The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations
by Seth Grossman
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Actor: Chris Carmack, Melissa Jones, Rachel MinerDirector: Seth Grossman
Brand: Butterfly
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-03-31
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Reviews of The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations
DVD Review: The only ones to get any sort of revelation out of this would be those who have never seen a film before.
Summary: 1 Stars
Don't do plot synopsis, but if I did, it wouldn't be worth it on this piece of cow dung!
This was the first After Dark Horrorfest III dvd that I watched. I bought all eight of them at Best Buy(you can get the set for [...], but you have to buy all eight). You may be asking why I would choose to watch Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations first? Is it because I was so blown away and enthralled by the first Butterfly Effect I had to see what part 3 held, despite it having none of the original's characters and only the original's gimmick? Could it be because I decidedly skipped the direct-to-video sequel, aptly titled The Butterfly Effect II, because the original film left me with no desire for another, and the fact that its plot didn't really warrant a sequel? Is it because I saw this film in theaters and was so blown away by its greatness that I had to watch it first, despite the fact that I already saw it and didn't see the other seven films? Well, the correct answer would be, none of the above dear reader. The real reason I watched this one first is because I had some sort of supernatural sneaking suspicion that it would suck. I don't know why, but I could feel it in my bones, like when it rains and your bum knee starts to ache. I was right, but it was worse then even I could have guessed. Luckily, I sold it back to FYE and made six bucks, which basically means I didn't lose any money on this piece of crap.
The After Dark Horrorfest films are a tricky lot. It's not bad though. The films end up being either flawed but good, or just plain good. Nothing resembling greatness with the exception of The Hamiltons and The Seven Deaths of Ian Stone. Only 5 Horrorfest films were so horrible that I had to export them out of my collection, Crazy Eights, Wicked Little Things, Unearthed, Butterfly Effect 3, and absolutely dreadful Lake Dead(how's that for an original and subtle title for a film?). And I grade on a curve, I found redeeming qualities in the poorly made and ultimately silly Nightmare Man!!!! I say all of this just to give you a reference of where I'm coming from when it comes to low budget horror fare.
This movie is basically a hybrid of the gimmick from the first film and every over-the-top 80's slasher film you ever saw. It has the time travel from the first film, and the slasher gimmicks of gory deaths, and the secret unseen or masked slasher(the killer in the this film uses a buzz saw. Do they have cable free saws, or did the killer have to find a convenient place to plug it in before every murder?). This isn't really technically a sequel, it would be more aptly titled a spin-off. Even the rules of the time travel from the first film are different. Unless my memory betrays me, or I just don't care that much because Butterfly Effect wasn't that great a film, but I thought every time Ashton Kutcher changed the past and returned to the present he would receive a head rush of all the new memories. In this film, for the convenience of the plot, the main character doesn't remember his new life created by his altering of the past. If he did, the film's conclusion would've happened in the first act. Whatever....
I'll just get to the point. The film's flaws are too numerous to list, but I'll give it the 'ol college try regardless. I'm no prude when it comes to gore, I've stated as much in previous reviews, but this film uses it all wrong. There is a murder scene involving a sexy bar tender that is tonally wrong for this film. Her finger is sliced off and it slams into the 'on' button of a stero which blasts on rock music. Then, we cut to a cop dipping a French fry into a cup of ketchup. Get it? Yeah, if this was Evil Dead or Dead Alive or some sort of Troma film this would've been very inventive and macabre. In this film, which has such a stark and serious tone, followed with equally somber acting, it makes no sense and takes you out of the film, but at this point in the 'plot' I doubt anyone would be that invested in the goings on. Also, I have nothing against sex in film but the one in this is absolutely retarded. It involves the same bar tender. She isn't a character of consequence to the plot, and the main protagonist doesn't even know her. They meet and then they screw. Fine, nothing wrong with that, but the scene is given much detail and runs as long as an average soft core scene in any skinemax flick. There's an emotinal revelation at the end of the scene, but the sex stuff just seems tacked on for the mouth-breathers to put in their spank bank. Not sexy. Not necessary. Again, takes you out of the narrative. If the film had been toned to be good trashy, exploitative fun it would've been welcomed. I am, after all, a huge Roger Corman fan. As per usual the characters aren't intersting, they're just names and faces used to push the plot along. There's a sub-plot involving our time traveling protagonist working with the police to find killers. How would the cops be able to prosecute these killers without evidence beyond a psychic? What precinct would allow such a thing to be a regular tool in solving major crimes? Dont know, but the movie doesn't bother to supply answers or reasons for this. Finally, the plot is easily figured out in the first act. You'll know who the killer is and why within thirty minutes. This would've been a forgiveable offense if the journey had been done in an entertaining or original way. AAAGGGHHHH, I can't go on. That should be enough faults for anyone to avoid this piece of filth.
Rachel Miner plays the main characters 'disturbed' sister(hint, hint) who he saved from a fire by going back in time. Unfortunately, this change caused their parents to take her place. Rachel Miner, an actress that I do find to be talented, is terrible in this film. Her performance is a sleep walk. She looks as interested in the material as the viewer, which is none. Chris Carmack actually does an admirable job at being convincing with such silly and stupid material. He has to play a character with no arch or pesonality, but he manages to come off convincing and real.
On the plus side, and the plus side is very shallow in this case, the film is shot wonderfully in stark blacks and muted whites and yellows. It looks like the most polished of polished turds. Okay, this one is really shallow, the female bar tender(who also appears on the Miss Horrorfest webisodes) is absolutely and totally hot! Despite the gratuitous and pointless nature of her sex and nude scene, I was thankful for it. She is quite the specimen of female perfection and I see the reason for her nudity, despite the bad storytelling aspect of it. The violence is brutal but also manages to be ineffective. It's just gross. Watch the opening murder, and you'll see what I mean. It takes a special level of ineptitude to make a mother being bashed repeatedly in the head in front of her child ineffective. Wow, I tried to find positives, but I've failed. Sorry.
Don't see the movie, or at least just rent it, or just do what I did. Get the deal at Best Buy, watch it first, and then sell it back somewhere.
Description of The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations
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