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It's a sequel: there's no getting around that. Our old friends (those who survived the first two movies, anyway) are back -- but *different*. The monsters are back -- but *different*. Even the setting from the first movie is back -- but *different*. Tremors 3 managed to keep me entertained and surprised right up to the ending credits, and that is not easily done. All in all, it was a thoroughly enjoyable "popcorn" movie, a fitting finale to the series, and I highly recommend it.

P.S. One minor quibble: I think most of the special effects shots would have been better if they'd skipped the CGI and gone back to the puppetry and miniatures of the original. The way Hollywood works, though, I suppose finding an FX shop that knows how to do puppets is like finding a mechanic who knows how to tune a carburetor.

A fun sequel
I really wasn't expecting much from a third in the series even tho Tremors 2 added so much more imagination. So I was pleasantly surprised when this turned out to be so much fun.

It begins with a rather cool opening scene in which Burt Gummer (still in Mexico) takes out zillions of Shriekers with a massive machine-gun tank thing. After returning home to Perfection Burt must deal with new graboids, new shriekers and another metamorphosis...The shriekers turn into Ass-Blasters, flying creatures with rocket propelled farts. As the town (and the returning, surviving cast from the first film) is besieged by all forms of these animals, Burt and his pals must figure out increasing desperate ways to destroy them.

There's loads of energy and self-referential humor and the locations have a more dark/sophisticated look to them than in the previous 2 films. A light-hearted tone is still in check tho. There's even one teriffic scene in which Burt is swallowed by a Graboid and taken halfway across the desert. I paniced, I honestly thot we'd lost him. Turns out he's okay in the end.

Fred Ward is definitely missed tho his abscence is explained (Earl and Grady went to make a Graboid amusement park) but Michael Gross is simply irreplaceable as the eccentric and paranoid Burt Gummer. And Ariana Richards is so much more cuter now that she's grown up.

Tremors 3 is the best presented Tremors movie on DVD. The 1.85:1 anamorphic picture looks great and the Dolby 5.1 is reasonably lively with lots of bass during the tunnelling scenes. A fair amount of extras come along too.

This time, they can fly !
It's been 5 years since part 2 and eleven years from the original. Fred Ward didn't come back for this one. It is a shame as this one is every bit as good as the second one (of course can't compared to the original). But it does have everything you can expect from Tremors series: Excitement, laughter. Some of characters from the original return for this one (Melvin, Miguel, Mindy and her mom).

The story, well Graboids are back and this time they mutated to somethings that have wings so they can fly. The DVD is OK for straight to video materials. The picture is bright and clear and the sound is about average.

Now if Universal can re-unite all original casts from Tremors (Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward) and make another sequel with bigger budget, I am sure fans will be lining up to buy tickets. But overall, this DVD shouldn't be missed by Tremors fans and monster genre fans in general.