Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopathic murderer whose strange riddles and impossible timelines force three people into a mission to end the game before one or all of them die.
Suspenselessly directed by Robby Henson, Thr3e commits the eighth deadly sin -- boredom.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
5 Jan 2007
rotten:
If Thr3e is any indication of what we can expect from the emerging trend of studio-funded faith-based movies, we may find ourselves wishing The Passion of the Christ had been a box-office bomb.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
5 Jan 2007
rotten:
Ultimately Three, for all its philosophizing, is little more than a standard serial-killer movie with pretensions.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
5 Jan 2007
rotten:
There's precious little in the way of clammy tension or mounting apprehension as Thr3e plods toward a climax that is startlingly absurd, yet not entirely illogical.
– Joe Leydon,
Variety,
5 Jan 2007
rotten:
The vile sadism of the Saw movies has been replaced by decorative references to Saint Augustine and Immanuel Kant, and there's a beautiful but brainy police profiler (Justine Waddell) on hand to dispense a thick layer of psychobabble.