Final Destination 3
Final Destination 3

Final Destination 3

2006Movie92 minEnglish

High school senior Wendy'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.

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IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes30%
Metacritic48/100
Google Users66%
Director: James WongGenres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Plot Summary

High school student Wendy Christensen has a premonition of a roller coaster derailment that kills her and her friends. She manages to convince her friends to leave the amusement park, and moments later, the accident occurs as she foresaw. Wendy and the survivors then realize that Death is now coming for them, picking them off one by one in elaborate and gruesome accidents.

Critical Reception

Final Destination 3 received mixed reviews from critics, with many finding it to be a formulaic but entertaining installment in the series. Audiences generally enjoyed its inventive death scenes and suspenseful nature, though some criticized its predictable plot and lack of character development.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its creative and gory death sequences.
  • Criticized for relying too heavily on the established franchise formula.
  • Seen as a serviceable horror entry, particularly for fans of the series.

Google audience: Google users found the film to be a fun and gory horror flick with inventive death scenes that kept them entertained. While some noted the predictable plot, many appreciated the suspense and the overall 'Final Destination' experience.

Fun Fact

The roller coaster featured in the film, 'Devil's Flight', was a real roller coaster called the 'Himalaya' at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, which was modified for the movie.

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r96sk

r96sk

<em>'Final Destination 3'</em> is another dud from this franchise, even if it isn't anything that I'd consider truly terrible - just real forgettable. The plot is boring, the repetitiveness is starting to ring as true as expected. They aren...
Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

This has the best intro to a movie I have ever seen. I'm sure we all have thought about a disaster on a roller coaster at some point in our lives. When we are about to get on a roller coaster. It's a messed up thing to see but it's awesome ...
Wuchak

Wuchak

***Decent, but now formulaic entry in this 'Dead Teenager' series*** The first "Final Destination" movie in 2000 was a rather innovative 'Dead Teenager Movie' in that the killer was Death itself, as an invisible spirit. A group of peop...
Per Gunnar Jonsson

Per Gunnar Jonss...

In short, not a very exciting movie. It was not at all as good as the previous ones. Not that this was very surprising of course since the general consensus on the web seems to be that 1 & 2 are quite good, 3 & 4 not so much while the 5th i...
John Chard

John Chard

Roller Toaster. Final Destination the series moves into its third instalment without really changing the formula that was working for it. Here the opening disaster involves a Roller Coaster crash that is brought via a premonition to Wend...