Final Destination: Bloodlines Review

 

Finally, the newest Final Destination has finally arrived!

Final Destination: Bloodlines is a supernatural horror movie and the sixth installment of the franchise. New Line Cinema, Practical Pictures, Freshman Year, and Fireside Films produced with Warner Bros. Pictures distributing. The story is written by Jon Watts, Guy Busick, and Lori Evans Taylor with Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein directing.

The story is, a young college student named Stefani Reyes is having what she assumed were nightmares going back to 1969 to a building collapsing and killing everyone including her grandparents. She soon learns this is actually her grandmother's premonition and finds out Death is coming to kill her family who weren't supposed to exist in the first place. Now, Stefani and her family must find a way to survive.

Initial Reaction

When I found out about this I was immediately hooked. Cause I really enjoy the Final Destination movie, they're great turn off your brain fun. Well The Final Destination aka Final Destination 4 was lackluster, but one, two, three, and five are entertaining. I was so pumped for this I actually watched those previous movies leading to this. So yeah, safe to say I was really really excited for Bloodlines.

Cons

I've got nothing.

Middle Ground

One mix bag is the humor. Now all of the dark comedy was great. There were many times when me and the audience laughed at that. One moment I remember is a scene had a female-led rendition of B.J. Thomas' song "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head". Some of probably have a good idea why that's darkly funny, but for someone of that don't, go see the movie. You'll understand why. But the stuff I wasn't really getting into was the more meta stuff. It wasn't bad, it was just okay. Another mix is the performances. Some of the cast are pretty good, others can be a little melodramatic. But I think the biggest one people are gonna talk about is Tony Todd's final performance as William Bludworth/his last on-screen performance before sadly passing away. Tony isn't in the film that long but what we did get from him was great. Not only in a sense for his character, but he gives out a short but beautiful speech about life. He gave us a heart warming send off. So thank you Tony Todd. It's tragic you're no longer with us, but I hope you're at peace.

Pros

Let's start by praising the pacing. If there's top five reasons why people like these movies, it's because they're a breeze to get through. Every Final Destination movie goes by quickly and doesn't overstay its welcome. And Bloodlines is no different. The movie goes by fast but we got plenty of story. The next credit goes to the effects. While it is a slight bummer that not every single thing is done practically. The effects were still really good. Then there's the family dynamic. Now usually this film series focuses on survivors who are friends or become friends. Now there was nothing wrong with that. It worked, but it was refreshing to have the characters be an actual family. It added a new layer, we explored something new, and even had a couple of good emotional moments. Now this franchise is all about the kills. The gory, Rube Goldberg kills. So how were they this time around? Well fans I can safely say you're not gonna be disappointed. There's plenty of great and creative kills throughout the movie. The biggest highlights were the opening Skyview Tower premonition scene and an MRI machine death. So yeah, the kills are fantastic.

The wait for this was worth it. Sure I had some issues, but at the end of the day I had a blast with Bloodlines.

My final rating is, Good.

Boy that was a fun time. So that's all for now. Due come back on Thursday, May 22nd, for my A Look Back at review of 2002's Lilo & Stitch. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.