Final Destination 3

  • Title: Final Destination 3
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Final Destination 3 is proof that a strong lead and a fun concept will only take you so far. Featuring a similar set up to the first two films of the franchise, a group is saved dying in a roller-coaster accident by the premonition of Wendy Christensen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). The survivors then begin to die to odd occurrences throughout the film which are increasingly elaborate, gorier and more mean-spirited, less amusing, and far less fun with every entry into the franchise. You don’t have to look past the airheads (Chelan Simmons and Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe) dying in the tanning salon during an overly-drawn out sequence to see this film isn’t going to end any better for the audience than it does for Death’s victims.

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Shadow Force

  • Title: Shadow Force
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The latest from writer/director Joe Carnahan is a mostly forgettable throwaway action flick featuring Kerry Washington and Omar Sy as former black-ops who come back together to protect their young son (Jahleel Kamara) and kill their former boss (Mark Strong) who has raised the bounty on their heads after a situation in a bank alerts him to their present. The rest of the cast includes the pair’s former co-workers (Marvin Jones III, Yoson An, Natalia Reyes, Jénel Stevens, and Sala Baker) now hunting them and other agents whose loyalties are more circumspect (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Method Man, Marshall Cook, and Ed Quinn).

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