 Final Destination 3 film poster | |
| Directed by | James Wong |
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| Produced by | Craig Perry |
| Written by | Glen Morgan Jeffrey Reddick (characters) |
| Starring | Mary Elizabeth Winstead Ryan Merriman Kris Lemche Alexz Johnson Amanda Crew Texas Battle Chelan Simmons Crystal Lowe Sam Easton Maggie Ma Gina Holden Jesse Moss |
| Music by | Shirley Walker |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | United States & U.K: February 10, 2006 Australia: April 27, 2006 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country |  Canada United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | Worldwide: $113,270,608 [1] |
| Preceded by | Final Destination 2 (2003) |
| Followed by | Final Destination: Death Trip 3-D (2009) |
The movie opens with Wendy, a soon-to-be graduate from McKinley High School, visiting a theme park with friends. The group boards a roller coaster, and Wendy has a premonition that the coaster will crash, killing everyone. She wakes up from this premonition, still in the coaster, and demands to be let off. The attendant frees all the seats in the rear car, and when the coaster leaves the station, it crashes as predicted, killing her boyfriend and her best friend in it.
Soon, Wendy realizes that the people who survived are now dying in the order in which they died on the roller coaster, and she tries to prevent further deaths after discovering a link to how the person will die. Her best friend's boyfriend, Kevin Fischer, helps Wendy to try and stop the deaths and cheat Death once more.
[edit] Characters
- Wendy Christensen: The protagonist, her friends tease her that she is too much of a worrier and a control freak. After having a premonition of the coaster's derailment, she saves several of her classmates, only to have them die one by one in even more gruesome ways. She is portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
- Kevin Fischer: Kevin is the supporting lead character. He was dating Wendy's friend before the crash and bonds together with Wendy to help save the rest of the survivors. He is portrayed by Ryan Merriman.
- Ian McKinley: Artsy and moody, Ian is sarcastic, smart and cynical. He is the school's Goth. Erin is his girlfriend, and they sat together on the roller-coaster. He is portrayed by Kris Lemche.
- Erin Ulmer: Erin is also a Goth, equally artsy and cynical. Ian is her boyfriend, and they sat together on the coaster. She is portrayed by Alexz Johnson. Johnson was also the main character in a show named Instant Star.
- Julie Christensen: Julie is Wendy's sassy younger sister. She is portrayed by Amanda Crew.
- Lewis Romero: Lewis is tough, enthusiastic and the school's athlete. He was sitting alone on the coaster. He is portrayed by Texas Battle.
- Frankie Cheeks: Frankie is a clown, failiure, pervert, and is a graduate that still hangs out at high school events to videotape and hit on girls. He gets on the roller-coaster behind Ashley and Ashlyn. He is portrayed by Sam Easton.
- Ashlyn Halperin: Ashlyn is a pretty brunette, popular, and shallow cheerleader. She was sitting next to Ashley on the roller-coaster. She is portrayed by Crystal Lowe.
- Ashley Freund: Ashley, the blonde half of the duo is head cheerleader. She was sitting next to Ashlyn on the roller-coaster. She is portrayed by Chelan Simmons.
