Final Destination: 5-Film Collection

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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ on Apple TV+, a Charming and Typically Tearjerking Adaptation of the Classic Children's Book Final Destination (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on November 29, 2017 . Retrieved July 12, 2023.

This film follows Kimberly, a young woman who, as she sets out on a road trip with friends for what is to be an unforgettable weekend, experiences a premonition about a terrible road accident about to happen. Thanks to her intuition, both herself and her friends manage to survive the accident happening in front of their eyes, but not for long: Death stalks them from nearby, willing to finish the job, so Kimberly has no choice but to seek help from Clear, the last survivor of the Flight 180 crash. Kit, Borys (January 11, 2019). " 'Final Destination' Reboot in the Works With 'Saw' Franchise Writers (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 12, 2019 . Retrieved January 1, 2020. Honeycutt, Kirk (August 23, 2011). "Final Destination 5: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 29, 2011.How 'The Buccaneers' Crafted Josie Totah and Mia Threapleton’s "Joyful" Queer Romance: "Never Even a Discussion" Derakhshani, Tirdad (August 12, 2011). " "Final Destination 5": Still reaching for finality of gory death | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/12/2011". Philly.com . Retrieved August 29, 2011.

Murray, Rebecca (August 15, 2010). "Arlen Escarpeta Joins Final Destination 5". About.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022 . Retrieved April 15, 2022. The Thing' writer boards 'Final Destination 5' (exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. April 25, 2010. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. (requires scrolldown) Conrich, Ian (2015). "Puzzles, Contraptions and the Highly Elaborate Moment: The Inevitability of Death in the Grand Slasher Narratives of the Final Destination and Saw Series of Films". Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film. Palgrave Macmillan, London: 106–117. doi: 10.1057/9781137496478_8. ISBN 978-1-137-49646-1.Final Destination (2000)". Film & TV Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009 . Retrieved May 16, 2012. Final Destination". Metacritic. Archived from the original on November 2, 2018 . Retrieved November 1, 2018. As the first standalone sequel after the third installment, The Final Destination is further alone in that the plot seems to go nowhere. Final Destination 2 director, the late David R. Ellis ( Cellular, Snakes on a Plane), reunites with co-writer Eric Bress, who also co-wrote and co-directed The Butterfly Effect. After hitting the bullseye with that phenomenal Final Destination sequel years prior, the mark is missed here with uninspired filmmaking and a disoriented screenplay. The scares are dull and anticlimactic, stumbling around like a walking skeleton swinging a rubber axe, hitting nothing, seeing nothing with no sense of direction. The film itself seems to be Death's next target, dead as a doornail. Jervais, Judge Harold (October 6, 2000). "DVD Verdict Review – Final Destination". Archived from the original on April 7, 2012 . Retrieved April 13, 2012. But Molly (Emma Bell), Nathan (Arlen Escarpeta), and Peter (Miles Fisher) steal the show, leading us to an unexpected twist: Final Destination 5 turns out to be a prequel, not a sequel. William Bludworth (Tony Todd), owner of Bludworth Funeral Homes, appears for the third time, and, as always, presents morbid wisdom about Death's rules and sinister forces. Being a coroner — and the guy who played Candyman — his character cries Grim Reaper. After the disastrous 2009 film at the bottom of this list, Steven Quale's follow-up proves the series has hope. Quale, James Cameron's second unit director on Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009), brings cinematic flair to the production. Many sequences are influenced by real-life events as well. Screenwriter Eric Heisserer ( Bird Box, Arrival) modeled the opening after 1940's Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse and — inspiring Issac's Death — an acupuncture needle once pierced through someone's heart after they fell off the table.

Jay Carr of The Boston Globe commented that it "starts by cheating death and ends by cheating us". [40] Lisa Alspector of the Chicago Reader described the film as "disturbing—if less sophisticated than the best SF (science fiction)-horror TV". [41] Luke Thompson of the Dallas Observer found it "a waste of a decent premise"; [42] Ernest Hardy of LA Weekly said that the film "fails because it takes itself both too seriously and not seriously enough". [43] Barbara Shulgasser of the Chicago Tribune said that it "met the low standards of a mediocre TV movie". [44] Walter Addiego of the San Francisco Examiner thought it was "stupid, silly and gory". [45] Weekend Box Office Results for March 24–26, 2000 – Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. IMDb . Retrieved April 25, 2011.Elizabeth Weitzman (August 12, 2011). " 'Final Destination 5' review: Bloody good time with unexpected infusion of humor and engergy". New York: Nydailynews.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015 . Retrieved August 29, 2011. For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

Thirty-nine days later, after attending a memorial service for the victims, an unusual chain reaction causes Tod to be accidentally hanged in his shower that night. While his death is ruled a suicide, Alex sneaks into the funeral home along with Clear to examine Tod's corpse. The home's mortician, William Bludworth, reveals that the survivors who escaped from the impending circumstance have disrupted Death's plan, who is now claiming the lives of those who were meant to die from the accident. Alex and Clear are discussing their next move when the rest of the survivors arrive outside the café, where Terry is run over and killed by a speeding bus. Weekend Box Office Results for August 11–13, 2000". Box Office Mojo. IMDb . Retrieved April 25, 2011. Doom flashes before the eyes of Sam ( Nicholas D'Agosto) while riding a bus on the North Bay Bridge, convincing his colleagues to evacuate before the structure collapses. In classic Final Destination fashion, the survivors inevitably meet graphic deaths. A Buddha statue crushes Issac (P. J. Byrne) during an acupuncture appointment; Candice (Ellen Wroe) falls off a beam and snaps her spine at gymnastics practice; a rotating belt sander torpedos a wrench into Dennis' (David Koechner) head; and Olivia's (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) LASIK surgery is now a laser-burning, eyeball-popping YouTube phenomenon. a b "Shirley Walker: An Appreciation". filmmusicsociety.org. The Film Music Society . Retrieved April 13, 2012. Nusair, David (September 28, 2009). "The Final Destination Series Review". Reel Film Review . Retrieved October 26, 2020.Final Destination 5 (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016 . Retrieved September 6, 2012. Ali Larter, who starred in the 1999 film Varsity Blues, was cast as female lead Clear Rivers. "The film shows how easy it is to turn on someone, to blame someone when you're scared," Larter said. "It's also about trusting your intuitions and yourself". She defined her part as "that girl who has a lot of loss in her life and has fallen for herself and had made a life within that. She's an artist, she lives by herself, and she's kinda holding to her grip for what the world has given her". [10] [11] [9] Thurman, Trace (July 20, 2016). "Taking the Blame: An Interview With Screenwriter Eric Heisserer!". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved May 29, 2017. Robert De Niro Slams Apple And Gotham Awards For Censoring His Anti-Trump Remarks: "How Dare They Do That"