Sometimes you got to throw up your hands and go with the ridiculous.
“Final Destination 5” is a great argument for just that. This bloody horror train-wreck of a movie is a lot of fun (provided you have a strong enough stomach).
Tony Todd returns as “Bludworth,” spewing one-liners in his trademark staccato style. “Death (long pause) doesn’t like to be (long pause) cheated.”
Having Todd in the film is all part of the “fun” Final Destination fans seem to really enjoy.
But the real roller coaster element comes when every gratuitous moment of this film is topped by the next one and the next one after that. So as each character gets picked off, the violence, blood and gore escalates to some very silly and startling crescendos.
“Final Destination 5” is the cinematic equivalent of going to a carnival haunted house, you go for the thrill and laugh it off afterwards.
Although not a perfect horror movie, in the end “Final Destination 5” delivers on its promise to make you squirm in your seat.
It gets a C+ and is rated R.
