"The fifth entry in what is essentially the same story just retweaked every time (other than perhaps the second), Final Destination 5 continues the latter sequels disappointing tendency to overlook actual foreboding atmospherics in favour of outlandish deaths that feels more and more dissociated from reality.
This time the accident our characters cheat death from is a broken suspension bridge, and the film wastes no time getting us there so we can gawp at all the sliced and burnt bodies that soon litter the screen.
Whilst the original had genuinely sinister moments built up so the personification of death felt like an actual character stalking our confused protagonists, this by the number sequel is just walking the lines of vanilla dialogue and scripting to indulge in our apparent lust for over the top cgi deaths.
The creativity of some of these scenes are admirable, however there is no weight if we don't care, something the creators of this series seem to have forgotten since the second entry.
The one thing elevating this film from complete mediocrity is a wonderful finale that actually resembles a good, original idea. It's fairly obvious if you pay attention, but it's still the best thing to come out of this series for four films"
- 4/10
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