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Final Destination 5 (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

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The "Final Destination" franchise began going downhill rapidly after the second movie. But, will the fifth movie help the franchise go back up or will it continue going downhill fast?
I saw this movie about a month ago at the test screening, and I must say that, in my opinion, this is the most brutal, the most gruesome, and the most clever movie of the entire franchise. It has many well-thought out death scenes, and one death scene in the movie made me cringe and look away, and trust me, I watched A LOT of slasher/gornography films. One of the most famous scene is the lasik surgery which I thought was pretty good. I'm not going to spoil it for you.
First off, this movie has a very interesting plotline. As you heard from the trailer, you know the new death rule, and I think it is pretty clever. But, why didn't Bludworth tell it to the others? Hmmm...?
Second of all, the characters are very very relatable. You can actually tell if one hates the other, and one is friends with the other for a long time. Also, you can actually feel bad for a character when he/she gets hurt or dies. The acting is very impressive, hence the proffesional and experienced actors. I think this is one of the reasons why this movie made it to my highest rank of the "Final Destination" franchise.
Third, what is this franchise famous of? Exactly, the unique death scenes that happens from the materials/places we see/go to everyday. There are some death scenes here that are very gruesome that if I picture it, I either cringe or smile on how good the death scenes are. One death scene made it to my top 15 most brutal death scenes I have ever seen. Some of you might know it, some of you might not. One thing for sure is, you will know it when you see the movie in August.
Lastly, the ending of the whole movie. The ending that made me gasp and left my jaw dropped open for the rest of the movie. It is a pity that many people know it already and spoiled it for everyone, because thy will not be as surprised as everybody on the screening when we reached the ending of the movie. All I gotta tell you is rewatch the whole franchise and soak in every scene you see.. :)
So, this review might not be as long as you want it, and as detailed as you hoped for. But, all I have to say is watch the movie. It is way worth your money and your time. This will be a box-office hit. So, "Final Destination 6 and 7", here we come!

I saw this in 3-D in theaters and it was awesome! This was 500% better than the God-awful "The Final Destination" which I threw across the floor after watching because it was terrible on so many levels! This one brought life back into the franchise with a breath of fresh air. If you liked the first 3 (and maybe the 4th) than you will no doubt love this one too if not more! I especially loved the ending and how it... well I won't spoil anything...

Look, I'm just gonna get right to it. If you've ever liked any Final Destination movie, even if you only liked the first one, see this movie. Anyone who's gone beyond the first movie, out of love or interest for the theme, your life is not complete until you see this movie. It doesn't matter if you haven't seen 3 or 4 (The Final Destination). If you have seen 3 or 4, this will make you feel the come back. It will make you appreciate and feel an awesome resurrection. I've been a Final Destination fan from the beginning, seen them all, and I say thank God for this movie. I'll pick it up on it's very first day of release on Blu Ray. Still stalking Amazon for the release date. ;)

All of the "Final Destination" movies pretty much blend into one big blob of killing beautiful young people in creative ways. I would offer that FD 5 sticks to the same formula and does it well. Twenty or so office workers are headed to an off-site retreat when they become stuck on a large bridge under repair. Suddenly high winds cause a series of events (always fun to watch) that begin to destroy the bridge. Minutes earlier one of the young workers (Nicholas D'Agosto) has a vision of what will happen. Like the characters in the previous movies, he's not sure what he's seeing but he knows that he must get others off the bus and the bridge. Six or seven do (sorry I lost count) and manage to reach safety.

As in earlier episodes "Death" is not happy so begins to pick the survivors off one by one. There really is no other plot. There is some young romantic angst between Sam (D'Agosto) and his girlfriend Molly (Emma Bell, "Frozen", & TV's "The Walking Dead") but it isn't important. For those who like this franchise in general, you shouldn't be disappointed. Director Steven Quayle and his writing and visual effects team are highly creative in coming up with unusual ways to die. FD 5 isn't really scary but there is no question tension is built as we try to guess things like when the gymnast is going to step on the metal screw on the balance beam. I'm not sure when this series will end but the surprise at the end suggests this isn't the last of the films and not in the way you might think.

The Blu ray transfer looks terrific as you might expect with a 2.40:1 aspect ratio and the DTS-HD MA (5.1) keeps the action all around. Added features show some additional death scenes and a reconstruction of the bridge collapse and plane crash.

WARNING! There are spoilers in the last paragraph!!! If you haven't seen it, don't read that paragraph!!!

So I haven't really watched all of the 'Final Destination' movies. But I've seen....this one. And the one with a roller coaster and uhh yeah. I don't understand this one, like it completely confused me. I don't get it so I'm hoping someone can answer some of my questions who is more involved in the movies or at least has seen them all. Overall, it wasn't a bad movie but it was anything special. It's the exact same as all the other movies, some person has a premonition and saves a bunch of people from death and then they all die in a gruesome way in the order they died in the movie.

'Final Destination 5' is about this guy and he saves people from a bridge collapse. The only thing that I really like about the 'Final Destination' movies are the deaths. You can always expect them to be inventive and completely ridiculous...in a good way. Hands down, the deaths are the best part. The thing I liked about this one compared to the other one is that it makes you think the people are going to die one way but then they completely flip it around so it's not what you expect.

Overall, 'Final Destination 5' wasn't terrible but it wasn't amaze-balls either. One of the questions I'd like someone to answer, there is this guy in the movie...he plays the coroner right. And so they ask him what's going on and he's all "You can't cheat death, blah, blah, blah. I've seen this once before!" But then, at the end of the movie, some of the survivors die in the plane crash from the first movie? That confuses me SO much lol. Like, how has he seen it before if this movie is supposed to be before the first movie? I still don't get it. I've never seen the first movie but....I'm still confused...and I don't want to buy it lol. Explanations would be much appreciated!

Rivals SAW for the sickest, most gruesome, highly improbable routes to death. The CGI, props and other effects achieved their desired results - not fun to watch and definitely not for anyone under 14. The raison d'etre for the movie is that it doesn't pretend to be anything other than over-the-top, disgustingly gruesome. NO happy endings here; no romantic sendoffs; no cute little critters. If there is ever a case for instinctual biological fears this movie certainly adds to that case.

Cinematography, CGI, settings and props, directing all effectively and efficiently staged. Acting, however, was just too acting like - not that that's a prerequisite for this movie.

I have seen all of this series of movies over the years. The plot never changes only the faces of the victims. Innocent people targeted by fate to die, only to escape due to the premonition of one of the potential doomed souls. Sam Lawton (Nicholas D'Agosto) sees the death of most of his fellow workers occurring on a company planned team building outing. Due to his actions several survive what would have been certain death. Sammy's reward is to draw the attention of the police and the FBI as to how he foresaw the tragic event. Did he cause it?

One by one the survivors are picked off in order as, "Death doesn't like to be cheated". The movie was action filled in some places and slow and boring in others. After 5 movies on the same topic the plot hasn't varied much and the director has tried to make up for a predictable plot with unique ways to die in overly graphic ways.

The movie is very gory and bloody so if that bothers you then you should pass on this one. They also drop the F-bomb in this one so just be aware. Due to the graphic nature of this film and a little language children should not see this movie.

If you have seen one of these before, you know the plot. The movie introduces the characters, in this case they are a group of office workers. They travel. One has a premonition of death and saves the group only to find out there exists an unseen expiration date on all of us, and if you go past that date you must die in a bizarre abnormal manner. If you have sat through all the "Friday the 13th" movies and thought they were all different, you might try this series. As for me, knowing basically the whole plot before it unfolds...over the last 5 films is a bit boring. The re-addition of Tony Todd issuing a warning as if he is "Death" himself was one of the highlights. Many of the main characters are named after famous horror directors: Peter Friedkin is named after "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin; Candice Hooper is named after Tobe Hooper who directed "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and "Poltergeist";and Olivia Castle is named after William Castle who directed "The Tingler" and the original "House on Haunted Hill."

Death has rules, just like killing vampires and zombies. You would think if you cheat death, then you must die. However, that is not the case. If you kill someone who wasn't supposed to die, you get their years.

It is my understanding the DVD will have an alternate ending. The gore was fairly decent. The movie has a lot of things thrown at the camera. Clearly it was designed for 3-D.

F-bomb, no sex or nudity

A big improvement over The Final Destination. Awesome premonition scene and some really inventive death scenes. I recommend this to any fan of the series.

This movie out of all of the final destination movies was for sure my absolute favorite. I watched this movie alone too so that makes it even better. There were many times in the movie when i jumped, cringed, and even felt nauseous. I loved the ending and essentially the entire movie itself. My favorite before this one was number 3 but seriously this one tops it by a lot. FD4 was essentially worthless but I saw it anyway and 1 & 2 were too slow for me. 5 jumped right in gave a little backstory and ended with a bang. Well worth whatever they are charging for it and I REALLY don't wanna wait until December to buy the DVD.