Final Destination 3
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| Directed by | James Wong |
| Produced by | Craig Perry Warren Zide Glen Morgan James Wong |
| Written by |
Glen Morgan James Wong |
| Based on | Characters created by Jeffrey Reddick |
| Starring |
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Ryan Merriman |
| Music by | Shirley Walker |
| Cinematography | Robert McLachlan |
| Edited by | Chris G. Willingham |
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $117,719,158 |
Final Destination 3 is a 2006 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wong and the third installment of the Final Destination film series. The screenplay was written by James Wong and Glen Morgan, both of whom had previously worked on the first film. The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ryan Merriman. Set five years after the first film, Winstead portrays Wendy Christensen, a teenager who has a premonition of the roller coaster she and her classmates are on derailing. While she manages to save some of them, Death soon begins hunting for the survivors. Wendy quickly realizes that the pictures she took during the fair contain clues about how they're all going to die and tries to use them to save the rest of the survivors.
Development of the film begun shortly after the release of Final Destination 2. Filming took place in Vancouver, as with the previous two installments. It was released on February 10, 2006 and the DVD release of the film came out on July 25, 2006. The DVD includes commentaries, documentaries and deleted scenes. A special DVD edition called "Thrill Ride Edition" was also released, which includes a special feature called "Choose Their Fate", that acts as an interactive movie and allows the viewers to make decicions at specific points in the film which alter the course of the story.
Final Destination 3 received mixed reviews from critics. Negative reviews described the film as "laughable", "a ridicolous teen horror movie" and believed that "the drama is reduced [as it's] clear to everyone who must die and in what order", while positive reviews praised it for being "fashioned with a fair amount of craft", "manag[ing] to push all the requisite buttons and then some" and "deliver[ing] a certain degree of over-the-top amusement". The film was a financial success and, at the time of its release, the highest-grossing film in the franchise. The film was nominated for numerous awards, including the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film.
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