A 'Destination' still not reached

"Final Destination 3," of the 'Final Destination' horror trilogy, manages to go to some new levels. Unfortunately they are levels of terrible acting, predictability and nearly all other aspects of bad filmmaking. While many horror movies are expected to be below average in filmmaking quality, this cinematic monstrosity puts all other horror films at the podium for Best Picture.\nSimilarly to its predecessors, "Final Destination 3" centers around one main character and their effort to save their friends from death's ultimate plan. Instead of Devon Sawa or A.J. Cook who were the first two leading roles of the series, Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("The Ring 2") takes the helm as Wendy Christensen.\nAfter seeing premonitions about her and her friend's deaths, she teams up with classmate Kevin Fischer (Ryan Merriman) in an effort to thwart death's evil plans and save everyone's lives. In order to do this they tie together clues using the pictures of their student body so they can help prevent death from striking.\nThere is virtually no difference in this movie from the other two. The filmmakers basically used the same exact plot and mixed everything else up hoping that the audience would be dumb enough to buy into this. Sorry, but I'm not buying it and I don't think many other people were either. There were very few, if any screams in the crowd of high school girls who are normally scared out of their minds, usually an indication of good scares. Bottom line: this film is a horror movie, not a scary movie. The film went a little overboard on the excessive blood and guts - something that is intended to freak us out.\nIn the midst of all the gore and repetitive plot, the acting performances were quite lackluster, which caused more stirring in the seats than anything else. Obviously inexperienced, Winstead did a poor job at keeping the intensity high and did a great job at spelling out what exactly was going to happen as things progressed.\nHopefully studio execs will decide enough is enough with this series and try to find another type of plot to put into motion. In the mean time, if you are looking for a solid movie to go see that will send chills down your spine then this is one part of the trilogy that you can certainly do without.