The inanity of and explanation for any one death is so beyond meaningless that the only way the film allows itself to be enjoyed is on the purely visceral level of - "Did you see that!?" Taking the films into the 3rd dimension, as was the case with " The Final Destination" then is a no-brainer. And why not, really? At their heart these films are no more than delivery mechanisms for amusement-park level thrills. Yes, that was straight out of the screen, because "Destination 5" is indeed available in 3D. The film's opening credits roll over a montage of 3D-ified cinematic references to kills from previous films, and once all is said and done, the end credits similarly roll with a highlight reel, pulled perhaps straight from YouTube, though with the added flourish of some gore flying every which way, including straight out of the screen.
The case here though is far more overt and specific in its celebration and reverence. In particular, an early death at a gymnastics practice involves so many fake-outs and false starts that by the time the hammer finally drops, the laughs are as much from relief as they are from appreciation of a set-piece skillfully constructed.Īs with many horror series, "5" refers back to its predecessors both narratively - as with Todd's appearance - and visually. That is not to say that Quale and company don't toy with the audience: the same blacker than black jokes find potential pitfalls introduced only to have death's scythe arrive some unforeseen way. The film feels similar in scale here as well, foregoing the over-the-top elaborate deaths of the third film for sequences that at least try to rely more on visual tension than they do on sheer giddy mouse-trap stylistics. Not only are we back in the same unnamed location as the first film, but Tony Todd returns for the first time since the second film to reprise his role as the coroner who explains how this whole "death thing" works. Under first time helmer, Steve Quale, "Final Destination 5" strives to circle the wagons back to the series's roots. Nick D'Agosto's Sam, happy to be alive, now must watch friends and co-workers succumb to increasingly more improbable and graphic demises. Death - that looming, disembodied, ever-present ghoul that hangs over the "Destination" films like, well, like death - is not pleased by this. Thanks to a timely premonition, a gaggle of young folks survives a horrific bridge collapse while on their way to an office team-building retreat. In any event, "Final Destination 5" drops us right back into that reassuringly familiar territory. Then again, the previous film, " The Final Destination," did just over $60 million in the US, but more than $120 million overseas, so perhaps the lack of clamor was more a function of distance than of volume. Sneaked seems the appropriate term as it doesn't quite feel like anyone in particular was clamoring for this movie.
With "Final Destination 5" the fine people at New Line Cinema have somehow managed to quietly - in relative terms - sneak a fourth sequel of the 2000 surprise hit "Final Destination" into theaters.
As it turns out, that horror franchise may have been with us all along. Now that Jigsaw has retired his creepy tricycle riding doll and both Jason and Freddy have returned to only middling success, it is high time that a new horror franchise swoops in to fill the void.
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