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Riding a rollercoaster will never be the same again once you have seen the latest entrant in the Final Destination series.Death has a plan. And we are all part of it, part of a greater plan. When someone disrupts that plan and death is prevented from doing it’s thing… death will do everything in order to finish the job and ensure that the balance of the universe is maintained. Now for the third time, death is foiled by a bunch of High School kids! That can’t be good for the ego, you can be assured that death is not happy.

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Final Destination 3: Cheating Death
By Mal Simons, Blockbuster.co.uk

“The people who got off the roller coaster are still going to die. Unless we can find a way to stop it.”

Riding a rollercoaster will never be the same again once you have seen the latest entrant in the Final Destination series.

Death has a plan. And we are all part of it, part of a greater plan. When someone disrupts that plan and death is prevented from doing it’s thing… death will do everything in order to finish the job and ensure that the balance of the universe is maintained. Now for the third time, death is foiled by a bunch of High School kids! That can’t be good for the ego, you can be assured that death is not happy.

Fans of the first two Final Destination movies will be familiar with the basic plot. In this film, Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is visiting an amusement park with her boyfriend (Jesse Moss), her best friend (Maggie Ma) and her best friend’s boyfriend Kevin (played by Ryan Merriman). When they get to the rollercoaster, Wendy and Kevin end up sitting together. Strapped in to the rollercoaster, Wendy then has a premonition of them all dying in a massive accident. She kicks up a stink and a group of the kids are escorted off the ride – her boyfriend and best friend are not among these… the disaster happens and everyone left on the ride are all killed. Wendy has saved their lives…but for how long?

“Look, if you ever have to come to my funeral, bring me a PSP or something. That way I'll have something to do.”

Attending the funeral of the first group, Kevin speaks to Wendy and tells her about the other two Final Destination disasters – the plane crash and the traffic accident and how those “saved” from disaster were later killed in bizarre accidents. Initially dismissive, Wendy starts to believe when she reviews the photos from that night which show signs of how people are going to die, at the same time, people start dying in the same order they were sitting on the rollercoaster.

Wendy and Kevin have to work together to try to save the others and themselves from being killed in the most horrific ways imaginable.

Director James Wong, who also directed the first Final Destination movie returns to the franchise and does a great job by keeping the audience on the edge of their seats throughout the entire film. From the opening rollercoaster disaster, the pace of the film rarely slows down. There is much here for both people familiar with the previous Final Destination films and those new to the franchise. Morbid but entertaining, this film could mentally scar you for life! Highly recommended to rent. Add to your list now.