Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

"The Food Chain Just Grew Another Link."

2001 1h 44m EN

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★5.8TMDB · 746🍅80%Rotten Tomatoes★5.3IMDB · 16,753

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Survivalist Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, to find that the little town has been shaken up again by morphing, man-eating Graboids.

“The Food Chain Just Grew Another Link.”

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Cast

Michael Gross
Burt Gummer
Shawn Christian
Desert Jack Sawyer
Susan Chuang
Jodi Chang
Charlotte Stewart
Nancy Sterngood
Ariana Richards
Mindy Sterngood
Tony Genaro
Miguel
Barry Livingston
Dr. Andrew Merliss
John Pappas
Agent Charlie Rusk

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brent Maddock
Writers: S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Nancy Roberts
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Tremors Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Brent Maddock, shot by Virgil L. Harper. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kevin Kiner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Drake Silliman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Michael Gross and Shawn Christian and Susan Chuang carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Food Chain Just Grew Another Link.".

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IMDB entry: tt0259685 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Brent Maddock directs. Virgil L. Harper behind the camera. Kevin Kiner scores. Drake Silliman cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Tremors Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Brent Maddock, shot by Virgil L. Harper. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Kevin Kiner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Drake Silliman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Michael Gross and Shawn Christian and Susan Chuang carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The Food Chain Just Grew Another Link.".
8IMDB entry: tt0259685 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "small town", "survival", "creature", "evolution".
10Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Virgil L. Harper
Original score: Kevin Kiner
Editing: Drake Silliman
Production design: Ken Larson
Costume design: Debbie Shine
Makeup / hair: Johnny Ciccone
VFX supervisor: Linda Drake
Stunt coordinator: Noon Orsatti
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 5.3/10 · 16,753 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations.

Part of

Tremors Collection

This monster movie series centers on the vicious attacks of subterranean worm-like creatures known as Graboids.

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John Chard2014-09-23
★ 6/10
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection. Ass Blasters R US! The third movie in the Tremors series of films is adequate entertainment for the fans. Michael Gross returns as Burt, who in turn returns to Perfection to find it a tourist haven of Graboid fans. Into the mix is a nefarious real estate deal that threatens the very existence of the townsfolk. But of course, the Graboids and their mutated offspring don’t care about such things. If not expecting too much then this serves up some good straight to video fun. The formula remains the same, with Burt the paranoid saviour of perfection getting some good lines, while the return of characters from the first film is a splendid bonus for the fans. There’s some snarky asides to the perils/cheats of tourist traps, and the real estate rape of the land angle is driven home without over kill. Safe if undemanding creature feature fare. 6/10

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