"Butterfly Effect 3" seems determined not to copy the original film slavishly like the first sequel did, and it is indeed sufficiently different to hold your interest. The side (or should I say the butterfly?) effect of that is that its concept of time travel is less internally consistent than that of the previous two movies: here, the hero sometimes goes back to places he's been in the past by getting inside his younger selves' brains, and sometimes, if he concentrates hard enough, he goes back to places and times he's never been in, which means he time-travels physically and not just mentally. Perhaps because of these inconsistencies, the film successfully puts across the feeling of displacement that a few too many mind / time trips can cause. It all leads to a twisted but rather predictable revelation. Warning: some of the violence is exceedingly grisly. **1/2 out of 4.

This one kind of surprised me because I was curious as to how they would work the basic theme of the original movie into this story. I think what impressed me the most about the film was the direction. I really liked a lot of the establishment shots of buildings, the skyline, and the city, along with some nice shots of birds in flight, etc. It REALLY added a lot of mood, I thought. Also, the basic structure and look of the film was done very well too. And, the acting was pretty decent all the way around.I felt that they did a good job, too, in reworking the story with the basic element from the first film that we are already familiar with. So, this story seems like a natural continuation or progression of the story line. I also liked the older guy who appeared to be the main guy's mentor.Some may feel that the ending was not quite as perfect as it could have been. But I think, considering how bloody DIFFICULT it usually is to come up with ANYTHING decent at all for sequels to low-budget Horror / Sci Fi films, that this one came out a hell of a lot better than most do. You end up with a pretty gripping and suspenseful story, and one that is believable enough to keep your interest until the end.So, if you are a fan of Time-Travel oriented Sci Fi films, and you liked the first movie, and if you keep your expectations within reason considering that this is the SECOND sequel to a low-budget Horror film, then I think that you might find this one quite entertaining...(Probably between a '6.5' and a '7', but since it nicely surpassed my somewhat low expectations, I nudged it up to a '7' :)

I wasn't expecting much going into this movie as I'm not a huge fan of sequels. Even though it doesn't have anyone from the original cast (it's a completely new set of characters) it wasn't as cringe worthy as the second movie.I didn't see the twist at the end coming and that's probably what made the movie for me. It was a little disturbing but I won't give away the details!I was a little disappointed that his job in crime solving didn't play a larger role in the plot line. I had the impression it was going to be more about solving crimes.

Lame sequel (clearly made for video) to TBE has a time traveler trying to solve the murder of his girlfriend. It would appear the man convicted in her killing is not her killer, after all. Every time our hero jumps back and forth in time, he ends up making things worse in the present, which was the theme of the original. And as with the original, he endangers his own life with each successive jump. This is a no-budget job, consisting mostly of people talking to each other in order for the flick to run more than a half hour. The acting is typical of the genre. And with a mighty small cast, the identity of the real killer is evident by the halfway mark, if not sooner, which also allows the astute fantasy film fan to predict the ending. Such is life.