Review of Final Destination 5 (2011) by Adouble — 29 Jul 2012
This is the most surprised I've been watching a movie in a very long time. I'm a fan of the Final Destination series, but in more recent years it has become a series like Saw that I once liked, but now just dutifully trudge through.
That's why I was such a big fan of Final Destination 5. It's a shockingly good movie, and that's mainly because the characters are a touch above what you've come to expect from this series. The characters are likable, so you actually care about them and don't want them to get killed in these horrible ways.
It's a shockingly simple difference between good and bad horror movies that so many films don't seem to understand. The deaths in this movie are really ingeniously tense, leaving the audience guessing where the death will come from and when they will happen.
Other major positives for this film are the great score by Brian Tyler and the very smart and surprising twist ending. This is a strong revitalization for the series, and I hope it continues if they make anymore.
This review of Final Destination 5 (2011) was written by Adouble on 29 Jul 2012.
Final Destination 5 has generally received mixed reviews.
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