Sequels …… Prequels…… FINAL DESTINATION 5.
I did have a moment myself when I did foresee into my future and realized that this franchise is going no way other than down! I am not half as smart as Nicholas D’Agosto. If I were, I would for sure have saved myself the agony and directly skipped onto watch a less painful horror flick. This IS the issue with franchises and genre specific productions. Final Destination has always been about some kid having a vision and saving a few friends just in the nick of time only to find out that eventually they all will die; since death does not like being cheated. Being the 5th movie in the franchise it’s still the same old approach and the same old ending. The Directors changed, the writers changed and the plot still remains the same! YES I AM CLEARLY VERY ANGRY!
NOTE TO PRODUCTION HOUSES: 3D DOES NOT MAKE A CRAPPY MOVIE LOOK ANY BETTER. VIEWERS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IT’S JUST A SCANDOULOUS MARKETING TOOL!
Only If I could pull my hair out right now! This is one of the very reasons I have a shaved head!
#Breathe#
There are always 2 sides to any story. This is something I have forced myself to believe in since I took into movies. Our perceptions are clearly subjective and one man’s trash can be another man treasure! Some of us sit down for movies like FINAL DESTINATION and SAW quite frankly to watch the bloodshed and the gruesome and creative methods of how to kill a human. Since the killer in the entire franchise is never a person and it’s an intangible force maybe it’s only saving grace. I need to give credit that none of the deaths were a parody of its predecessors. Each is unique in its execution and each bloodier than the other. THIS IS AWESOME! (Yes the bloody images are quite entertaining- not for the faint hearted)
Now here I have taken a rip at the production plus I seem to have somehow crafted in the word awesome as well. Clearly I need to make my mind up. Only one last area to explore and that is the cast.
Since the teen horror flicks took to screens back in the late 90s there has been always a mixture of talent. Some of the cast would be veterans and some would be quite new and some would be in their first production. FD5 has no fresher’s in her line-up, everyone has been mildly exposed to Hollywood and do have a better understanding than I do of what they are expected to deliver. I am guessing maybe they FORGOT all that when they got on SET! Tony Todd who appears in all 5 movies himself seems quite uninterested in acting. Maybe he was just too tired of the plot and just too tired of delivering the almost identical lines!
Don’t say I didn’t warn you! If you have been a close hardcore fan of the franchise you may enjoy the bloodshed and the numerous ways death devours its prey. Nothing else other than that would fascinate you nor thrill you! If you watched one you have watched them all is my opinion!
Title: Final Destination 5
Directed by: Steven Quale
Starring: Nicholas D’Agasto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Jaqueline Wood, Ellen Wroe, P.J.Byrne, Arlen Escarpeta, David Koechner and Tony Todd
Rated: R for strong violent/gruesome accidents and some language.
Rating: 03/10
92 Minutes