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Wrong Turn 3 directed by Declan O'Brien, and starring
Janet Montgomery, Tamer Hassan and Chucky Venice. ***
A college student and her friends head to the woods
for a rafting trip. But a killer murders her friends, leaving
her on her own. Thing take a turn for the worst when a transport
full of criminals being moved enters the mix, as well as
the discovery of an abandoned vehicle filled with money.
Will she survive, or will the killer or the criminals get
her? ***
It’s unreal that Wrong Turn, a sort of B-horror movie
in its own right, has already spawned two sequels. The movie
has a lot of good ideas going for it, but ultimately it
just ends up coming off as another unneeded sequel to a
film that, let’s put it bluntly, wasn’t good enough to require
sequels in the first place. ***
The main problem with Wrong Turn 3 is that there are
just too many random ideas thrown into the movie. A movie
with college students in the woods on a rafting trip being
hunted by a mysterious killer is more than enough to make
a movie around. The filmmakers could have stopped here,
but seemed to feel the need to throw in as many other elements
and plot twists they possibly could. By the time we meet
the criminals and learn of the money element, things just
get so bloated and over-the-top that it becomes more laughable
than scary. For a few cheap thrills and unintentional laughs,
Wrong Turn 3 makes for a worthy rental – but I can’t recommend
it on a larger scale. ---
Image and Sound:
A decent transfer. Black levels are inconsistent (and
much of the movie DOES take place at night) and there is
some noticeable artifacting, but other than this the picture
looks pretty good for the most part. Audio gets the job
done but also never quite rises above its low-budget, direct-to-video
production. For the most part though the movie looks and
sounds fine.
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