Review of The Final Destination (2009) by Jd C — 12 Mar 2012

The graphics for the original Nintendo Mario Brothers are better than the crappy CGI in this movie. Been there, done that...the deaths are getting old, unoriginal, and the story is just a replica of the previous entries in the series.

So it's safe to say I saw this movie 7 years ago (starting with my last favorite one in the series, part 2) , 50 times, and made my review already. Why not? Why not say that? Isn't this movie pretty much the exact same as the other Destinations? Yup.

And if you disagree, please don't be so quick to judge. Sit down and watch all the Final Destinations in a row and you'll see what I'm talking about. What's funny too is, as repetitive as the series is getting, although following the same exact premise, one thing it's doing differently is getting worse and worse, cheesier and cheesier.

Lots of slashers can get away with being overly repetitive because their stories are suitable enough for a stretch of 25 long years of wicked entertainment given their outlined simplicities. There's not much to them so why bother adding things only making it more complicated and cluttered.

But Final Destination is a story that carries lots of potential baggage, much opened space is needed to be filled and many questions unanswered. There's no need for it to be repeated over and over again.

You can do so much with a story of this kind, so why the hell isn't anything being done with it. It's not a simple piece of material, with one serial killer, a hacksaw, and ten big breasted female victims.

Final Destination could have been the next Elm Street of horror series, but nothing new is being done with it. Part 5 needs to go beyond what we've been offered already, step up to the plate, and show something more fresh and new.

With a story like this, sky's the limit. You can do many things with Death and the supernatural. Think about it. You don't always have to show someone being killed off by flying tires or escalators.

You can show the history of things. The who, the what, the when and why, and also (while still keeping it bloody) create an obstacle for Death this time around. It seems the victims never stand a chance from the jump.

Spice things up, add more mystery and fool the audience, while still dropping their jaw to the most graphic of demise. Now that would be something different.