The first of the Wishmaster sequels shorthanded to "the ones without Andrew Divoff" Wishmaster 3 is... bad. I can't say if it was a new direction they were trying, because the action movie reviews setup is generic as fuck and the pacing god awful (blog post) slow. What direction were they going for? Straight to hell?
Source: Wishmaster 3 Beyond the Gates of Hell Movie Review - Decker Shado