Review of The Final Destination (2009) by Abigail O — 01 May 2012
It is another film where various people think they are able to cheat death from taking his victory. But *spoilers* none of them can. Everyone ends up toast. Or jam. Toast and jam, and possibly a cup of tea.
There's certainly ketchup involved too. I liked the classy opening credits with the skellingtons getting nail guns through their heads, it was very clever and had good effects. You can't really get involved with caring about the characters, but then who cares? They come in, say some witty lines, and get their innards sucked out in bizarre pool-filter-related accidents.
You can't really care about them, but the set pieces are the star of this film. If a set piece of kerosene bottles falling and nail guns heating up on open flames could be the star of a movie then they are.
It's like a very bizarre very long cautionary Health and Safety video. Don't try this at home, kids! I've seen all the films in this series now and like the second and third best of all, I think.
The one with the runaway truck coming towards the people in the queue at the drive-thru McDonalds, they can see their fate bearing down from miles off and they manage to escape it, was very satisfying thriller fare.
This review of The Final Destination (2009) was written by Abigail O on 01 May 2012.
The Final Destination has generally received mixed reviews.
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