The now famous Burt Gummer returns to his hometown of Perfection, Nevada for the first time in years, but the deadliest Graboid evolution yet forces him to save the town he swore to protect.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | |
| Robert Jayne | ... | Melvin Plug | |
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Billy Rieck | ... | Buford, Jack's Assistant |
| Kelly Connell | ... | Tourist Guy | |
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Matthew Seth Wilson | ... | Tourist Kid |
| Jason Hopkins | ... | Tourist Kid | |
| Lorna Scott | ... | Tourist Lady | |
| Mary Gross | ... | Tourist Mom | |
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Third Tremors movie takes us back to the small Nevada town of Perfection where local resident and adventurer Burt Grummer returns after traveling abroad and killing carnivorous worms called "Graboids" (introduced in the first movie) and their offspring "Shriekers" (introduced in the second movie) to life in his home town and must deal with some crooked land developers, a thrill-seeking guy named Jack Sawyer looking for wealth in this potential tourist town, and eventually dealing with a new strain of Graboid worms that meta-morph into their second Shrieker phase, and whom unexpectedly morph into their third stage for another harrowing battle against Burt and Jack in the desert surrounding the town. Written by matt-282
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Tourist Lady: How long do you think it will be?
Jack: Well, ma'am, time is the eternal river. I suggest we not swim upstream.
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Jack: Alright, that's good. Well, I think we just best wait it out a spell.Tourist Lady: How long do you think it will be?
Jack: Well, ma'am, time is the eternal river. I suggest we not swim upstream.
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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.