***One of the best of the franchise, if not THE best***

The first "Final Destination" movie in 2000 was a rather innovative 'Dead Teenager Movie' in that the killer was Death itself, an invisible spirit. A group of people, mostly youths, escape a great tragedy due to a premonition of one of them and the rest of the movie involves the Grim Reaper systematically slaying the kids who cheated Death in various creative ways, usually an unlikely chain of events. The opening tragedy in the first film was a plane crash, in the second a highway pile-up, in the third a rollercoaster mishap, in the fourth a racetrack calamity. In this fifth and most recent film (2011) it’s a spectacular bridge collapse and it’s probably the best opening tragedy of the franchise.

All of the movies in the series tell the same basic story with different characters and minor nuances; all of them are of the same high quality of technical filmmaking. Whether you prefer one or another depends on your preference for cast members and the death sequences (and the locations). Other than these factors they're all basically the same.

"Final Destination 5" features Nicholas D'Agosto as the main protagonist with Emma Bell as his blonde girlfriend. Tom Cruise lookalike, Miles Fisher, is also on hand while Ellen Wroe plays the gymnast. Meanwhile Tony Todd returns as the creepy coroner who seems to know more about the situation than he should.

While it’s true that you know exactly how this film will play out if you've seen the first four installments, or any of them, there are some highlights beyond the females. For one, this movie has a superb score and soundtrack, at least on par with the previous installment. Aside from featuring the most thrilling opening tragedy, there are several creative death scenes involving a gymnast accident, an Asian spa, eye surgery, a factory mishap and a restaurant altercation. This entry also throws in a unique twist that I’m not going to give away (but if you’ve seen the trailer you already know what it is). There’s an additional surprise at the end, which nicely wraps up the five-movie franchise.

The film runs 92 minutes and, like the first three films, was shot in the Vancouver area (the fourth film was shot in the East).

GRADE: B+

8.5/10
Sensational
My favourite of the hole
Franchise so far
(with Final Destination 6
in pre production right
now, we will have to see
what that installment brings
to the party).
With that being said
Final Destination 5
is frickin awesome
and the opening disaster
scene was amazing and
at 4:44 it's the longest running
disaster scene of the
entire franchise.
This installment got
more right than it did
wrong, it was thrilling
and really well paced
and the deaths were
Awesome. unlike the
others this added something
genuinely interesting to
the lore and the rules
and we get
William bludworth
(Candy Man) back
being amazing.
Yes the shock twist at
the end could have been
hinted less through the
movie, too on the nose,
I would have appreciated
a bit more subtlety,
Still that Ending is
Still Epic and very
Fcuking clever
(Even though we have
a 6th installment).

Verdict: 1 and 5
got it right and definitely
the ones that matter
everything Inbetween
Meh or just okay,
let's see what 6 brings.
Unlike The Scream
Franchise which is
Phenomenal by the way
and Timeless and still
kicking ass and knocking
it out the ball park
(S7 post production)
"FD" is not ageing
well at all, more
swing and miss
than Hit.
But the franchise seems
to somehow keep
"Cheating Death"

You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby.

Hee, no surprise to find great division among horror fanatics, whatever the film or franchise, hot debate - even furious anger - can be found. FD5 has unsurprisingly garnered mixed reactions, but even allowing for the fact that as an idea it's a series that can't get better, part 5 is a considerable step up from the very poor part 4. It also boasts a neat trick of the tail, where some ingenuity is used to bring the series full circle, with a glint in the eye and a bloody tongue in the cheek.

Once again the opening and closing credit sequences are superb, doffing its cap to what is undoubtedly a very popular horror franchise. The disaster that underpins the formula is one of the best to be staged, a mighty bridge collapse that terrifies and thrills in equal measure. Then of course it's same old same old, which you would think anyone venturing into watch would expect anyway. Acting is as usual mixed, but the deaths are up to the ingenious standard set throughout all the other films, and then a narrative twist at the finale arrives to seal the deal for a rollicking good time. We even get a welcome return of Tony Todd - Bonus! If it proves to be the final Final Destination then it's a fitting closure, because there is thought here. Anyone taking on another will have to come up with a whole new idea to appease the horror hordes.

Enough Now. 7.5/10

Part 5 has a lot more interesting ways to have people killed. There getting wiser and smarter with every killing.

If you're gonna complete the quinfecta, you have to include this one...and it's pretty much what you'd expect. If there were such a thing as a "Cliff's Notes" for movies, this should have been it: it was the exact same story with different ways of dying. Nothing original at all, but some of the deaths were dashingly different. (I was really hoping to see the "boss" buy it in a much more gruesome manner, however.) I daresay, however, that OSHA would frown deeply at the idea of having an overhead crane with a fishhook on it. Some of these things were laughably awful, the concept was so bad; either that, or they never expected anyone with any foundry experience to watch this. (C'mon, people: a fishhook? Seriously?) The LASIK mishap, that was cool...the sort of scene that you "know" could never happen, but still makes your stomach crawl at even the hint of it actually happening. (IMO, they ruined that whole scene at the close, however.) I was NOT expecting the tie-in at the conclusion but found myself grinning at how neatly they tied everything together, and yes, like many - if not most - others, I too enjoyed the recap during the end credits. I did make a note for those who are time-conscious; this is a 91-minute movie, but you have a full 7½ minutes of credits: 3.5 at the beginning, and 4 at the conclusion, so you can knock this down to less than an hour-and-a-half of your life wasted. Not bad, if you insist on watching the entire franchise. Acting: 2 stars Story: 1 Star Death Sequences: 4 Stars