The Thing III: Who Goes There? (also known as The Thing: Who Goes There?) is a 1992 American science fiction horror film directed by Michael Anderson,
produced by John Carpenter and written by Bill Lancaster. The film is a sequel to The Thing Returns (1985) and the final film in the Original Thing Trilogy. Kurt Russell reprises his role as R.J. MacReady, with new characters portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson, River Phoenix, Akira Nakao, Michael Pataki, Chris Haywood, Robbie Coltrane, Charles Dance and Aubrey Morris. In the film, The Thing gets into an Ice Breaker Vessel and Nuclear Submarine with MacReady in hot pursuit.
Development of the sequel began in 1988, with filming taking place in Los Angeles, Pinewood Studios and Iceland from March to November 1991. Rob Bottin returned to create practical effects for the film. Phil Tippett created Go motion animation for several of the thing creatures on screen.
The Thing III: Who Goes There? released in the United States on October 15, 1992. This time, the film received a more positive reception, with praise for it's special effects, acting and music. Over the years, The Thing III: Who Goes There? would receive a cult following as with the other two films, with critics and fans deeming it as one of the greatest sequels of all time.
Plot[]
In the end of the winter of 1982 in Antarctica, U.S. soldiers investigate the ruins of the antarctic outposts that were, unknown to them, attacked by the shapeshifting alien entity called the "Thing." Tim, one of the younger soldiers becomes paranoid as the team returns to their nuclear submarine, the USS Carpenter.
The team at the Carpenter was tasked to haul a group of scientists and an unknown cargo from another outpost to Pearl Harbor. The mission is a secret because the captain of the Carpenter, Thompson Carpenter, had heard rumors, as well as legends of a mysterious shape-shifting being that attacked an outpost up north in 1938. The team thinks the secret cargo contains the bodies of R.J. MacReady and Childs, unknown to them that MacReady is still alive and had killed a gigantic thing at the spaceship that crashed near the outposts. Later that night, Tim hears strange noises, and finds a hideously malformed humanoid creature attacking a soldier as Thompson and the soldiers kill it. Thompson orders an autopsy performed by Dr. Takahashi. The soldiers learn that the creature can assimilate any creature it touches and must have came out from the cargo.
Meanwhile, another piece of the thing's biomass gets into an ice breaker vessel, with MacReady in hot pursuit. A member of the vessel's crew is attacked by the creature and assimilates him. Another crew mate, Billy, alerts the rest of the crew, and attempt to kill the thing, but MacReady comes in the nick of time to burn the monster. MacReady introduces himself to the crew and warns them that the thing can assume the appearance and memories of its prey, and concludes that it is also telepathic.
Back at the Carpenter, cold war tension and distrust grows between the crew and officers, as they struggle to figure out who is human and who is the thing. Thompson fears that if the things overrun the crew and take control of the submarine, it will mean the end of all life on the planet. Takahashi suggests a quarantine, and Thompson reluctantly agrees. The quarantine seems to be a success, but quickly goes awry and a thing attacks and the distraught crew burns it. Back at the vessel, MacReady and the ship's crew are also in a struggle against the things.
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· Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady
· Samuel L. Jackson as Captain Thompson Carpenter
· River Phoenix as Tim
· Akira Nakao as Dr. Takahashi
· Michael Pataki as Williams
· Chirs Haywood as Billy
· Robbie Coltrane as Michael "Mike" Powers
· Charles Dance as Pete
· Aubrey Morris as Dr. Lamson Campbell
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Japanese composer Shiro Sagisu composed the score, replacing Ennio Morricone as he was busy composing the score to City of Joy (1992). Morricone's "Humanity" was remixed by Sagisu into "Humanity 3+1." Morricone praised Sagisu's work on the film in 2012, calling it "Original but beautiful."
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