Final Destination 5
2011 Directed by Steven Quale
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We all share a common destination.
In this fifth installment, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.
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To my surprise, Final destination 5 makes for fantastic viewing when in that "what shitty horror film can I watch?" mood. There is a good blend of tension, competent direction and self awareness in not taking itself to seriously. This is a tried and tested formula and you can tell these guys were just having fun with it, goofiness and all. Admittedly the film has some difficulty living up to it's electric opening 30 minutes, but no biggie!
Each death is carefully built up and had me guessing with glee on how my little sock puppets would meet their demise. The creators fuck with you and do it with a smile on their face, I loved it! What surprised me…
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'Final Destination 5' is the first of this franchise which I have seen the whole way through. I've caught some of the deaths from earlier films but it was immediately apparent from the incredible opening 'vision' that the filmmakers had gone all out to think of the most ridiculous, unexpected and often hilarious death scenes possible.
Almost everything about this film was crap, with the exception of the death scenes, for which this entire film was essentially a vehicle. The writers were really in their element when setting the scene before an inevitable fatality, with the familiar score and an establishing shot making it immediately clear that it was time for someone to die. The playful nature in which the…
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"2 billion people can't be Wong"
A pretty solid conclusion to a franchise which has basically regurgitated the same plot for 5 consecutive movies.
But you don't watch these films for the plot. You certainly don't watch them for the acting. While I wouldn't say this film suffers from the law of diminishing returns (it's considerably better than part 4), it still lacks the spunk from parts 1 through 3.Unlike its predecessor, this film manages to ramp up the tension in a couple of places, even being bold enough to throw in a red herring very early on which took me by surprise.
The humour early on is actually well handled and the comedic timing is on-the-money too. Oddly… -
fun, entertaining and some very nice deaths with a clever ending.
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Doing it the wrong way around, I know. But this is the only one in the series that I haven't seen before. So why not start here.
Despite the obvious 3D whoring, and the laughable kills. It really isn't the worst out of the bunch.
The rules have changed, and they actually get a fighting chance for once. Plus, the link it provided to the whole franchise was done beautifully.
But.
There's 5 films so far. 5 films where a bunch of Homo sapiens die creepy mysterious deaths. A group of said people, who just happen to know each other, and was recently involved in a freak accident, but survived because one of them had a dream/vision/premonition/acid trip, and got everyone (or at least the ones that matters, right?) out in time. There is no murderer attached to the deaths, and no motive. Is no one wondering what the hell is going on yet? Police? Government? Television? Military? MiB? Anyone? -
A very nice turnaround from the 4th film.
This displays both bad CGI (the beginning scene with full-manface CGI) and really, really good CGI (gore splatter, gymnast scene and the laser eye scene).
This is my third favorite Final Destination film and makes me want another one!
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The ending is just brilliant. Great way to end the series.
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its over; played out.
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Guilty pleasure. Wonderfully awful and violent. A theme park ride.
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Slightly better than the first, with a worthwhile plot - but I'm not crazy about it.
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This time I saw it in 3D. It didn't make it better but some scenes stood out.
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This is yet another copycat of the first film. At least they have come to accept these films are more funny than scary.
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A very nice turnaround from the 4th film.
This displays both bad CGI (the beginning scene with full-manface CGI) and really, really good CGI (gore splatter, gymnast scene and the laser eye scene).
This is my third favorite Final Destination film and makes me want another one!
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The slapstick comedy violence brings to mind Looney Tunes coupled with the gleeful thirst for blood the series has always maintained made this a fun film to watch. Inventive filmmaking throughout, some great compositions, rhythm of the death scenes is near perfect, a very fun experience and one of the best films of this series.
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I'm not really sure why I watched this movie. Well, yeah I am. My roommate and his friend (whom I think he's secretly gay for) decided to watch this last night, and as I had nowhere I particularly wanted to go, I joined in.
FD5 delivered on the unbelievable, elaborate deaths; and really, what else can you ask for from this movie? There was some nice homage to the previous installments and the final touch at the end was nice.