The name of the film I am going to review is final destination 3, it is the 3rd in the final destination series. It was released in the cinemas on 2006. Final destination has many genres the main 4 however are Drama / Horror / Mystery and Thriller. It was directed and co-written by James Wong and it stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ryan Merriman. The Film follows the same sort of plot as the other final destinations but in final destination 3 Wendy Christensen and her friends go to a theme park and decide to go on a large roller coaster. However, just before the ride begins, Wendy has a violent premonition of it crashing, killing everyone on board, so she freaks out, resulting in 10 people getting off, including herself, then watches in horror as it collapses for real. But she learns that you can't cheat death as the survivors start dieing in freak ‘accidents’. The clues to their deaths are in the photos she and her friends took on that fateful night they went to the theme park. I liked the way Mary Elizabeth Winstead who played Wendy took her part so seriously and you could actually feel the fear she had after her premonition. Some of the films strengths were the amazing computer generated images which was so obvious yet so life like. Also I like the way that song was used to show that ‘death’ is ‘stalking’ them. Final destination 3 also has some weak points such as some deliberate mistakes such as in the rollercoaster station scene the restraints use ratchets to lock, not hydraulics. A coaster of this type wouldn't even have any hydraulic lines yet the cause of the crash was the hydraulic lines bursting. Also on any roller coaster, the start button must be held down until the train is clear of the station. This is a safety feature to make sure the attendants are clear of the moving train. If the button is released before the train is clear of the station, it will stop. Yet in the film the button was just pressed and the coaster kept moving. The film was a bit predictable, there should have been a few twists to throw us in the wrong direction.
Overall I think final destination 3 is a film worth watching if you’re into the bloody/ Horror / Mystery thing..