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The third installment in the theatrical franchise...A young man with the power to time travel attempts to solve the mystery of his girlfriend’s death...but in doing so, is he causing the death of many more?
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Now This Is A Sequel!,
By Brian Harris "WildsideCinema" (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (DVD)
The first Butterfly Effect catches quite a bit of flack because of Kutcher's presence but it really wasn't that bad a film at all; it had some incredibly tense and disturbing moments. A sequel was inevitable and, always true to form, Hollywood offered one up direct-to-DVD starring absolutely nobody worth mentioning. It was a soulless, [...] of a sequel with no aspirations of being better than the first installment.
Along comes the third entry into the franchise and Butterfly Effect: Revelations does what the second film seemed too scared to do, offer up something a little different. Instead of playing it safe, BE3 provides viewers with twists, turns and admirable gore. The acting was decent, though Miner's performance was occasionally spotty, and the finale is surprising though not entirely unforeseeable. BE3 is a bit closer to horror than to the sci-fi of the first film and it works well for what it attempts to do. I don't believe it's a better film than the first but it certainly outshines the second in every way imaginable. If you're a slasher fan and you don't mind a little time travel, BE3 should satisfy.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not the Best of the Series, But Surprisingly Entertaining,
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This review is from: The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (DVD)
The time-travelling thriller series continues with "The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations" starring Chris Carmack as Sam, who as a "psychic" helps the local police capture the criminals of unsolved cases. The fact is, Sam can travel back to the time the crime is committed and he reports everything that is necessary for the police to arrest the culprit. Very few people know of his special ability, though, and his sister Jenna (Rachel Miner), who assists his time travel, is one of them.
But there is one rule Sam must observe - he may watch, but he should never interfere. But of course he does break the rule when Elizabeth Brown (Sarah Habel) asks him to jump back to 10 years ago. And Elizabeth is the sister of Rebecca Brown (Mia Serafino), Sam's dead girlfriend. The third installment of the "Butterfly Effect" franchise may not be as impressive as the first one, but still "The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations" is surprisingly well-plotted and entertaining. Though the details of the storyline is different from the original, the concept of the protagonist traveling back in time (who makes things more complicated while trying to "fix" the past) remains the same. The storyline is full of plot holes, but it surely keeps us guessing what will happen next. Some parts of the film are pretty gory, and I don't think gores are necessary to tell this story. Also, it takes some time for you to get past the shaky opening chapters, and I think some viewers will foresee the film's ending. Still the third entry is surprisingly good - I mean, surprisingly - and worth watching though the first one remains the best.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not completely awful, but still.,
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This review is from: The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (DVD)
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (Seth Grossman, 2009)
There's a Butterfly Effect 3? I wasn't even aware there had been a Butterfly Effect 2. (Turns out, after I did five seconds of research, it was a straight-to-video 2006 release.) In any case, a number of After Dark Horrorfest viewers (those who actually went to the theater to see the usually-awful movies After Dark distributes) said Revelations was their favorite of the ADHF flicks from '09, so I decided I'd watch that one before those no one talked about. (I do admit I watched the two everyone hated first...) And while it's not as good as the original, which was no great shakes but watchable, it's surprisingly not half bad. And the lack of Ashton Kutcher on the screen helps immensely. Plot: if you've seen one Butterfly Effect movie, you know what's going to happen. Guy is capable of jumping around in time. Guy messes around with his own timeline and causes unexpected changes in his present, which change the parameters of the original mystery guy is trying to solve. In this case, guy is Sam Reade (The O.C.'s Chris Carmack), who is helped in his jaunting by his shut-in sister Jenna (Bully's Rachel Miner), who's been terrified of the outdoors since almost dying in the fire that killed their parents. In any case, Sam is contacted by Elizabeth Brown (American Virgin's Sarah Habel), the sister of Sam's dead ex-girlfriend Rebecca (Mia Serafino in her first screen role). The guy who went down for her murder is scheduled to be executed on Friday, and Elizabeth just knows he didn't do it. She asks Sam to look into it, but that kind of thing is never a good idea. After his jaunt, both Rebecca and Elizabeth are dead, and his meddling has turned a guy who seemingly killed one person at random into a serial killer. With each victim Sam goes back and tries to save, he comes back to a present that's almost unrecognizable (including his apartment actually belonging to someone else, who gets miffed that Sam keeps turning up on his couch out of nowhere). It's an interesting concept, though I imagine you'd be hard-pressed as a screenwriter not to use it as a cheap way to manipulate the parameters of what it is you're doing rather than simply letting it take its own course. That, to me, is the biggest problem with Holly Brix's script; many of the things that happen are just a shade too convenient, rather than being logical outgrowths of either Sam messing with the flow of time or the killer's identity (and motive). Also, there are a few pieces of the puzzle that remain static while everything else changes for no reason (or, in the case of Sam's friendship with police detective Glenn--which survives a shift that sees Sam going from a police informant to the police's prime suspect for the serial slayings--solely to get around a sticky plot point) when they really ought to change. Despite all this, I have to admit I liked the movie a good deal more than I expected to, maybe because the actors are actually kind of good at their job, something that's rare in any movie distributed by After Dark. Sure, there are plot holes big enough to send you back in time yourself, but if you can ignore them, it's not awful. **
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