Final Destination 5

To absolutely no one's surprise, except apparently the makers of the film, centering the film around corporate assholes wasn't the magic ingredient in fixing the devolving franchise. Final Destination 5 isn't much of an improvement over the false advertising that already delivered us The Final Destination. Following the same set up as the rest of the franchise, Final Destination 5 starts with a bridge collapse which is survived by a handful of people thanks to the premonition of one member (Nicholas D'Agosto) of a group heading to a company retreat who manages to save some friends and strangers before his vision comes true. However, as we all know, Death isn't about to be cheated.

There are two notable aspects to the fifth film. Sadly, neither the script nor the acting are either of them. First, the film's epilogue (featuring the handful of characters who managed to cheat Death and survive) ties directly back into the opening tragedy of the first Final Destination. The other aspect is the idea that if you kill someone else who has a long life ahead of them Death will apparently be satiated and allow you to continue on living. That's an interesting wrinkle to be added this late in the franchise, but sadly it's thrown in more as a last act afterthought than an idea to be adequately explored. As for the rest, it's exactly what you would expect with elaborate, but completely forgettable, gory death sequences for bad actors playing characters we're never given reasons to care about.

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• Title: Final Destination 5
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