The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations
A police consultant who can revisit the past tries to solve his former lover’s murder, only to worsen reality with every correction.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- paranoid
- foreboding
- grim
- late night thriller viewing
- horror sequel marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the sequel as a weak, derivative, and only marginally watchable continuation of the franchise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sam returns to the murder and repeatedly attempts to correct the consequences of his interference.
Sam works with police on unresolved crimes and revisits Rebecca Brown’s murder to test the accusation against Lonnie Flennons.
Rebecca’s murder and Elizabeth’s discovery of her journal draw Sam into changing the past.
Each return to the present produces a worse future, turning police investigation into escalating temporal dread.
Films like The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations, and why
The Butterfly Effect
shares time travel, altered timelines, psychological thriller tension, and escalating consequences
Frequency
shares crime investigation, temporal interference, and a protagonist trying to prevent a murder
Predestination
shares recursive time travel, murder investigation, and destabilized personal identity
Source Code
shares attempts to change the past, branching consequences, and science fiction thriller mechanics
Movie Details
- Director
- Seth Grossman
- Release Date
- 2009-01-09
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (652)
Cast
- Mia Serafino
- Rachel Miner
- Chris Carmack
- Melissa Jones
- Lynch R. Travis
- Sarah Habel
- Chantel Giacalone
- Hugh Maguire
- Kevin Yon
- Richard Wilkinson
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations about?
- A police consultant who can revisit the past tries to solve his former lover’s murder, only to worsen reality with every correction.
- What is The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations as brutal.
- What did critics think of The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations?
- Critics broadly regarded the sequel as a weak, derivative, and only marginally watchable continuation of the franchise.
- Which films are like The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations?
- Films with a similar feel include The Butterfly Effect, Frequency, Predestination, and Source Code.
- How long is The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations?
- The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations?
- In United States, The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations streams on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
