Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead is the third instalment in the sequel trilogy of Wrong Turn. Released in 2009, this film takes up the reigns after the reality show of the second film goes horribly wrong. This time, prison convicts and their corrections officer end up crashing and, whilst travelling through the forest, meet a rafter who is on the run from a cannibalistic hunter, tracking them through the forest. They must all work together to survive, however, there's a hierarchy amongst the inmates, and the group have to face the challenges of being lead by one they do not trust.After enjoying the second Wrong Turn film, Dead End, I decided to watch Left for Dead, even though I knew it was likely going to be much worse than both second and first films of the series. Finding out this went straight to video, made me hesitate a little before watching it – horror films that go straight to video are usually the worst of the bunch. But still, I put it on and soldiered through it.I actually thought this one was really well made. The basic plot of being chased through the forest by Three Finger was revamped. Although the same plot, we had a lot of dynamics going on throughout the prisoners and the rest of the group, a danger there that was not yet seen in Wrong Turn films previously, and is a bit of a refreshing add in to the film and series.However, for all intent and purposes, this is still the same film as was done in 2003, just with new actors, new cannibals, and a new basic plot. Although the new idea of the group having issues with each other was refreshing, it's still just the same film. And it's a shame to see this because obviously thought went into it to see how they could revamp the series, how they could add more to the third film to make it a bit more unique.The characters in this were really good. Nate and Alex were wonderful characters – until the ending when Alex lost all her development, and became a damsel in distress – and did this just become Saw at one point? That made me frown a little, when Alex was being held by Three-Finger; the whole plot just seemed to become Saw, and it was a total let down. It just felt like they were trying to rip off the success of the Saw franchise, that was beginning to dominate the horror franchise with a new form of survival horror.I feel like this was definitely the weakest film of the Wrong Turn Sequel trilogy – the three films, 4-6, are set before the films 1-3 – and it was a shame. Although refreshing in some aspects, characters would lose their development, the plot ended up the same, and the CGI for this one was just utterly diabolical. I definitely wouldn't watch this one again, and after watching this, I still don't know why I went on and watched films 4-6. I would say definitely watch the first two Wrong Turn films, and then leave the series at that.

On it's own it's an OK movie, but nowhere next to the best in the Wrong Turn franchise.Left for Dead goes back to the original inbreed slasher they had in the original, which is a good thing, and vast improvement over the last one.This time around the inbreed slasher family (I don't know if they have an official name) hunt down a bus filled with inmates from a near by penitentiary who attempt to escape after the inbreeds cause their bus accident only to wish they were back on the bus heading for prison.Not since John Carpenter's, The Thing has there been a horror movie with so much testosterone being hunted like oversexed teenage girls, but I guess A group of prisoners who have not been with a woman in a while can give off the same sent to a slasher.So the one thing this movie does well that the whole franchise is built on is doing things differently than other slasher films and not relying too much on the clichés.But the characters being killed are not that interesting, and are not played too well by the actors portraying them, so it falls really short of what it could be.On its own, it's mediocre but the weight of having it be a part of the wrong turn titles gave it shoes to big to fill, and it couldn't do it.

One of the major problems with 'Alien 3' was that 90% of the cast were murderers and thieves. Therefore, when they got eaten, no one cared. 'Wrong Turn 3' suffers from the same 'unlikability factor.' A busload of prison inmates crashes in the wilderness. They take the guards hostage and have to cross through the woods, while being constantly picked off by the typically malformed redneck cannibals.Only there's only one cannibal now. The others must have stayed at home for this one. And he does his best to pick off the cast, only you won't really care because none have been developed and they're evil druglords anyway. The film-makers throw in a token nice girl for the nice prison guard to spark up some sort of romantic interest with, but it's so forced it's unbelievable.The Wrong Turn 3 does really relate much to the two previous one, only in the (single) cannibal redneck. It's the sort of film that if you really don't have anything else to watch and are really bored, then you may just be able to sit through it. Otherwise, you might just want to give this one a miss (or stick to the infinitely more superior Wrong Turn (1). At least it didn't have a near all-British cast trying to sound American while running through a Bulgarian forest.

Well they did the teenage/young adults, they did a reality spin, now Wrong Turn takes on some prisoners. This is good, as we have no reason to give a damn about those up for the killing. It removes any need for character development, not usually a plus but we all know why we came to this film. It's a shame they've reduced the mutated hillbilly family to pretty much just one guy. There's needless gore, repetitive chase sequences and a bizarre car scene which is a mix of very bad greenscreen and location work. It was confusing. The ending really ticked me off though, the ultimate in tacked on, thoughtless, middle finger up to the audience endings. Even for something this cheap and quick, they could have at least respected the characters a tiny bit.