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Tremors 3 - Back to Perfection [VHS]

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Well...I`d been waiting for this one for a long time, and I wasn`t disappointed. The film is set 11 years after the initial graboid attacks in the first film, and returns to where it all started: Perfection. Burt Gummer is back, joined by many of the cast from the original movie, including Mindy and her mother, Melvin, and Miguel. They are joined by two new faces...Jack (who runs a seedy `Graboid safari` complete with simulation attacks), and Jodi Chang who runs the store. (A relative of Walter Chang from the first movie).
The plot is straight forward. Burt returns from a Shrieker exterminating mission in Argentina, to his home valley of Perfection. When a simulation Graboid attack turns out to be the real thing, Burt steps up to do what he does best! Take them out!

You have a lot of monster for your money in this movie. Graboids, Shriekers, and yes...a whole new Graboid evolution, which all tie neatly together, and more is explained about the Graboids. Some are the classic model stuff, and some are some CGI. I won`t ruin the surprise of the new evoltion, but like me, you can probably figure it out from the trailer ;)

There are some great set pieces and action scenes in this movie, and a few shocks besides...Including one fairly early on involving one of the main characters..Which turns out to be one of the comedy highlights of the movie. The dialogue is as snappy as ever, and the movie is as strong as any in the franchise...I wasn`t disappointed for a minute, bar one moment, which I`d semi-expected, but was still sad to see.

This movie doesn`t let up for a moment...Comedy, action, and some great `in-stuff` for the diehard fans of the franchise, including information about some of the previous fave characters; and indeed, the legacy of one of the past characters, actually helps our usual suspects out in the last reel. Well paced, directed, and acted... I`d recommend it in a heartbeat. I`m certainly not ashamed to have it sitting in my collection.

Michael Gross is fantastic (as always), as Burt...This has to be one of the greatest ever characters...He is the star of this movie, and shines even brighter now he has the full attention of the spotlight. What this character doesn`t go through in this movie! :))

The DVD includes some great behind the scenes stuff, and trailers for all three Tremors films. I only wish the behind the scenes stuff was longer.

A must buy...If you loved the first two movies, then hopefully this one won`t let you down. I just hope the creators don`t make us wait another five years for the next one!

And BTW...Melvin is still a little s**t ;))

I really wasn't expecting much from a third in the series even tho Tremors 2 added so much more imagination. So I was pleasantly surprised when this turned out to be so much fun.

It begins with a rather cool opening scene in which Burt Gummer (still in Mexico) takes out zillions of Shriekers with a massive machine-gun tank thing. After returning home to Perfection Burt must deal with new graboids, new shriekers and another metamorphosis...The shriekers turn into Ass-Blasters, flying creatures with rocket propelled farts. As the town (and the returning, surviving cast from the first film) is besieged by all forms of these animals, Burt and his pals must figure out increasing desperate ways to destroy them.

There's loads of energy and self-referential humor and the locations have a more dark/sophisticated look to them than in the previous 2 films. A light-hearted tone is still in check tho. There's even one teriffic scene in which Burt is swallowed by a Graboid and taken halfway across the desert. I paniced, I honestly thot we'd lost him. Turns out he's okay in the end.

Fred Ward is definitely missed tho his abscence is explained (Earl and Grady went to make a Graboid amusement park) but Michael Gross is simply irreplaceable as the eccentric and paranoid Burt Gummer. And Ariana Richards is so much more cuter now that she's grown up.

Tremors 3 is the best presented Tremors movie on DVD. The 1.85:1 anamorphic picture looks great and the Dolby 5.1 is reasonably lively with lots of bass during the tunnelling scenes. A fair amount of extras come along too.

The original Tremors was an instant classic. A monster flick in the tradition of the 50's. Tremors 2, despite the absence of Kevin Bacon, still had Fred Ward, and in my opinion is still the best direct to video sequel ever! Well, now Fred's gone and all we have left is Michael Gross. And, THAT'S ENOUGH! Gross' Burt Gummer character is easily a fan favorite from all the films and here he takes center stage, nicely shared with new character's Desert Jack and Walter Chang's grand-daughter (or is it niece? I forget.) The new characters are much better than Grady from Tremors 2 (I'm glad he didn't return). Nice to see the returning faces from part one as well. The love story goes different than you would think from the set up, in a very refreshing change of pace. The Graboids evolution comes full circle! And while I'm sure it didn't have the biggest budget in the world, it looks pretty good and polished. Longer than the first film even, maybe 5 minutes could have been trimmed from here and there but that's nitpicking. Ariana Richards once again entertains a scene with a 2 legged beastie and a freezer like she did in Jurassic Park. You can tell the Stampede entertainment folks really care about the audience, instead of swilling out something straight to video sequels (Darkman, Disney films, anyone?) A good time, defintely if you've liked any Tremors films, and has a soon to be classic Burt line, "Is your head up you a$$ for the warmth?" Only problem? where's my real life graboids vs. shriekers Dark Horse comics?

When the creators of Tremors I and II decided that they wanted to make another Tremors movie they not only wanted to make a sequel, they wanted to make their best. The truth is that they could have done a lot better. Maybe it was the fact they wanted to keep it family oriented or they just didn't have the time or financial capabilities of making a successful sequel. One can depict from the start that a movie made for home video only can't be of outstanding performance; it has its gaps somewhere. It is worth buying though if you are a Tremors fan. Burt returns as the fully loaded armed and dangerous vigilante, which is what keeps this movie alive. The opening sequence makes the movie look great, but the new actors just screw up the whole plot as the movie proceeds. There are some positive notes that one can look forward to though such as: Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, trailers from all three Tremor movies, and some other DVD extras that liven up the film. Over all beware before buying this one. Don't be fooled by the cover; it is nothing like the others where Burt goes insane will all of his weaponry. Burt has the weapons, but just when one thinks that he is about to unload he doesn't. It must have been the low budget that the crew had to deal with that ruined the action. Also there are some errors in the film that one can catch if you look hard. There is one obvious error that I cannot believe it was released without anyone noticing was: on the trailer for Tremors 3 they put the names next to the picture of the actors, but Burt's name is misspelled as Bert!

It's been 5 years since part 2 and eleven years from the original. Fred Ward didn't come back for this one. It is a shame as this one is every bit as good as the second one (of course can't compared to the original). But it does have everything you can expect from Tremors series: Excitement, laughter. Some of characters from the original return for this one (Melvin, Miguel, Mindy and her mom).

The story, well Graboids are back and this time they mutated to somethings that have wings so they can fly. The DVD is OK for straight to video materials. The picture is bright and clear and the sound is about average.

Now if Universal can re-unite all original casts from Tremors (Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward) and make another sequel with bigger budget, I am sure fans will be lining up to buy tickets. But overall, this DVD shouldn't be missed by Tremors fans and monster genre fans in general.

If your taste has been ruined by Jurassic Park, skip this one. But if you're a fan of good old-fashioned low-budget sci-fi horror quickies, where the human characters are more important than Industrial Light & Magic's latest visual tricks -- and especially if you're a fan of the earlier Tremors movies -- then snap this one up!

It's a sequel: there's no getting around that. Our old friends (those who survived the first two movies, anyway) are back -- but *different*. The monsters are back -- but *different*. Even the setting from the first movie is back -- but *different*. Tremors 3 managed to keep me entertained and surprised right up to the ending credits, and that is not easily done. All in all, it was a thoroughly enjoyable "popcorn" movie, a fitting finale to the series, and I highly recommend it.

P.S. One minor quibble: I think most of the special effects shots would have been better if they'd skipped the CGI and gone back to the puppetry and miniatures of the original. The way Hollywood works, though, I suppose finding an FX shop that knows how to do puppets is like finding a mechanic who knows how to tune a carburetor.

When you have a cult sci-fi franchise, and a few million dollars to spare, theres only one thing to do. Make a third installment to the greatest escapist film ever made.

Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) returns to Perfection Valley after extinguishing Argentina's Shrieker (the Graboids second mutation stage) population, to find that his home town has been transformed into a tourist trap.

Worst of all, Perfections newest resident, Desert Jack (Shawn Christian) set up a universal studios style attraction, in which he takes paying customers around a fake graboid spotting tour.

He gets more than he bargained for, when the tour becomes more than a set-up...

Once again the Graboids are on the loose, metomorphosing into their smaller forms, the Shriekers, and into a totally new stage in their life cycle. Its now up to Burt, Jack and the local store owner Jodi (Susan Chuang), to stop the beasts from over running Perfection, and spreading further afield...

With class B acting (although the actors do have their moments when they shine), and some minor flaws in the special effects (hole 'appears' for CGI Graboid to leap from), these are the only bad points to this fun flick, which was created to be exactly that.

Brent Maddock steps up to the plate to direct, taking the place of Tremors 2 director S.S.Wilson. Well done boys, you've accomplished what you set out to do, entertain the fans.

As the title implies, Tremors 3 brings us back from Mexico into the small Nevada town of Perfection. Burt Gummer has returned home after a Shrieker(the name now given to the two legged land walking creatures spawned from Graboids)extermination in South America. It doesn't take long however for the Graboids to set their sights on Perfection again after an 11 year absence. All of the minor characters who survived in the first film are back along with newcomers, Jodi Chang(the daughter of the ill fated store owner Walter Chang, who now runs the store), and a buffoon named Jack who does Graboid "safaris" for tourists. Burt teams up with Jack and Jodi to eliminate the Graboids and Shriekers, but now find themselves facing a new group of monsters dubbed "Ass Blasters". These creatures are apparently what happens when Shriekers reach full maturity, and they complete the life cycle by laying eggs on the backs of Graboids. They look like skinny, winged Shriekers and propel themselves through the air by flammable gas emissions from their butts. Most of the film is spent with Burt, Jack and Jodi running around through the desert playing cat and mouse with these creatures.
This is my least favorite of the four Tremors films. By the time you reach a Part 3 of a movie series, you always run the risk of repeating yourself to a lesser degree. Tremors 3 really does have a been-there-done-that vibe going on. Aside from the new monsters, it really doesn't bring anything new to the table. Even the new monsters are unimpressive since they're CGI, and a rather bad CGI if I may add. Even some of the Graboids are CGI this time, and that's no good. The running around in the desert with the Ass Blasters seems rather long and tedious.
On the positive side though, The Tremors formula still does work from time to time(it was directed by the second half of the original writing team, Brent Maddock, but strangely neither him or Steve Wilson wrote this film). It's got it's funny and clever moments(one good moment has Jack convincing his group of tourists that they are under a Graboid attack. Once the group has made it to the safety of a large rock, Jack scares them into thinking they might be stranded there for days and uses this opportunity to try to sell beverages to them), and it's nice to see the old townspeople again. Michael Gross is still fun to watch too. This movie is rated PG, but I'm not sure how it got by with that rating considering it has pretty much the same amount of gore and profanity as the other films. Oh, well.
Though I wouldn't highly recommend this movie, it isn't without it's entertainment value and it certainly a step above a lot of direct to video films in the horror genre.

While the first in the series offered a dry satire on B-Movies, the third in Stampede's franchise continues the preposterious comedy of the second. Survivalist Burt Gummer is back in Perfection Valley, where a host of new Graboids have shown up ready to eat its way through the town inhabitants.
Joined by newcomer Graboid enthusiast Desert Jack and entrepeneur Jodi Chang, it's up to Burt to put the Graboids back in place. It wouldn't be Tremors, however, if there wasn't a suprise or two, and without giving too much away: there's a third evolution which has to be seen to be believed!!

It funny, well-paced and fans of the series will relish in the chance to rejoin some old characters and smirk with knowning glee as Burt whittles off his infamous quips!

Look out for the fourth film soon, and a Sci-Fi channel TV series from January 2003. I for one can't wait!

This is, in my opinion, the best of the Tremors movies. Why? Because it's the funniest, and people don't watch Tremors for the action or suspense, they watch it for the humor. The makers of Tremors 3 knew what makes Tremors fans tick, and they provide it in a bigger dose than ever before. I really don't want to give anything away, but some pretty hilarious sh** happens here, and clever ways are always found to waste the critters. There is also the usual dose of the senseless violence, shallow characters, and bloody Grabboid chunks that we all love so much, presented in a very playful and silly way.

If you're looking for something that will win Best Picture at the Oscars, look somewhere else. If you're looking for a classic horror movie that will give you nightmares, this isn't it, either. If you're looking for the most imaginative and hilarious ways to blow up big ugly worms, or if you wanna see big flying lizards light their own gas and rocket through the night sky, this is the ticket!