The biggest thing I hate is when a film title is misleading. Two years ago Warner Brothers released The Final Destination, a title that lead audiences to believe that that venture into the successful horror franchise would be the last. Now the gang is back (metaphorically speaking of course), and they have once again opted to tease our minds.
Final Destination 5 is a film that keeps the promise of The Final Destination, but still confuses its viewers with its twisty conclusion. I've been a fan of the series since the very beginning, and while the fourth installment was ridiculously terrible, director Steven Quate seems to understand and respect exactly what this franchise is: a horror comedy that presents the inevitable - a bloodbath.
The film features a group of employees venturing out on a weekend retreat - yes, I'm sure half of them wanted to die regardless of the forthcoming bridge collapse. The set of survivors make it off the bridge just in time, but as we all know, death never likes to be cheated.
In this fifth installment the deaths are more grotesque, the body count a bit higher and the creative juices a bit, well ...drier. Regardless, the film plays to its 3D tag and breaths a bit of life in the franchise after a dismal fourth offering. While I refuse to say that it was a good movie, I will admit that I was pleasantly surprised at the final outcome. It's nothing worth writing home about, but it is entertaining and should live up to the expectations of the fans.
