The 'Final Destination' is an 'exploitation' film, out and out, whichever way you look at it. Also, released in 3D and blood-soaked with CGI, the movie uses and abuses new technologies to deliver more graphic and perverse chills. The one that with the frightening visions this time round is Nick (Bobby Campo), who has a horrific premonition in which a series of events at a stock-car racetrack leads to the brutal deaths of his friends and many spectators. As it turns out, everything that Nick's envisions becomes a terrible reality- except for the fact that all four of them and a select group of people managed to cheat death.
But death doesn't like being cheated. See, and Nick's premonition continue. The survivors, not so lucky after all, begin to die a grisly death one by one. Nick and his girlfriend, Lori (Shantel VanSanten) must then figure out a way to outsmart the Grim Reaper before their number is up. Let's be honest. You do not measure a product from the 'Final Destination' factory for the quality of its plot or acting. You weigh it merit by the inventive way in which human can be slaughtered. So lets have a look of the ingenious sadism dished out to the human body here. (warning: may contain spoilers) *grin*
Ready?
Here we go: We get to see how people get wonderfully smashed, crushed and cut in half by car and concrete pieces, beheaded by a flying tire, impaled by a piece of wood, blindsided by a rock missile, flattened by a bath tub, diced to pieces by a fence, minced to bite-sized chunks by an escalator, and, i think this is a first in the history of films,- have their internal organ ripped out by a swimming pool drain pump.*yucks*. Even better, some of the killings are presented in cool X-ray animation, which gives the movie a surprisingly educational aspect. You must be wondering, why do so many people die in the film? Well, i do not have a rational explanation for this too.
The most disturbing scene for me does not involve a gruesome death or even a single drop of blood. It has to do with a misguided mom, named Samantha, who, out of motherly love, gives her two young boys tampons to use in their ears as earplugs during a car race. Now, that is what i call bona fide horror! The 'Final Destination' series, which treat the death of human being as a creative and shamelessly commercial process, provides us with the secret excitement of witnessing other people's tragedy. *how sad*.
And so, if you are the type who slows down your car at the scenes of accidents, this movie is tailor-made for you and worth you every single cent. But if you think it disconcerting to be the subject of entertainment on your 'deathbed', then i think you might want to give this movie a pass. As a conclusion, it's a vile, vile, vile product!
Signing off
