Like most contemporary horror flicks FD3 confuses “scary” for “explicitly grotesque.” But Wong does enough-barely-to keep subconsciously masochistic audiences from completely closing their eyes and coming back for more.
He knows how to arouse the gag reflex with almost cartoonishly silly methods of death and of utmost importance he’ll have audiences guessing aloud the wacky deaths that await each character. Wong directed the series’ first installment and he deftly sticks to the formula that made that-and its sequel directed by David Richard Ellis-a minor hit. It could almost be close to being close to being deep-what with undertones of karma and fate and perhaps metaphysics and whatnot-but clearly he knows his audience consists of mostly sneakers-in. All the performances are totally overdone but that is precisely the protocol for kitsch thus jobs well done.įor director James Wong the film could’ve been inflected a different way. He plays the high-school-jock type who’s thrust into actual emotions following a crisis. Like Winstead Merriman turns in a solid performance as the absolute cliché for this sub-genre. She shows dramatic range that might even exceed the level of cheap fun desired. Winstead the prettiest darned clairvoyant ever does a surprisingly fine job evoking her perpetual doom absurd as it all may be. But for the two leads Winstead and Merriman they have to actually act. The requirements of the FD3 cast are similar to those of its teen-horror-flick brethren: Each member must look good while onscreen and even better as a victim-which isn’t to say they all must look “pretty” as they die but rather they must look right for their respective deaths. The dead youngsters walking include students and most importantly her sister her partner in crime-prevention ( Ryan Merriman) and well herself! FD3 makes it nearly impossible for the Wayans Brothers to make April’s Scary Movie 4 their last. Her premonitions continue this time forewarning her that those survivors will suffer their fates in the order in which they were to be killed on the coaster. After the coaster goes awry killing Wendy’s friends who didn’t heed her advice the survivors feel lucky-except Wendy.
It all starts when high school senior Wendy ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead) warns several friends off a roller coaster after having a premonition about it.
If you’ve got something to say about Death you say it to His face-when you meet him! So goes one mantra for Final Destination 3 and luckily for the film’s sake death personified has no face and is everywhere.
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