Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

MBunge This is an okay little thriller. It's a by-the-numbers story with a twist ending that's more of a cheat than a real twist, but it's competently done and deserves notice for being remarkably family friendly.Kevin Parsons (Marc Blucas) is a brilliant seminary student who finds himself targeted by a madman called the Riddle Killer. With a series of riddles and bombs, "RK" demands that Kevin confess something. But what dark secret could Kevin possibly be keeping from everyone, including his childhood friend and almost-love Samantha Sheer (Laura Jordan)? Police psychologist Jennifer Peters (Justine Waddell), whose brother was slain by the Riddle Killer, suspects it has something to do with the dysfunctional and abusive home Kevin grew up in. But his crazy aunt Belinda (Pricilla Barnes) is no help at all and as the Riddle Killer's sadistic and mysterious plans unfold, you're not sure if anyone's going to survive.Thr3e (and yes, that's the way they spell the title) isn't anything exceptional and it's even fair to say that its plot is rather contrived, its direction average and its acting merely okay. But there are no obvious holes in the plot, the direction keeps the story clear and moving forward and the performances by the cast are likable when they're supposed to be and off-putting when they're supposed to be. Back in Ye Olden Days of Hollywood, this would have been considered a decent B movie with a crazy ending.Now, that ending might be problematic for some. It's honestly surprising, but gets most of that surprise being completely out of left field and not being supported or justified by what happens in the rest of the film. It's a bit like the Sixth Sense, except you can't go back and find little moments in the story that support the ending. That's what I mean by it being more of a cheat than a twist. That bit of deceit on the part of the filmmakers didn't ruin it for me, though your tolerance for that sort of thing may be different.Thr3e is very wholesome for a movie about a serial killer. There are some disturbing images and tense moments, but there's virtually no graphic violence, no nudity and no profanity that I noticed. You'd think this was some sort of Christian-themed film except there's only explicitly religious stuff at the very beginning and end. The bulk of the story is perfectly secular.This movie is a suspense-thriller that you can watch with all but the youngest kids. If your family is in the mood for that, this is the film for you. Outside of that situation, I'm not sure Thr3e has a whole lot of appeal despite being a decent piece of entertainment.

clueless_man16 I've read reviews about this movie. Many said it sucked. In a way, these reviews were not wrong. They WERE wrong if they meant the acting sucked. They WERE wrong if they said it looked low-budget. They Were wrong if they said the story was horrid. But they were NOT wrong if they said there were too many explosions on account of this being a Hollywood "Faith" Movie. I admit, Ted Dekker, Frank Peretti, and such give overly suspenseful and rather incredible accounts of moral struggles, but they all make sense in the end. But if you're gonna take an awesome book and throw in a bunch of un-needed explosions, its gonna suck in that aspect. Also, I admit the final revelation in the plot was a bit too abrupt. There was no foreshadowing, making it seem like "What the bloody heck!?!?!" But if you've read the book, it will be just as awesome.

Dark_Venom As I have not yet read the original Dekker novel (but, so to say, I am no more interested in it), the movie didn't have expectations to live up to in my eyes. After about a half an hour, my level of interest started to fall, but from a pretty high level as the movie starts out to be quite exciting. I thought then that if nothing original, but I would get a standard "clever killer with ideologies connected to the protagonist's life"-type of suspense thriller. However, all the suspense disappears thanks to the shallow acting and the script that seems to make fun of the genre. The strongest stab in the movie' heart is definitely the completely unoriginal, obsolete "twist", when we learn about Kevin's split personalities. COME ON, have anyone of Hollywood's filmmakers watched the thrillers of the past few years? Identity, Shrooms, High Tension, and so on, a never ending line? The split minded killer ISN'T a great idea, it has been used, and re-used dozens of times. It's getting dumb now instead of being a twist, it only shows that no creativity is left is some of the writers, and if Dekker's original is the same, then in the suspense-authors as well. However, I am pretty sure the lot of people will buy it as an original idea, and I am damn certain that this was the real goal here.

MattchuLB Alright.First reason, this movie is named Thr3e hence, I couldn't give it any lower than that. :| And the quality of the film is no better than a three. :| Two, it's three times worse than most bad movies I have seen.and Three, there's about 3 THOUSAND plot holes in this film...Alright, but onto the main review...Thr3e is a movie that interested me, since it was based on a book by quite a famous Christian author, plus it was horror/thriller. A Horror/Christian film. So being a Christian, and a film buff, that was something I wanted to see.Unfortunately, it was a very badly executed idea. :| First, it seemed,like a good movie. That's when it went downhill... 30 minutes into this film, I was laughing at how bad it was.. :| The acting is Okay at times, and then just really.. BAD.The story started out pretty good, then just got plain stupid, and ridicules. There was so many plot holes in this movie, ESPECIALLY the one near the end, which made me change my mind from giving this movie a 5, to a 3.I really was quite disappointed in Thr3e. It is one of the few Christian Horror/Thrillers out there, and could of been quite a good, enjoyable movie.Oh well. Hopefully Ted Dekker's next book-to-film adaption, "HOUSE" will be better...I hope...Acting:3/10 Direction:2/10 Plot:2/10 Re-watch ability: 1/10 Overall Rating: 3/10 Do I recommend this film?: No. :| Thr3e Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and terror.Very mild PG-13 movie, nothing too rough despite the rating.Thank you for reading. :) P.S. If you watch/have watched this film, I hope you enjoy it more than I did. :|