Campy, lots of action, a classic name for the monsters...yep, I approve!
Added 10/24/2009
Judging by the fact that the reviews for this movie are more mixed than say, "Tremors" or "Tremors 2: Aftershocks", "Tremors 3: Back To Perfection" seems to be sort of the odd man out among the "Tremors" series. However, if you've got it in you to enjoy a campy monster-horror movie with a good dose of comedy, "Tremors 3" will definitely be enjoyable!
Fred Ward is back to star in this movie, full of the high-action, explosion-heavy thrils of the first two movies. And like in the first two of the series, the Graboids change form, which I personally like, because it adds an exciting twist to each movie. In this case, they are heat-seeking flying beasts, humorously named A##-blasters (I mean come on, you HAVE to appreciate that!). Different as they may be from the Graboids in the first two movies, these ones are just as exciting and entertaining. And at about 1 hour, 40 minutes, the movie is long enough to keep you into it, but not so long that you lose your interest.
Combining the thrill and fun of this movie with the extra features on the disc, this DVD is highly recommended, especially if you get it in the "Tremors 4-Pack". And be sure to catch it in time for Halloween! Thanks for the time, and peace.
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Buenos tardes, senor blanco!
Added 5/21/2009
The town of Perfection Nevada was the setting for the most bizarre animal attack in history -- graboids, vibration-sensing monster worms that erupt out of the ground to eat people.
And eleven years later, "Tremors 3: Back to Perfection" revisits this dusty small town when the graboids make an unexpected reappearance -- and the government promptly causes even more trouble. Michael Gross (who stole the show in the previous "Tremors" movies) gets to take the lead in the second sequel, which suffers from a bit of dodgy CGI but is still a fun, gore-splattering little horror-comedy.
After a shrieker-obliterating mission to Argentina, BUrt Gummer (Michael Gross) returns home to Perfection, and finds that the tiny town is being hassled by the putrid Melvin, now grown into a slimy real estate agent.
What's more, a thrillseeker named "Desert Jack" Sawyer (Shawn Christian) has started taking tourists out on safaris full of fake "attacks." But when Jack's slimy assistant is publicly gobbled down by a graboid in full view of the tourists, the people of Perfection find themselves facing another graboid invasion. Burt is ready to go out and hunt them down... only to be stopped by government agents who intend to protect the "oldest rarest endangered species of the planet."
To avoid being "eminent domained" out of his home, Burt agrees to help the agents. But he encounters some bizarre problems -- and when the scientists are ripped to shreds by shriekers, Burt and Co. find themselves trapped by a giant albino graboid. But the real danger comes when they manage to escape... and find that the shriekers have metamorphosed into a third stage: butt-blasting winged creatures, which Jodi names "ass-blasters." Will Burt be able to shoot down the ass-blasters... without his guns?
There's something of a feeling of sequelitis in "Tremors 3 - Back to Perfection" -- we've got the basic everybody-runs-and-hides-from-heat-seeking-monsters formula, followed by clever ideas to kill them one by one. Been there, done that, own the Chang T-shirt and the graboid hand puppet.
Fortunately Brent Maddock does do a good job injecting some new twists into the formula: pompous and inept government meddling, Melvin's sneaky money schemes, the Great White Graboid, and the full-circle phase of the graboid life cycle. Since "Tremors 3" also served as a springboard for a short-lived TV show, it actually has some clever additions that spice up the straightforward plot and leave it open for more amusement.
And the plot, while familiar, has plenty of snappy dialogue ("I'm a masterpiece of self-destruction") peppering its action scenes and suspenseful moments. Maddock liberally strews the story with high-speed chases in dusty trucks, splattered orange goop, an annoying sidekick, and the occasional massive explosion. And while the main focus is on the bombardier-beetlesque ass-blasters, the graboids also get some attention as well -- including as Burt being eaten alive by a graboid (and being very messily extracted).
Burt doesn't fire nearly as many guns in this movie, although there's a fun scene involving a WWII antiaircraft turret. And Michael Gross gets to have plenty of fun as an action hero, while showing the wonderfully paranoid Burt starting to figure out how he can use the system for his own ends. Christian makes a nice if slightly weird sidekick ("Stop with the zen zingers!" Jodi orders him), and Susan Chuang follows up as the newest Chang store-owner.
"Tremors 3 - Back to Perfection" retreads some familiar ground, but the superb Michael Gross and some fun additions to your typical "Tremors" story keeps it fresh. Definitely still worth watching.
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They're Back......But Not Quite Perfect
Added 5/5/2008
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.
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Far from perfection
Added 5/26/2007
Well, nobody could have expected the first movie with its giant, burrowing worms to be as good as it was. And we certainly didn't have any right to expect that the sequel to that film would be nearly as clever and entertaining. With this third installment, the "Tremors" series finally ran out of gas. Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) was excellent comic relief, but he's too much of a characature to command leading man status. The tired script doesn't require the characters to think their way out of their dilemma the way the previous two movies did. A scene in which Burt survives being swallowed is particularly ridiculous, as is the latest matamorphosis of the graboids.
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FANS OF THE SERIES SHOULD ENJOY THIS CAMPY SEQUEL!
Added 3/15/2007
Ok..Ok.. I have to admit I didn't think they could really pull off anything with a third entry......I was wrong! This is not as good as the original or the second film, but what movie sequels are? The FX are not as good in the film with CGI "Graboids" and "Shriekers", but I give them credit for having a new mutation "A S S Blasters"! This is a very funny addition to the franchise and well worth viewing for a fan of the series. I rate it 3 1/4 stars. The DVD is a very good transfer too!
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Campy, lots of action, a classic name for the monsters...yep, I approve!
Added 10/24/2009
Judging by the fact that the reviews for this movie are more mixed than say, "Tremors" or "Tremors 2: Aftershocks", "Tremors 3: Back To Perfection" seems to be sort of the odd man out among the "Tremors" series. However, if you've got it in you to enjoy a campy monster-horror movie with a good dose of comedy, "Tremors 3" will definitely be enjoyable!
Fred Ward is back to star in this movie, full of the high-action, explosion-heavy thrils of the first two movies. And like in the first two of the series, the Graboids change form, which I personally like, because it adds an exciting twist to each movie. In this case, they are heat-seeking flying beasts, humorously named A##-blasters (I mean come on, you HAVE to appreciate that!). Different as they may be from the Graboids in the first two movies, these ones are just as exciting and entertaining. And at about 1 hour, 40 minutes, the movie is long enough to keep you into it, but not so long that you lose your interest.
Combining the thrill and fun of this movie with the extra features on the disc, this DVD is highly recommended, especially if you get it in the "Tremors 4-Pack". And be sure to catch it in time for Halloween! Thanks for the time, and peace.
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Buenos tardes, senor blanco!
Added 5/21/2009
The town of Perfection Nevada was the setting for the most bizarre animal attack in history -- graboids, vibration-sensing monster worms that erupt out of the ground to eat people.
And eleven years later, "Tremors 3: Back to Perfection" revisits this dusty small town when the graboids make an unexpected reappearance -- and the government promptly causes even more trouble. Michael Gross (who stole the show in the previous "Tremors" movies) gets to take the lead in the second sequel, which suffers from a bit of dodgy CGI but is still a fun, gore-splattering little horror-comedy.
After a shrieker-obliterating mission to Argentina, BUrt Gummer (Michael Gross) returns home to Perfection, and finds that the tiny town is being hassled by the putrid Melvin, now grown into a slimy real estate agent.
What's more, a thrillseeker named "Desert Jack" Sawyer (Shawn Christian) has started taking tourists out on safaris full of fake "attacks." But when Jack's slimy assistant is publicly gobbled down by a graboid in full view of the tourists, the people of Perfection find themselves facing another graboid invasion. Burt is ready to go out and hunt them down... only to be stopped by government agents who intend to protect the "oldest rarest endangered species of the planet."
To avoid being "eminent domained" out of his home, Burt agrees to help the agents. But he encounters some bizarre problems -- and when the scientists are ripped to shreds by shriekers, Burt and Co. find themselves trapped by a giant albino graboid. But the real danger comes when they manage to escape... and find that the shriekers have metamorphosed into a third stage: butt-blasting winged creatures, which Jodi names "ass-blasters." Will Burt be able to shoot down the ass-blasters... without his guns?
There's something of a feeling of sequelitis in "Tremors 3 - Back to Perfection" -- we've got the basic everybody-runs-and-hides-from-heat-seeking-monsters formula, followed by clever ideas to kill them one by one. Been there, done that, own the Chang T-shirt and the graboid hand puppet.
Fortunately Brent Maddock does do a good job injecting some new twists into the formula: pompous and inept government meddling, Melvin's sneaky money schemes, the Great White Graboid, and the full-circle phase of the graboid life cycle. Since "Tremors 3" also served as a springboard for a short-lived TV show, it actually has some clever additions that spice up the straightforward plot and leave it open for more amusement.
And the plot, while familiar, has plenty of snappy dialogue ("I'm a masterpiece of self-destruction") peppering its action scenes and suspenseful moments. Maddock liberally strews the story with high-speed chases in dusty trucks, splattered orange goop, an annoying sidekick, and the occasional massive explosion. And while the main focus is on the bombardier-beetlesque ass-blasters, the graboids also get some attention as well -- including as Burt being eaten alive by a graboid (and being very messily extracted).
Burt doesn't fire nearly as many guns in this movie, although there's a fun scene involving a WWII antiaircraft turret. And Michael Gross gets to have plenty of fun as an action hero, while showing the wonderfully paranoid Burt starting to figure out how he can use the system for his own ends. Christian makes a nice if slightly weird sidekick ("Stop with the zen zingers!" Jodi orders him), and Susan Chuang follows up as the newest Chang store-owner.
"Tremors 3 - Back to Perfection" retreads some familiar ground, but the superb Michael Gross and some fun additions to your typical "Tremors" story keeps it fresh. Definitely still worth watching.
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They're Back......But Not Quite Perfect
Added 5/5/2008
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.
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