You know, I don't know if I've actually ever watched any of the Final Destination movies. Maybe the first one, ages and ages ago. And I've certainly seen that iconic log truck disaster scene from #2. But from what I've read, as the series went on, it largely devolved into one splashy/grisly Rube Goldberg sequence after another. I'd had some recommendations for the latest installment, FD:B, and thought I'd give it a go.
PLOT SPOILERS AHEAD. The opener has young Iris and her fella, Paul, enjoying opening night at the new Skyview Tower (think Seattle Spaceneedle). It doesn't go all that well, although better than it could have due to Iris's premonition that enables her to save folks. But anyone who has seen a FD movie knows that you can't cheat Death. Iris manages to survive for decades, hidden and paranoid, but then Death comes for her, picking off not only her but - because Iris was pregnant at the time of the Skyview incident - also all her descendants because they aren't supposed to exist. Carnage ensues.
The cold open disaster is pretty operatic, with both CGI and practicall effects. The subsequent kills are very bloody and creative, some squirm-laugh-inducing and sometimes just squirm-inducing. While it certainly sticks to the formula that made the series famous, FD:B is fun, splashily gory, funny and shows sparks of heart, including a poignant send-off to Tony Todd in his last on-screen role. Dunno if I'll seek out the rest of them, but this most recent one is worth the time.
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