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I think it is officially time to put an end to the whole FINAL DESTINATION craze. This latest film in the franchise really drives home the point that they have nothing left to say with these films.
FINAL DESTINATION 5 is basically the exact same movie as THE FINAL DESTINATION which lets face it, was really basically the same as the three films before it. They did manage to tread a little new territory a few films back with the highly inventive way in which death kept reworking things to get its way but that ship has seemed to have sailed as well as the kills this time around seemed very forced and un-inventive.
I guess the best way to put it is this time around they are just going through the motions.
As with past entries into the series this one starts off with a major catastrophe, a bridge collapse. It looks good, very well done. As as with past chapters one of our principles envisions the whole ordeal just prior to it occurring and saves a group of his friends who should have perished and then find themselves being picked off one by one by death who as we are reminded throughout the film, "doesn't like to be cheated."
Tony Todd returns this time after being absent for a few chapters, reprising his role as the coroner who always seems to be near to offer up creepy, foreboding advice in the way that only Tony Todd can. Certainly one of the high points of the film is hearing his booming voice once again associated with the films.
If you're just looking for more of the same old, same old then FINAL DESTINATION 5 delivers. It's not that it isn't well done, it surely is. The FX are top notch and look great. There is just absolutely nothing new this time around, I guess a strong case could be made that none of the sequels have really offered up anything new but for some reason it all comes across as old and stale this time around.
I actually enjoyed THE FINAL DESTINATION, the fourth one, quite a bit, lets call it a "guilty pleasure" but in FD5 the set ups seemed to take longer, the characters seemed devoid of any depth what-so-ever and are very much just going through the motions. Don't know how else to put it.
I'm afraid that it's the audience, not death that will not tolerate being cheated and I'm thinking the FINAL DESTINATION franchise might have just collapsed upon itself.
But hey, it's been a pretty good run. No one can complain. The films have made a shit load of money and for the most part the fans have eaten up the creative deaths and spectacular FX. Who knows, they may even actually try and make another one of these suckers. Wouldn't surprise me none. All I'm saying is, no need too. This series has run its course. Hey, maybe we'll get "FINAL DESTINATION IS SPACE" That seems to be were horror film franchises go before the die. Better yet how about "A MUPPET'S FINAL DESTINATION. Oh shit, I think I'm onto something!
As far as the Blu-ray itself. It's a beautiful thing. Looks great, sounds spectacular, got your standard fare of special features. No problems there, that's for sure.
So, if these films have been your cup of tea, you're in great shape cause this one is exactly and I do mean exactly like the ones before it.
For me, that was a bad thing this time around.
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