Some guy is able to travel back in time by getting into a bathtub full of ice and turning off the lights.
He's got a mentor for this, who tells him to just watch what happens in the past and never intervene, lest there be ugly unintended consequences. His sister is always with him, checking his vitals and so on while he's "away". We learn that one time he did intervene, when as a teenager his house caught fire and he went back in time to save his sister but as a a result his parents died.
Now a girl from his past shows up and asks him to help her. Her friend/his ex was killed by an acquaintance of them and he's about to be executed. She thinks he's innocent and has new evidence. Also, in the present the police is investigating some serial killer who kills women and our time traveler acts like a psychic and helps them out.
Our guy travels back in time repeatedly in search for the killer but always gets involved instead of just watching. As a result, when he wakes up, conditions in the present are different. He starts losing it because he's never able to see the killer's face. He also notices that one woman survives every time. He starts traveling in time without his sister who kept him safe and sane. The police start suspecting him because he keeps popping up at the wrong time/wrong place and often is connected to the victims, making him the ideal suspect.
In the end we do find out what is going on and who the killer is. It's somewhat of a surprise but given that there are few characters in this movie it's not that surprising. Overall, The Butterfly Effect 3 is a perfectly mediocre movie. Direction is mediocre, so is the acting. The script is slightly better but not entirely satisfying. I think they could have done a better job with the casting. The guy sure spends a lot of time shirtless but he's not very sympathetic and the sister doesn't quite look like she could possibly be his sister.
He's got a mentor for this, who tells him to just watch what happens in the past and never intervene, lest there be ugly unintended consequences. His sister is always with him, checking his vitals and so on while he's "away". We learn that one time he did intervene, when as a teenager his house caught fire and he went back in time to save his sister but as a a result his parents died.
Now a girl from his past shows up and asks him to help her. Her friend/his ex was killed by an acquaintance of them and he's about to be executed. She thinks he's innocent and has new evidence. Also, in the present the police is investigating some serial killer who kills women and our time traveler acts like a psychic and helps them out.
Our guy travels back in time repeatedly in search for the killer but always gets involved instead of just watching. As a result, when he wakes up, conditions in the present are different. He starts losing it because he's never able to see the killer's face. He also notices that one woman survives every time. He starts traveling in time without his sister who kept him safe and sane. The police start suspecting him because he keeps popping up at the wrong time/wrong place and often is connected to the victims, making him the ideal suspect.
In the end we do find out what is going on and who the killer is. It's somewhat of a surprise but given that there are few characters in this movie it's not that surprising. Overall, The Butterfly Effect 3 is a perfectly mediocre movie. Direction is mediocre, so is the acting. The script is slightly better but not entirely satisfying. I think they could have done a better job with the casting. The guy sure spends a lot of time shirtless but he's not very sympathetic and the sister doesn't quite look like she could possibly be his sister.