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That is the defiant claim of Janet to take control of his life, right before a freaky explosion at the movie theater ends up fatally impaling her. But that's what we should expect from a Final Destination film; witty soundbites followed by the freaky deaths of those that were supposed to die, in this case, in a bizarre car crash at an auto race as "Death" recoups them one by one.
This fourth installment in the popular franchise focuses on Nick (Bobby Campo) who has a vision of the car crash minutes before it happens, which prompts him to flee the stands with his friends (as well as a handful of others that follow). But of course, as we know from this franchise and as it is told by Nick himself later, "sooner or later... you're up."
This is a franchise that, although it's never at the top of my lists of anything, I always have fun with. I had already read this was the weakest one, so I didn't really have a lot of expectations other than to see freaky kills; because if this franchise has taught me anything is that nobody really cares about the characters, but rather about how and when they die. The real star of these films are the Rube-Goldberg-like contrivances that lead to each character's death.
Unfortunately, most of the deaths here feel a bit uninspired, but also hampered by bad CGI and cheap 3-D effects. In addition, the absence of Tony Todd as the mysterious coroner/Grim Reaper means that the characters reasoning of what's happening has to be reduced to them "googling" some stuff and deducing the rest through a weaksauce expository dialogue.
Regardless of its flaws, the film still manages to milk some fun out of its premise. For some reason, I had only seen the first two back in the day, but have been catching up with the rest lately in order to finish the series. This one does feel a bit detached from the others and it is indeed the weakest, but I guess this is where I was supposed to be in the first place: I was meant to see this movie.
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THE FINAL DESTINATION
(2009, Ellis)
(2009, Ellis)
"Don't you see? This is where I was supposed to be in the first place, not that stupid race. I was meant to see this movie."
That is the defiant claim of Janet to take control of his life, right before a freaky explosion at the movie theater ends up fatally impaling her. But that's what we should expect from a Final Destination film; witty soundbites followed by the freaky deaths of those that were supposed to die, in this case, in a bizarre car crash at an auto race as "Death" recoups them one by one.
This fourth installment in the popular franchise focuses on Nick (Bobby Campo) who has a vision of the car crash minutes before it happens, which prompts him to flee the stands with his friends (as well as a handful of others that follow). But of course, as we know from this franchise and as it is told by Nick himself later, "sooner or later... you're up."
This is a franchise that, although it's never at the top of my lists of anything, I always have fun with. I had already read this was the weakest one, so I didn't really have a lot of expectations other than to see freaky kills; because if this franchise has taught me anything is that nobody really cares about the characters, but rather about how and when they die. The real star of these films are the Rube-Goldberg-like contrivances that lead to each character's death.
Unfortunately, most of the deaths here feel a bit uninspired, but also hampered by bad CGI and cheap 3-D effects. In addition, the absence of Tony Todd as the mysterious coroner/Grim Reaper means that the characters reasoning of what's happening has to be reduced to them "googling" some stuff and deducing the rest through a weaksauce expository dialogue.
Regardless of its flaws, the film still manages to milk some fun out of its premise. For some reason, I had only seen the first two back in the day, but have been catching up with the rest lately in order to finish the series. This one does feel a bit detached from the others and it is indeed the weakest, but I guess this is where I was supposed to be in the first place: I was meant to see this movie.
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