Free Willy 3: The Rescue

The final movie free willy 3. For me I actually enjoyed watching this movies. I would say this movies is one of my favorites of all times since childhood. The 3rd movie I didn't really captured it that much. Yes I was paying attention. Maybe it could be another view from the movie into the essence of the first movie

The first FREE WILLY was very good. The second was not as good. The third, however, just plain bores. Expect nothing new and spectacular here because it's the same as the other two, with the exception of the weak dialogue and Jesse becoming more intelligent. The producers seemed to have been stuck with the same old ideas from the first film only to make another sequel. Nothing is more fun in the world than saving endangered species from sudden harm, which has always been the environmental message in FREE WILLY, but still, this series is in drastic need of a tune-up, FAST! Too many of you have given this lackluster sequel a big "10"! Wise up, folks! Nothing is THAT perfect in the real world!

Sentimental and enjoyable entry about the friendly teen who befriends a giant whale , including impressivr marine acrobatics. 16-year-old Jesse (Jason James Richer) and old friend Randolph (August Schellenberg) try to foil an illegal whaler threatening Willy and his pregnant mate. This time around an illegal operation threatens Willie and his orca pod . Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. On the whaler's ship is captain John Wesley and his 10-year-old son, Max (Berry) , who isn't really pleased about his father's job , but he's horrified to discover his commercial fisherman father (Patrick Kilpatrick) is one of the whalers . A new friend. A new threat. A new adventure that will capture your heart.

Heartwarming and delightful story that follows the previous premises about the young Jesse , now 16 years old, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, and , along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist called Drew face off a whale ship captained by a nasty captain , all of them determined to rescue the giant orca. Again an electronically operated stand-in whale was used for far-off shots and a domesticated performing whale named Keiko for the close-ups animatronics and digital effects were used to replicate the real Willy . Director was known known to grumble about temperamental Keiko during shooting. It contains colorful and spectacular cinematography by Tobias A. Schliessler shot on various filming locations from Squamish, Howe Sound, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada . Adding a stirring and breathtaking musical score by Cliff Eidelman who uses adequately the classic leitmotif composed by Basil Poledouris from previous entries. The motion picture was competently directed by Sam Pillsbury , though with no originality because copies the same former elements.

The trilogy is formed as follows : Free Willy (1993) by Simon Wincer with Jason James Richer , August Schellenberg , Michael Madsen , Jane Atkynson, . Free Willy 2 The adventure Home (1995) by Dwight Little with Michael Madsen Jane Atkynson , John Tenney , Elizabeth Peña , M Emmett Walsh . Free Willy 3 : The Rescue (1997) by Sam Pillsbury with Jason Jmes Richer , August Schellenberg, Patrick Kilpatrick , Anne Corley . Proof that family films can make money , Free Willy trilogy placed hight boxoffice as US as around the world.

"Free Willy 3: The Rescue" is an Adventure - Drama movie and the third movie of the "Free Willy" franchise in which we watch teenager Jesse trying to protect Will and his pregnant mate by an illegal whaler threatening them both.

Since I had watched the two previous movies I knew what to expect but I hoped from this movie to be better than the second. Unfortunately, it followed the path of the second movie and it was equally bad. I believe that "Free Willy" franchise has to stop with this movie because it does not have anything more to give. The direction which was made by Sam Pillsbury followed the footsteps of the previous movie without having any suspense and being a bit boring at some points of it. All in all, I have to say that "Free Willy 3: The Rescue" is another average family movie that I do not recommend anyone to watch because I am sure that you can find better family movies than this to watch.

Sam Pillsbury (who, incidently, was born in the US but raised in NZ despite what this database says) left these shores to direct the excellent "Eerie, Indiana" series and a number of thrillers. I don't think this film will feature prominently on his CV. Basically the script keeps to a format and the format has become so stale everyone performs in a by-the-numbers fashion. I get the feeling this movie was made for profit rather than love of the characters. It focuses on a simplistic "message" rather than the more complex problem of looking at "issues".