Since I’ve only ever watched the first Final Destination movie, I figured that this “soft reboot” would be a good one to include this year. I didn’t going in with much experience with the conventions that these movies usually use to present the gruesome Rube Goldberg death scenes, but I really liked how they did it here.
Without spoiling much, this time there is a generational effect that thrusts the main characters into the sights of Death. They’re racing to figure out how to escape his hit list while also avoiding getting got, but it wouldn’t be Final Destination if they were entirely successful. It lays down a pretty good story to bridge the gap between the death scenes (the real reason we’re here) and throws in a few twists to keep it fresh.
The cast, of whom I recognized zero people, gives an adequate performance. The characters themselves aren’t very complex so there’s not a lot of room for them to explore, but there’s only one star in this movie: The Death Scenes. I went into this movie expecting mayhem and was not disappointed.
4 out of 5
Final Destination Bloodlines on IMDB