Director: John Gulager
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Creature Feature
Plot:
Forced to find new battle strategies, the dwindling number of survivors from the previous encounters are caught in a frantic race through underground sewers in an effort to finally escape from the marauding, flesh-eating creatures living inside the tunnels once and for all.
Review:
On the whole, this one turned out to be a minor disappointment compared to the others in the series. The biggest problem with this one tends to be the rather shortened length of time here, barely running a full hour despite a non-stop pace that features a ton of action throughout. This tends to make this feel more like it should've been built together into the second entry and tacked onto that one rather than being shuffled off into a new effort as several scenes from that could've been taken out and replaced with the action of this one to make for a seamless transition.
That tends to make this one feel a tad worthless and expendable with not really needing to be featured at all which is quite disappointing overall. Still, this one really gets a lot to like throughout as this one tends to continue on in the series' penchant for over-the-top extremity throughout with not only the scatological references and intensely sexualized nature of both the creatures and the survivors but also in regards to the gore which is again quite gruesome and endearing. In addition to limbs being ripped off and entrails splattered across the ground but also there are also vicious stab wounds, tons of scratches and clawed-up bodies, decapitations, and bodies bursting from the inside out among other vicious tactics which are quite fun here.
This rampant amount of gore comes from the nearly relentless pace featured here with the attacks continuing on throughout the film with the race through the car yard, a battle in an underground hole, and the numerous battles in the sewers providing both action and suspense as the vicious creatures create several encounters here that are quite enjoyable including the blazing final battle in a strobe-light-lit rave scene that's quite thrilling and exciting. The creatures still look good, there's a lot to like here, but those few small problems do hold this down.
Overview: ***/5
Weak final entry but still enjoyable enough overall, there’s a lot to like here to keep this one up over a series of minor flaws that are present here keeping this down. Those who are fans of this kind of genre effort, enjoyed the other entries, or are fans of the creative crew will have the most to like here while most others out there should heed caution.
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