Written by Connor James Delaney
Directed by Declan O'Brien
Alex (re Three Finger): "He eats people. We're his food."
Maybe I've misjudged this franchise a little because while it's still got a massive problem in actually developing it's hillbilly antagonists, it's sort of mixing it up a bit with it's protagonists. A mix up I appreciated here.
The movie opened with a friend group, consisting of Alex (Janet Montgomery), Brent (Charley Speed), Trey (Jack Gordan) and Sophie (Louise Cliffe). Within the first five minutes, they're murdered brutally by Three Finger (Borislav Iliev), with the frightened Alex benched until the second half of the movie.
Anyways, you'd assume that Alex was supposed to be the protagonist of the piece but the main hero this time around turned out to be nice guy cop, Nate Wilson (Tom Frederic). Along with fellow officer, Walter (Chucky Venn), both men are tasked with transferring criminals to another prison.
Predictably enough, it went wrong and the main criminal in question, Carlo Chavez (Tamer Hassan) along with Floyd (Gil Korilin), Crawford (Jake Curran) and Brandon (Tom McKay) took both Nate and Walter captive while also trying to escape. Oh and there was a scheming involving a lot of money that didn't bring out the good in anyone.
On top of that, the inclusion of Alex in the second also brought the hillbillies out of hiding and it became a fight for survival against them and the criminals. Fortunately for Nate, he had both Alex and Brandon on his side. Unfortunately for Nate, at least one of them betrayed him after they survived their hillbilly encounter.
While it's not unusual to kill off the main hero in a horror movie, this was one time I wished they didn't. I did like Nate a lot more than previous protagonists in the franchise and we definitely need more Final Boys in the genre. However, at least there were some strong kills in this one.
- The film had the most kills but the least amount of mutants and it was Nate who killed Three Finger.
- Despite being release in 2009, the film has been made two years prior to that.
- Declan O'Brien didn't write this one but he does the next two as well as directing them.
- Chronology: Not long from the second movie and again, set within West Virginia.
Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead certainly changed up the type of protagonist we've had compared to the first two movies and seemed to be a more male leaning compared to the first two movies. The ending somewhat dropped the ball but it's a better movie than I expected it to be.
Rating: 6 out of 10
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