Jellystone Films, New Line Cinema, Practical Pictures
Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Ellen Wroe, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, P.J. Byrne, Arlen Escarpeta, David Koechner, Courtney B. Vance, Tony Todd
A group of sales people are off on a retreat “team-building” weekend. The are led by an ass of a boss, Dennis (David Koechner) and are sitting in line on a high suspension bridge which is under construction. Suddenly employee Sam Lawton (Nicholas D’Agosto) has a premonition that the bridge is going to collapse killing everyone on the bridge. Sam insists everyone get off the bus and off the bridge, but his co-workers think he’s lost his mind. A group of them are saved and have cheated death. This, of course, since this is a Final Destination franchise movie, means that the lucky group is going to be killed in a freak accident one at a time, in the order they would have died on the bridge.
Ok, this is the 5th in the franchise, and the 2nd in 3D. I did watch this film in 3D and I have to say they really did do a great job using the 3D, and the opening credits were extremely impressive. Now, I really enjoyed this film because I am a fan of the concept. But for those who aren’t, don’t waste your time, as this is the same old “figure out a way to kill somebody in a way that’s never been done before”. They use this throughout the whole movie. In addition, they use the suspenseful “whole list of things that might be what kills the guy, but something happens at the last second to throw you off” gag. Still, it’s a well done film, and very ingenious in the ways they come up with to even the “death count”. There is even a sudden twist in the end that makes it different from all the other films in the series.
If you like the freakizoid death genre, and enjoyed 1,2,3, and 4, then be sure not to miss FD5 as it’s definitely up to the standards of the rest of the films. They certainly have no shortage of interesting deaths. Be sure to stay for the ending too, where all the freaky deaths from the first movies is repeated in a montage of disaster.
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