jdollak I'm probably being generous. I found the movie entirely watchable, and it held my attention reasonably well. I just found myself cringing slightly at the strange choices made, the strangely unrealistic plot, and so forth. The story is similar to most "police hunt a killer with a bizarre twist" movies. Most of the tension is built out of concealing the identity of the killer, and trying to raise the tension so that we want to keep watching until the reveal. To be honest, the movie did have me fooled; I thought the movie was going in one direction, then they pulled out a dumb twist that I thought they'd be too smart to use. Then they misdirect us a little to imply that the twist they had revealed was not actually true. If the movie had followed in that vein, I would be much, much happier with the movie. Instead, they double down on the initial twist, creating a massively silly twist that almost comes across as a parody of twists.After looking up this movie, I was amazed to see that it was Fox Faith. There was a pile of vaguely religious pseudo-talk, but it hardly entered into being a cornerstone of movie. In retrospect, the violence was restrained, although it seemed to make them rely on bombs a lot. And reel-to-reel tape recorders.I can't suggest it for anyone other than horror aficionados that enjoy seeing casually poor horror.

Paul Andrews Thr3e starts as police psychologist Jennifer Peters (Justine Waddell) desperately tries but fails to save the life of her brother from being blown up by the 'Riddle Killer' who has been murdering people & using strange puzzles to confuse the police. Three months later & theology student Kevin Parson (Marc Blucas) gets a call from the Riddle Killer & so begins another twisted game full of bizarre puzzles & innocent lives on the line as Kevin is forced to face his childhood demons & solve the Riddle Killer's puzzles in order to save those innocent lives, his friends & even his own life, cop Peters learns that Kevin is the Riddle Killer's new target & sets out to nail the psycho once & for all but nothing is quite as it seems as the truth is even more shocking than anyone could have expected...This Polish American co-production was directed by Robby Henson & was based on the novel by Ted Dekker, I have to say that while I didn't think Thr3e was particularly brilliant & it has it's flaws I didn't think it was a complete waste of time either & did actually quite like it to a certain extent. The first thing to note is how much of a rip-off the title Thr3e is of the excellent serial killer thriller Se7en (1995) & the two feel fairly similar although you can chuck a little bit of Saw (2004), Fight Club (1999) & Hide and Seek (2005) as it borrows their plot twist's, style & overall feel. It's also interesting to note that Thr3e was the first release from Fox Faith, a devision of 20th Century-Fox devoted to 'Christian friendly' films & as such has no real torture, gore, profanity or violence & tries to center it's plot around the basic notion of the good & evil within all of us & our personal battle between that good & evil. The script uses the medical condition dissociative disorder as an explanation for the various twist endings & the eventual final twist at the end, I must say that while I liked the idea behind the twist there are a few plot holes like the way Sam & Jennifer talk on the phone & have direct contact with each other even though Kevin is not there, it's also very hard to understand how Kevin could lock himself in a room & be 'in' two places at once as it were. The crazy family who turned a slightly crazy kid into a full-blown loon is a bit of a stretch. In short Thr3e has some interesting ideas, it moves along at a decent pace, there story is reasonably gripping & with a better script & stronger direction the multiple twist ending could have been a real killer but the lack of any violence, death or exploitation elements makes it a bit dull to watch & the ambitious twist just leaves too many plot holes & somewhat destroys the credibility of everything that has happened before.As already mentioned there really isn't any violence here, a dog gets blown up & a guy is killed at the start off-screen & that's it. The film looks pretty good with decent cinematography that is a little gray looking but is alright. There are a few explosions which look OK but don't really excite that much. Some of the puzzles set by the Riddle Killer are obscure to say the least & how they figured out the second puzzle was a bus I'll never know.With a supposed budget of about $2,400,000 this looks alright & has decent enough production values & a couple of things get blown up although special effects are few & far between. Although set in America this was actually filmed in Lodz in Poland. The acting is average, no-one really stands out while Bill Moseley has a small cameo.Thr3e is a film at odds with itself, there's the potential for a clever little serial killer thriller but a silly twist ending that leaves lots of plot holes & a complete total lack of exploitation or horror elements ultimately works against it. In the right hands this could have been great, as it is it's a mildly interesting curiosity at best.

icflam3777 As I scrolled through the movie channels, i decided to settle with Encore Mystery because the few seconds of the movie i saw lead me to believe that the movie was going to be a good one. Yet, I was wrong. This movie was perhaps the worst movie ever written in cinematography history. First of all, this movie is not a "drama", "horror", "mystery", or "thriller" it is a "disaster". There are no parts which made me cringe or fearful... the only "horror" bit i actually saw was when Kevin reached for the window and the hand of the non-existent murderer grabs for him. The only extent of the "thriller" is when the non-existent murderer, the non-existent best friend, and the Psychotic man named Kevin are faced with disarming a bomb... which still confuses me because I'm not sure if Kevin made the bomb himself, or if the random hot dog guy did... oh and about that... WTF is with the random hot dog guy? Why the hell did he want to kill Kevin? and there's one thing i haven't complained about yet.... The Cop lady calls Sam on her cell phone and they have a full fledged conversation.... but then apparently Sam doesn't exist? WTF WAS THAT? This movie sucks, don't watch it unless you want to end up as confused as me and your entire February Break destroyed... This movie doesn't even deserve two stars

iantm My wife and I are big fans of horror, suspense, and action/adventure movies. This film provided none of the above. According to netflix, this was a "thriller". I'm a very nit-picky person who notices everything - be it a plot hole or a minor little detail. As for being filmed in Poland - I had that feeling five minutes into the film. Unlike the Machinist (which was filmed in Spain, but took place in the USA), the different filming location did nothing other than add a layer of confusion. Due to being filmed in Europe, I can only imagine that the film makers had a very limited supply on American cars, such that you'd often see the same car in different places in the same scene (red infiniti j30) or in odd situations (the same red infiniti as a police car). When and where the film took place also confused me - none of the cars had license plates from the same state (saw Maryland, Georgia, and a DC plate) while the signs for the police department appeared to have been lifted off the set of Law & Order.Then there is the "twist" that I saw coming a mile away. As soon as I saw it - I was hoping the villain would actually be someone other than the main character. The Fight Club alter ego twist is one that is hard to do right - see Hide and Seek for another example of this concept gone horribly awry (albeit unintentionally hilarious). The utilization of the concept of Saw, with the voice from Saw, but without the creativity also made matters worse. With the main character freaking out about their dog (whom they claim to have not seen in years) and trying to save it (while trying to instill fear) was hilarious if anything. No offense to dog owners - but if someone threatened to blow up a dog I haven't seen in years - I wouldn't exactly be going out of my way - it's a freaking dog. My wife was trying to convince me that it was a person, but when it was revealed to be a dog - well that killed it for us.Unless you are a big fan of Mr. Dekker's work, have read the book, enjoy watching gratuitous poorly done explosions, or enjoy unintentionally funny movies masquerading as suspense - I would say to avoid this film. To sum it up, It is Saw with the fight club twist edited down for a G rating.