts, you have to say to yourself, "Just a minute, there seem to be talented people involved here." The biggest improvement is that the hero is not a mere whiner, he's a guy with determination, he's an altruist, he's a crime-solver. That said, the actor playing him suffers from the disadvantage of a fashion-mannequin face.

As sometimes happens as a premise becomes more and more familiar to the audience, it becomes more and more commonplace in the fictional world as well. (How many people turn out to have survived the destruction of Krypton by now?) So in this movie there is an old master time-jumper who presumably has any number of disciples by now. I think a movie is stronger when the hero is alone with his superpower, but I suppose it's impossible to make a lot of such sequels with different heroes.

Others have remarked that the sex scene jumps overboard from the movie; I'd like to add that if you're keeping track of the script, you realize that the scene is important to the plot but that it is supposed to be over with very quickly; the way it goes on and on may have added commercial value but it turns a bit of the movie into nonsense.

Aside from that, thank goodness, the plot does hang together and does carry us along, the ending is solid if not entirely unpredictable, and although time-jumping seems to have become not only more commonplace but much easier than in the first film, the portrayal of a person's struggle to alter the ostensibly inevitable, and the consequences of that struggle, makes #3 a legitimate contribution to the franchise, and I'd say quite a favorable contribution. These guys are good.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 July 2009 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$708,152

Company Credits

Production Co:

After Dark Films, BenderSpink, FilmEngine

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 105 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1