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Final Destination 3 ~ Film Review
After the travesty that was Final Destination 2, I was nervous popping the third into my DVD player. Released in 2006, this film follows a new group of high school students attempting to cheat the deaths they escaped. During grad night at a local theme park, Wendy premies that the roller coaster will crash, sending her and her classmates to their end.
After freaking out and causing half of the class to get off the ride, she’s devastated when it does crash, killing her boyfriend and several other classmates. What follows is about an hour of Wendy and another classmate, Kevin, attempting to figure out who’s next and how to stop them from dying.
For some odd reason, I still find the premise of these films intriguing. Sure, I know the deal; I know how it goes down. But the concept still feels innovative and exciting to me. It helps that both sequels paid tribute to the original; in this film, the students attend McKinley High, the same high school the original crew went to. The characters also reference Flight 180 and the terror that followed it. I won’t lie, though — this one got off to a rocky start for me. Carnivals and creepy theme park rides are spooky, and I love them, but you have to suspend your disbelief for the coaster crash, even more so than usual in these films. And I’m not sure if the creators just bit off more than they could chew with shooting a…
