Final Destination 5's story begins when a bridge collapses, sending most of those on it crashing to their deaths. Sam (D'Agosto) has a premonition of the accident and manages to save a handful of his coworkers while the rest join the deceased masses. The survivors are reduced to a bundle of nerves, looking out for death at every moment, while they get systematically snuffed out in highly gruesome and sadistic ways.
This film is not for the faint of heart. It isn't for gymnasts or anyone contemplating laser eye surgery either. The viewer is given just enough time to begin to like the character when they get killed. These aren't quick deaths either. You're taunted by many cases of almost fatalities and it's only when you're hanging over the edge of your seat, holding your breath, begging for the suspense to be over already that the character is killed in an even more sadistic way than you were expecting. This reviewer watched a decent chunk of the movie through a crack in her fingers and even then, the sounds were ghastly.
D'Agosto gives a competent though rather wooden performance. He wasn't very successful at appearing scared or worried which was problematic due to the fact that those were his two primary states in the movie. On the other hand,Bell, who plays Sam's girlfriend Molly, was far better at conveying these emotions which make you connect more with her rather than with him. Fisher turns in a good performance as Sam's friend Peter who is unable to cope with the stress of the bridge accident and with the fact that his girlfriend Candice (Wroe) was the first of the survivors to die. He is slowly driven crazy by his looming death and is consequently reduced to a ‘kill or be killed' mentality that enables him to contemplate cold blooded murder.
The 3D was really cool here. You start off the movie with the title sequence filled with splintering glass and heavy objects swinging around and smashing everywhere before moving on to the film where again you have a whole load of precariously placed heavy objects. Metal rods impale people, cars fall on top of their heads and severed hands are flung out towards you. The 3D really does give the action that extra oomph to even freak out the most experienced of horror movie aficionados. And while some of the effects looked rather fake, including the blood and a few of the explosions, the sheer brutality is enough to make you overlook it.
These freak accidents rattle you because they could happen. They're highly unlikely but not impossible. So, if you have an overactive imagination and already see death everywhere, spare yourself. However if you do like horror movies of the marginally realistic kind, this one will fill your blood-and-scares quota.
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