Final Destination 3
NZ release: 27 April 2006
Horror scenes & offensive language Rated on: 16 March 2006
What’s it about?
Wendy Christensen has a vision of a roller coaster accident and saves her friends before it happens. But once they survive, they must decipher clues in a series of photographs to avoid Death’s relentless pursuit.
The facts
- Directed by James Wong
- Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Sam Easton, Jesse Moss, Gina Holden, Texas Battle, Chelan Simmons, and Tony Todd
- English language
- Runtime: 93 minutes
Why did it get this rating?
This film was classified by Te Mana Whakaatu, Classification Office. You can find out more about classification process and ratings here.
Horror scenes & violence
The film Final Destination 3 follows people who are pursued by death, as they begin to die in a series of gruesome, bizarre “accidents.” People are crushed, impaled, and burned alive in what is a very gory film full of shocking scenes.
Some of the strongest moments of violence include:
- In one of the goriest scenes in the series, a truck’s radiator fan is pushed out of the bonnet, cutting a man’s head and spraying his blood and brain matter all over the place.
- A man falls out of a rollercoaster and gets sliced in half by a metal beam. His body and intestines are shown.
- Fireworks shoot towards people, with one causing a cherry picker to fall over and slice someone in half.
Offensive language
The film contains frequent uses of the F-word, as well as the words “sh*t” and “b*tch.”
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