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Final Destination 3 (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) |  | Directors: James Wong, Julie Ng
Actors: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Chelan Simmons, Crystal Lowe, Sam Easton
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  179 reviews
Sales Rank: 14097
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 794043103728
UPC: 794043103728
EAN: 0794043103728
ASIN: B000FC2HS6
Theatrical Release Date: February 10, 2006
Release Date: July 25, 2006
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Product Description
Death seeks out a group of students after they escape a deadly rollercoaster ride.
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Giddily gruesome and perversely entertaining, Final Destination 3 proves, yet again, that horror franchises will thrive as long as teenagers keep finding spectacular ways to die. A stand-alone sequel to the first two Final Destination thrillers, this one begins when a group of seven high-school graduates luckily escape from a deadly roller-coaster disaster, only to discover that their own deaths have been only temporarily avoided. Cute brunette Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) spots clues of impending doom in digital photos of her soon-to-be-expiring classmates, and an ill wind follows her everywhere, suggesting the presence of a supernatural force that makes her a catalyst for gory events, as each of her friends is dispatched in the order they were meant to die. Returning to give their brainchild a suspenseful, low-budget makeover, franchise creators and former X-Files writers James Wong and Glen Morgan cleverly play on our collective fears (the roller coaster sequence is genuinely terrifying) with a knowing nod to violent urban legends, which explains their inclusion of the '70s hit "Love Roller Coaster" on the soundtrack when two stuck-up girlfriends pay an ill-fated visit to a tanning parlor. And that's just for starters: With Wong as director, FD3 serves up its grisly deaths with tight pacing and humor, and the cathartic carnage is discreetly edited yet gory enough to satisfy hardcore horror buffs. When morbid mayhem is this much fun, it's a safe bet that another sequel is just around the corner. --Jeff Shannon On the DVD
As befits a horror franchise heavily invested in the idea of "fate," the Final Destination 3 disc carries a "Choose Their Fate" option. In other words, you can watch the movie with occasional choices offered; click on one of two alternatives, and see that version play out. This won't give you the power to let one character live or die; it's more like deciding whether somebody honks her horn twice in a scene, calls heads or tails on a coin flip, or pushes the thermostat to 72 degrees or 76. Not exactly life-changing, but it's kind of fun. The bonus disc includes a 90-minute "making of" feature called Kill Shot, which covers the production of the movie in exhausting detail (honest detail, too: filmmakers James Wong and Glen Morgan are funny and blunt about the business they're in, including a section on how the original ending was scrapped in favor of a bloodier finale). It's everything you'd want to know about this movie--but who needs to know this much? A 7-minute cartoon, "It's All Around You," is an amusing meditation on bad luck and laws of probability, while a 25-minute featurette called Dead Teenager Movie spins off from Roger Ebert's theory about the rigid formula of a certain kind of horror film (Ebert weighs in on the subject himself). A few experts opine on the traditions of teenagers dying in horror films; some of them don't seem to be aware that the formula pre-dated the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Audio commentaries, special effects sidebars, and trailers fill out this needlessly authoritative disc. --Robert Horton
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 Final Destination 3 DVD (2-Disc) Special Edition August 22, 2010
Wilberto C. Vinzon (San Diego, CA)
Awesome movie. I purchased this DVD for my daughter. Very scary! Especially the roller coaster scene!
better kills,more intense and yes,even horrifying at times (best of the series) July 30, 2010
falcon (canada)
this is by far the goriest of the series.i can take a lot of gore,but there are a couple of scenes which are almost too much for me.almost,but not quite.the kills are much more gruesome than the two previous movies.also,many of them are very sudden,and came as close to scaring the stuffing out of me as any movie i've seen.the intensity in this one is almost through the roof.there's also some old style horror in some scenes,and by that i don't mean gore,but something like Gothic horror.i think this is the best movie of the series,unusual for a second sequel.i applaud the filmmakers for making a horror movie that is horrifying.and that what this movie is,a horror movie that is also thrilling,and gory enough for all the gore hounds out there.the only thing i didn't like is that most of the,characters(except for 2 or 3) are dumb and shallow and not very likable at all.otherwise,a hugely successful movie that does what it sets out to do.hopefully,this will be the last of the series,since i don't think they can top it. 5/5
Great Chapter In The Series, With A Cool 'Choose Your Fate' Bonus Option February 11, 2010
Stephen B. O'Blenis (Nova Scotia, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Final Destination 3 heads away from the first two movies in the series (which were linked by having some common characters) and brings in a brand new batch of players who escape death due to an uncanny premonition by one of their group, this time a high school student named Wendy (played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, one of my personal favorites), only to have death seemingly come after them, as the survivors again begin dying in a series of bizarre freak accidents. The connection to the previous movies is basically established by some internet research undetaken by Wendy after the deaths begin, which uncovers a history of similar phenomenon - groups of people who avoid death thanks to a premonition, only to all die shortly afterwards, usually under weird circumstances.
This time the 'cause of death' which claims a number of lives isn't a plane crash or a multi-car pile-up on the highway, but an accident on an amusement park roller coaster ride. The Final Destination series has become famous for some really spectacular sequences involving the various accidents and/or death's attempts to reclaim its victims, and the roller coaster scenario certainly sets the stage for a continuation of this theme. As a note of interest, an additional possible link to previous films comes in the form of the 'voice of the devil' at the entrance to one of the amusement park rides: the voice is that of Tony Todd, who also played the undertaker Mr. Bludworth in the first two Final Destination films, the eerie guy who seems to know too much about this whole phenomenon. Whether this was just a neat bit of casting or whether there's an actual connection to the voice and the Bludworth character is in the same class as all the questions about Bludworth that were in the subtext of the previous movies. It's there waiting to be explored further, should they choose to do so in a future movie.
In the first Final Destination, the group who survived were members of a high school class who all knew each other but didn't necesarily get along, and they grew closer as they faced the death phenomenon. In Final Destination 2 it was mostly strangers, mostly likable characters, who quickly knit into a cohesive group. In this chapter the survivors mostly know each other peripherally, but in contrast to the first two movies, the group grows increasingly at odds and in some cases hostile as events escalate. After noticing that the deaths happen in the same order that they would have if the premonition hadn't changed things, one character even comes up with the idea that maybe most of the deaths - including his own - could be avoided if they just knocked off the last person on the list first. So the pursuit of the death phenomenon itself isn't necessarily the only threat this time around. The acting, as usual in the series is well done; Amanda Crew from The Haunting in Connecticut (Unrated Special Edition), another of my personal favorites, is also in it as Wendy's younger (by a year) sister Julie. The special effects are fantastic.
The DVD version of Final Destination 3 makes use of a unique 'Choose Your Fate' option, where the viewer will periodically make decisions for the characters using the remote, some of which actually change the movie. Very cool feature that I'm surprised hasn't been used a bit more often; it would lose its appeal if used too often, but if used for the right movie every now and then, I think it would be good. It certainly seems more appealing to me than all the next-generation special features for Blu-Ray, like watching the movie and watching the 'making of' at the same time in separate boxes.
The third chapter of the Final Destination series doesn't re-invent the wheel of the series, it just uses that existing wheel to extremely good effect and gives it some extra twists and turns. One of the best installments in a great series, and the 'Choose Your Fate' option is an extra bonus, especially for repeat viewing.
Great movie January 28, 2010
Kathryn L. Asta (Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this series,this was as good as the first 2. But FYI, #4 was no where near the quality as the first 3.
 waste of time and money January 15, 2010
Hamad H. A. Khawary (kuwait)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
no subtitle , u cant choose any language plus the movie lack of new actions
first 1 was very cool second is watchable .
third one was full of crap .
don't buy it save your money , buy an ice cream instaed .
Very sorry
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