Predator: Badlands Review

 

Ya know, never in my lifetime did I ever think we'd get two Predator films in the same year. But here we are.

Predator: Badlands is a sci-fi action movie and the seventh film in the installment although if you count the Alien vs. Predator flicks it'd be the ninth. Lawrence Gordon Productions, Davis Entertainment, and Toberoff Entertainment did production while 20th Century Studios did distribution. Dan Trachtenberg once again returns to the franchise to direct, and also wrote the screenplay with Brian Duffield and Patrick Aison.

The story is, young Yautja Dek is considered a weakling to his clan by his father. After he watches a bloody fight between his father and brother, Dek sets out to hunt a supposedly unkillable apex predator on the dangerous planet Genna and prove he's not weak. But as Dek searches for this beast, he also learns there's something else on this planet and it wants both his trophy kill and him.

Initial Reaction

I wanted to see this movie for the most simple of reasons. I'm a fan. I think the Predator films are great. Well the first ones great, the second is good, the others are okay, but the less we talk about Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem the better. The point I'm getting at is, I'm a fan and I wanted to see the newest installment of the franchise.

Cons

The only truly bad thing in this movie were the villains. They only thing you can say about them is bland. They were so generic. There's no way anybody is gonna remember these characters.

Middle Ground

My only mix feelings came from the tone. While the first movie had it's lighter moments it was still a very serious flick. So I didn't mind some comedy, but some of it really needed to be toned down. Especially with the character of Thia. Sometimes her more chipper personality felt kind of annoying.

Pros

One positive I'll give is the action. We start off with a pretty coll sword in a cave, get some good survival scenes, and a pretty entertaining third act. Granted it's not as violent as the previous films, but it was still entertaining. Then there's the world building. We get see more of the Yautja culture both from what we see and what Dek tells us. But more importantly we get to explore another planet other than Earth. Genna on the surface looks beautiful, but as we dive deeper into it it's gonna one fictional planet I wouldn't want to visit. The last thing I'll give touch on is Dek's story. While it is a fairly standard coming-of-age story, I still found myself interested in how he was gonna go from the "weakling" to something stronger.

While I don't find Predator: Badlands to be a very strong film for this franchise, I still did enjoy some aspects. Hopefully the next one will be much better.

My final rating is, Okay.

So it goes without saying but that's all for now. Come back on Monday, Nov 10th, for my review of the newest Frankenstein. Which I am totally dreading to see, because as we all know Guillermo del Toro is just the worst filmmaker ever! He's just terrible. Joking aside, hopefully you'll be there and you enjoy the rest of your day.

RoboCop (1987) vs. RoboCop (2014)

 

So it's been a long couple of months since I did one of these. Thankfully I've finally found a spot in my schedule to do so. Now enough of this intro, let's get into the showdown.

Contender #1 - RoboCop (1987)

Director - Paul Verhoeven

Writer(s) - Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner

Release Date - July 17, 1987

Production - Orion Pictures

Distribution - Orion Pictures

Budget - $13,700,000

Gross - $53,400,000

Contender #2 - RoboCop (2014)

Director - José Padilha

Writer(s) - Joshua Zetumer, Edward Neumeier, and Michal Miner

Release Date - February 12, 2014

Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures, and Strike Entertainment

Distribution - Sony Pictures Releasing

Budget - $100-130,000,000

Gross - $242,600,000

Story

The stories for both films are, Alex Murphy was not only a good father but a damn good cop as well. Then his life was changed when his body was destroyed seemingly beyond repair and he was on death's door. But fate had other plans when the Omi Consumer Products chose him to be their newest weapon against crime and his given the name RoboCop. Where they differ is in the 1987 story is Alex's memories come back to him and seeks vengeance towards the people who turned him into RoboCop. While the 2014's story is Alex is trying to solve his own murder while still trying to the family he once was.

Round #1 - Visuals

Much like my "vs." for the two True Grit films, this seems unfair because Paul Verhoeven didn't the same new technology that José Padilha had for his remake. But after watching both movies I gotta give it the original 1987 film. The visuals had a harsher lighting and much dystopian look to a crime ridden Detroit. Now unlike many I'm not gonna completely dismiss the 2014 remake. But I do admit the remake's visuals are clean, but in doing so it really doesn't have much going for it. Which doesn't make it bad. I've seen films with far worst cinematography than the 2014 remake. What I'm saying is the remake looks good, but lacks a lot of memorability.

So it goes without saying, but the winner is the original 1987 film.

Round #2 - Characters

Now I'm mainly gonna focus on the villains here because I've got something else planned for the story of Alex Murphy/RoboCop. So let's get to with the bad guys. With the 1987 movie you had villains like Clarence Boddicker and his gang. These guys pretty much got off on all the violence and destruction they were inflicting on to others and the city itself. They were especially despicable when they were killing Alex Murphy. So they were easily villains who you're just rooting for to get killed by RoboCop. But what about the villains in the remake? Well, Raymond Sellars and his henchmen like Rick Mattox are definitely bad people. And while there were times when they clearly loved the fact they had control over Murphy/RoboCop, I found they didn't have the same exact menace as Boddicker and his buddies.

So when it comes to villains, the winner is the 1987 movie.

Round #3 - Action

Once again, I almost found myself struggling here, because much like how the visuals were different because how what the crews had to work with, the action was hard because of the different ratings. RoboCop '87 is rated R while RoboCop '14 is rated PG-13. Now I can already see you rolling eyes saying how this should be an easy win because PG-13 isn't nearly as violent. But sometimes folks, violence doesn't always equal better.

So the undisputed winner is the remake!

I'm kidding. Sorry, I just had to get that joke out of the way. But for real let's dive in. Now as I said before the 1987 movie is rated R. So violence is much more intense and can leave you shocked. With the 2014 remake, well it is fun, the problem is the '14 RoboCop is mainly just fighting other machines. He gets a fight with the classic ED-209, drones, and other robots. Sure he does get into shoot out with other human characters, but those scenes are over in seconds or minutes, so when remake RoboCop fights other humans it doesn't feel as personal.

So while, the remake does have it's moments when it comes to action, I do believe that missing human element drags it down a bit. So once again, the winner is the original movie.

Round #4 - Story

Alright, now we have the big one and this is what I was saving for the character of RoboCop. But first let me get into something. This is gonna be a hot take but, I don't think either RoboCop films have clever satire. The original 1987 film was obviously making fun of Regan era capitalism and with the remake they have a character named Pat Novak, who's a conservative who angrily voices his opinions on his talk show [The Novak Element] regrading America and the politics surrounding the country. Oh wow, I wonder who the remake was poking fun of? *cough Bill O'Reilly cough*. So yeah, both films aren't very subtle with their satire.

So with that out of the way, let's get into the real story. That being the story of Alex Murphy aka RoboCop. Now while both suffered in very different but were still near death experiences and then become well you know who. Both the Murphys have different storylines.

The original 1987 Alex Murphy had him being a good cop and loving father to his son and being a great husband to his wife. But his story is more about him struggling between man and machine. Then once he has his own free will, he goes to seek revenge on those who turned him into what he is now. The story arc for the 2014 Alex Murphy follows some similar beats. Cop, father, husband, the near death experience, and then becoming RoboCop. Where the difference comes is this Alex wants his brain to be put on drugs to not only not feeling anything anymore because he hates what he has become, but also become Omni wants something with less feelings when it comes to missions. But once Alex stops being doped and finds out just how traumatized his family has become, he goes on his own mission to find out who tried to kill him and see if he's still capable of being the father/husband he once was.

And honestly, I like both stories. They both of how title character going through a huge struggle and fighting to come out on top. So while some of you might find this to be quite shocking, I'm calling it a draw.

Winner - RoboCop (1987)

So that's all for now. Come back on Saturday, Nov 8th, for my review of Predator: Badlands. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.

Peacemaker - The Final Season Review

 

Hey guys, so want to give you some info before getting into the review. So yes, I'm fully aware this show ended last month, Oct 9th to be precise. But I was busy focusing on horror movie reviews and reviews for recently released movies, so when James Gunn confirmed there were no plans for a third season at the final episode, I didn't have enough time to get a quick review set up because again, I was busy with other stuff. So I decided to review for the month of November. So enough of the explanation, let's get into the review and hopefully you like it.

Peacemaker is a comic book series and loosely based on the DC Comics' character of the same name. The show was produced by DC Studios, Warner Bros. Television, Troll Court Entertainment, and The Safran Company and distributed on HBO Max. This final season consist of eight episodes, thus the show's total episodes are sixteen. The show as created by and all episodes were written by James Gunn.

The story is, Chris Smith aka Peacemaker is trying to become the hero he was meant to be and even tries to join the Justice Gang. However, nobody is taking him seriously as a superhero and his personal life isn't going so well either. Then one day, Peacemaker travels to another universe and sees his life in this world is great. So he decides to live there, but he'll soon learn things aren't what they seem.

• Negatives

It's the story. Oh boy, out of all of the things James Gunn has written this was easily he's worse. Let's start off with the problems but before I do, WARNING!: I'm gonna be diving into spoiler territory here. Because no matter how much I tried, I just couldn't write anything without getting into spoilers in one way or another. So if you don't want spoilers. Just skip this section right now! Let's start off with the writing for the characters. Harcourt is the only character who gets any strong writing. She's got a motivation, her actions have consequences and she has to deal with said actions. It got to the point where she might as well have been the main character. Which is really sad considering she's not suppose to be anything like that, she's suppose to be a supporting character. Then there's Peacemaker himself. What is with James Gunn when writing this character? He wants to shove him in everything he's writing, but for every good moment he writes for Peacemaker, he almost follows it by making him an idiot! Like Peacemaker didn't learn he was on an Earth where the Nazis won (and I'll get into that problem later) until it was pointing out to him. Seriously, James. If you ever write this character again (where he more than likely will for HIS DC cinematic universe), make some sort of character bible for him, so you'll stop flip flopping him from being somewhat competent one minute then an idiot the next. As for the rest of the characters...no, just no. Maybe it's just my memory but I can hardly remember anything interesting these characters did. Like other than Adebayo's really stupid quote (which I'll also get into later), I can't recall anything she did. Then we have Vigilante/Adrian Chase. I can't even begin to tell you how much I hate this guy! Not the actor, but the character. It's clear James Gunn really wants him to be the Deadpool of this show, but even Deadpool has he's serious moments which makes us actually care for him despite having a very OP healing factor. But with Vigilante all I wanted him to do was shut up! When The CW's Arrowverse made a better version of Adrian Chase then Gunn, then you know James Gunn f*cked up. Okay, now let's get into the writing for the story. It's really sad because there is a good story somewhere here. I know I said that in season one, but at least season one seemed to have somewhat of an idea of what it was going for, season two on the other hand, it's all over the place. Firstly, we have something go with Peacemaker wanting to escape his grief and feelings of failure by going to another universe, and the theme of found family vs. blood family. But sadly the bad overshadows the good. First instance, remember that whole Nazis won thing? Well this could've been a great time to see just how bad Earth X (the name DC Comics gave that universe) is, but we get nothing but the bare bones minimum. The best James Gunn could do is the racist want to kill Adebayo because she's black. And other than the American flag's stars being the shop of the Nazi cross and a painting a Hitler, we get nothing. We don't know how this world operates, we don't see if maybe there's a rebellion trying to fight against this regime, we get nothing. All of the stuff I listed is something even a child could've wrote. Then you get lines of dialogue like this from Adebayo, and yes, this is real. I in no way edited it.

First let me just say that yes, America isn't perfect. We've got our own problems that need fixing. But what Adebayo said makes no sense. If our world was as bad as the Nazi universe she visited, not only would her and her mother [Amanda Waller] not be able to be big super secret spies or in Amanda Waller's case running the secret agency, but Adebayo would've been either dead or be in a camp where she would've gotten very familiar with the guards' anatomy. Sorry for getting a little dark there but this is what infuriates me about James Gunn's writing for this show specifically. He wants to so badly be the edgy guy, but at the same time wants to show politically correct types just how woke he is. But here's the thing, mixing edgy and woke together is like mixing water and oil. They're just not meant to be together. And don't get me started on how the freakin' eagle has a story. Yes, Peacemaker's pet eagle Eagly gets a story arc. Let me repeat myself. Eagly, the stupid bird, gets a storyline. Need I say more?

• Mix

Oh boy, where do I even begin? Let's start with the humor. Once again I find myself in the middle when it comes to the humor. Where season one just pissed me off with how hard James Gunn was trying, season two is a slight improvement. Not much, but slight. I did laugh a couple of times, but most the time not so much. I can't tell you how much I cringed when Vigilante meant an alternate version of himself and points out how they did the Spider-Man pointing meme. Is that meme even still popular? I felt like once Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland finally did that was the moment I stopped seeing it. Or maybe I'm just not looking hard enough. Either way the point I'm getting at is while some jokes work, there are others that don't.

• Positives

The only real praise I can give this show, is despite the horrible material, is the cast. Even though the have to play characters that are either loud, obnoxious, unfunny, etc. They still managed to give some good performances.

Wow, I feel like I wasted my time with this season. Oh well, thankfully it's the last one because if there was gonna be season three and it had this level of quality to it, I would've skipped it and never turn back.

My final rating is, Bad.

So that's all for now. Come back on Thursday, Nov 6th, where I'll see which RoboCop film is better. The original 1987 film or the 2014 remake. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.

Looking Back at the Films of 2024 Part Five - Hellboy: The Crooked Man & Terrifier 3

 

Alright, it's another edition of Looking Back at the Films of 2024, but also my final review for this year's Halloween season.

Why Didn't I See Hellboy: The Crooked Man

I had no idea it existed. No for real, I had no idea this was a thing. I didn't find out about this until December of last year when I was doing a list of movies for this segment of then when scrolling down to October (that was when it was released in the U.S.) and then to my surprise boom! There I found it. Which I bet was the case for a lot of people because looking back at 2024, I don't recall ever seeing a single ad for this movie.

What is Hellboy: The Crooked Man?

Hellboy: The Crooked Man is a comic book movie based on the Dark Horse Comics character Hellboy. It not only adapts the Crooked Man limited series, but it's also the second reboot of the film series thus making it the fourth installment. The companies that produced this were Millennium Media, Dark Horse Entertainment, Nu Boyana Film Studios, and Campbell Grobman Films, with Ketchup Entertainment handling distribution. The screenplay was written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Brian Taylor. The latter of who also directed.

The story is, in 1959 both Hellboy and rookie B.P.R.D. agent Bobbie Jo Song were escorting a mystical spider back to their agency, but then things went awry when the crossed the Appalachian Mountains and the spider grew to an enormous size and escaped. The duo then set out to get it back in doing so they came across a community led by a demon with a connection to Hellboy's past.

My Thoughts

The Good: Alright, let's get a big one out of the way, and that's the new Hellboy. First let me make some statements. Ron Perlman, until someone truly dethrones him, He'll always be the best Hellboy. Then there was David Harbour for the 2019 reboot. Now I didn't hate that movie was like everybody else does, but Harbour was easily the best thing about that whole movie. His performance was great. But what about the new guy Jack Kesy? Honestly, he was really good. His version of Hellboy is definitely more gruffer than Perlman and Harbour, but like those guys he does have a sarcastic wit to him. And I thought was pretty good, not incredible, for whenever Hellboy was dealing with his mother. Now while the three previous Hellboy films were big action flicks with world ending threats, this movie is more smaller scale with far more horror elements. Which I dug. I thought that was a great idea. Not every comic book movie needs to be world ending. Now for my last bit praise, that being it just a good job following the source material. Yes they did change somethings to make this more of a feature length movie, but I didn't feel like the changes really damaged the movie's story. Probably helps that Mike Mignola was involved.

The Bad: I've got nothing.

The Okay: One of two mix feelings I had with this was the pacing. It's not a very long movie, I believe it only clocks in at an hour and thirty-nine minutes. But there are times when things feel slower than they need to be. Then there's the special effects. Now the practical effects for both Hellboy and The Crooked Man are really good. Top notch stuff. But we do have some moments of...how can I put this without being a dick? Moments have not very good CGI. The spider effect being the least convincing. So yeah, there's times when you can feel and notice when the budget really wasn't up to par.

Final Verdict: Good.

Why Didn't I See Terrifier 3?

Well as much as I like the horror genre, I'm just not the biggest fan of the Terrifier movies. Yeah I'm not buying into the hype. Especially since a lot of it sounds made up. Like people were vomiting and passing out because of the violence. Okay maybe there were a few people with weak stomachs, but it just reminded me the older black and white horror films were the producers & movie theater owners would say people were passing out and had to be carried out of the theaters because the movie was just oh so scary. So I decided to skip this movie and save it for this segment. But I will say this, despite not being his biggest fan, I respect the fact that Damien Leone came out and said he wants to entertain with his films and not talk politics. Good on ya Damien. I wish more filmmakers would have your mindset regardless of what kind of movie they're making.

What is Terrifier 3?

Terrifier 3 is a slasher movie, the sequel to Terrifier 2 which in return makes this the third installment of the series. The companies in charged of production were Dark Age Cinema, The Coven, and Fuzz on the Lens Productions with distribution being handled by Cineverse through their Bloody Disgusting & Screambox label. Damien Leone once again writes and directs.

The story is, it's been five years since the events of Terrifier 2 and both Samantha and Jonathan are trying to move on with there lives after surviving their horrifying encounter with Art the Clown. But Art comes back and other then causing his usual brand of mayhem, he also seeks out to his revenge on Samantha. And this time, Art isn't alone.

My Thoughts

The Good: Alright let's go over some good aspects before I get into my slight issues. First thing is once again is the special effects. Much like with Terrifier 2 (I'm not counting the first Terrifier cause the effects in those weren't even close to convincing. Although a low budget is to blame), Damien and his crew do a fantastic job with the practical effects. Not to mention but thankfully with a bigger budget, the practical effects are way better this time around. The second had okay effects, but I felt like this way better. Another once again is David Howard Thornton. Regardless of how I feel about this franchise, I can't deny that David Howard Thornton is a very talented actor. He can do so much without saying anything.

The Bad: I don't have anything here.

The Okay: Okay, now this is probably gonna be very controversial part of my review if you're a Terrifier fan. First there's the gore factor. Now you're not gonna read anything about me wining and go "Oh my God! The violence it's so sickening! Why didn't the filmmakers think about how this was gonna gross me out! Why is Damien Leone so selfish!!" My slight is issue is while the kills are very brutal and creative, my slight problem is I think Damien Leone does too much. Because when 98% of the kills are the big over the top one, then none of them are. I get this franchise was built on walkout-level brutality and if Leone does scale it down for the upcoming fourth Terrifier movie then his audience will feel letdown. But I think he would benefit from taking a step back with some of these kills. But if he doesn't want to do that and wants to go even further, then by all means go right ahead. I may not agree with the decision, but I'll respect he wants to stick to his guns. Then there's the story. Now I do like that Damien touched on things like Sienna's PTSD. But once again he leaves us with more questions than answers. The thing I find the most frustrating is once again Damien teases Sienna's dad's connection to Art, but it's just another tease! In Terrifier 2 the dad had drawings of Art and stuff. Here, he somehow had a vision of things that were gonna happen in Terrifier 2. What? How?! I'm guessing it's some sort of supernatural thing, but how does it connect him and Art?! Now some of you are probably saying "I should calm down, Damien Leone said Terrifier 4 will explain Art's origin. So when that movie comes out everything will be explained". But guys, we've been teased twice now and Damien is playing a dangerous game of mystery box. And if the mystery box method was a big no no when J.J. Abrams did it in Star Wars, then you should hold Leone in the same regard.

Final Verdict: Okay.

Well, as a famous cartoon pig once said, that's all folks. That's the end of this year's Halloween season. I hope you enjoyed it. Come back on Monday, Nov 3rd, for my review of the second and final season of Peacemaker. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day and tomorrow, have a Happy Halloween! 🎃

Final Destination 5 Review

 

Alright the last movie of the series for me to review. Let's dive in.

Final Destination 5 is the fifth movie of the franchise with production handled by Zide/Perry Productions, Practical Pictures and New Line Cinema, with Warner Bros. in charge of distribution. This time around we have a new writer with Eric Heisserer and a new director with Steven Quale.

The story is, office worker Sam Lawton and his colleagues were heading towards a company retreat, but when Sam has a premonition of the North Bay Bridge collapsing, he gets his co-workers off the bus just in time. But this action will cause Death to come after them. Knowing what's coming after them, Sam along with his friends need to find someway to stop Death in its tracks.

• Negatives

I've got nothing.

• Mix

Alright one mix is the characters. Again nothing new here, but while I didn't find the deeply developed at least they were serviceable and I had a far more easier job of remembering them, then the last Final Destination, where I could only remember two. And I'll take serviceable over barely memorable any day of the week.

Then there's the CGI. Now it is a slight improvement over The Final Destination. There are times when it's really good. A great example of that being the opening bridge collapse scene. That had a lot of great CGI work. But then you'll get moments like this,

What the hell happened here? It looks like Sam just turned into a rubbery video game character. A video game character who I guess can also defy gravity because if look closely, his chopped off body doesn't fall it floats. But at least there are moments where there's some really good practical effect, so combined with some of the good CGI and some good practical effects, I guess you can stomach some bad CGI here and there.

• Positives

Okay now that I've got my slight issues out of the way, let's get into the truly good stuff. First let's get into an old praise I've given the entire franchise. That being the pacing. To make a long story short, much like the previous entries, this is a very quick movie to get through and doesn't waste any time.

Now with The Final Destination (don't worry this will be the last time I take a shot at that movie), the deaths were lackluster. Thankfully with Final Destination 5 we get far more creative. We got a death that'll probably make people think twice before doing gymnastics, a death where a somebody's entire eyeline gets absolutely destroyed, and a death that made question if they want to get laser eye surgery. And I just realized two of those deaths involved eyes was the writer going through something at this time? 😆

The last thing I'll credit is the story. Now some of you are probably gonna argue that I should put this in the mix part. But I felt like putting here, because not only does this one add a new rule that could possibly help you defeat death, but there's actually a pretty good twist at the end. Which as per usual regardless of how old this is, I'm not giving it away. So I figured those two factors should at least bump up the story just a bit.

While Final Destination 5 might not blow people away, kind of like the other previous films. It still provides an entertaining popcorn experience.

My final rating is, Good.

Alright there you have it. I've review every single Final Destination movie thus far. But that's going to do it for me. Come back, Thursday, Oct 30th, for part five of Looking Back at the Films of 2024. For that one I'll be reviewing Hellboy: The Crooked Man & Terrifier 3. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.

The Final Destination Review

 

Well, here we are. Sadly we're finally at the worst Final Destination flick....oh what a joyous day.

The Final Destination is the fourth movie of the supernatural horror franchise and as the title suggest was originally meant to be the final movie of the series, thankfully it wasn't. Production was done by once again by Zide/Perry Productions but also had help with the returning Practical Pictures and this time around New Line Cinema helped with the production and distribution was handled by Warner Bros. And we've got two returning names as well, with Eric Bress returning to write only this time doing it solo while David R. Ellis once again directs.

The story is, college students Nick, his girlfriend Lori, and their friends Hunt and Janet were enjoying race at the McKinley Speedway for their semester break. But things changed when the debris flies into the stands and turns the grandstand into a death trap killing Nick, his loved ones, and several other spectators. Days after being kicked out out the stadium and someone dies in a strange way, Nick realizes he had a premonition and that Death itself is coming after all of those who weren't meant to survive.

• Negatives

Oh boy...there's a lot to say regrading the bad stuff. Let's start with the characters. Once again, I'm well aware that this franchise doesn't have the strongest of characters. Usually you'll remember at two main characters and maybe another. But here I only remember two, those being Nick and Hunt. Now I only remember Nick because well main character, his personality on the other hand holy hell. This guy has the personality of cardboard. He's that boring. And the only reason why I remember Hunt is because sometimes he was a douchebag but at the most cartoonish levels. But hey, at least Hunt has something going for him. All of the other characters I couldn't remember worth a damn. I had to look up Lori and Janet's names, because much like Nick, they've got no personalities. As for the other characters, you're only gonna remember them by what labels they're giving. Such as the racist, cowboy dude, and the milf.

Then there's the CGI. Now I'll forgive it when it's Nick's visions, but everything else doesn't get an excuse. Just look at this one shot. Oh my lord, this one shot.

This shot right here folks, is just...is just horrendous! Is anything in this one moment real? The stairs look fake, the woman looks like she was photoshopped, and the CGI on the engine looks like it'd only be acceptable for a PS3 game. And this only one example folks, there's plenty of other moments like this. I mean I've seen people give the CGI in Final Destination 5 and Bloodlines some shit, but to me the CGI for this movie will always be the absolute worst of the worst. So unless Final Destination 7 has anything planned, The Final Destination takes the crown in bad CGI in this series.

The other major problem with the movie and this has seriously aged it, is the 3D. Yes, sometimes this movie is referred to as The Final Destination 3D, cause back in the mid-to-late 2000's Hollywood was trying to resurrect the 3D gimmick by giving it another go and hoped it worked. Now it worked for some movies like James Cameron's Avatar and the 2009 remake of My Bloody Valentine did a decent enough job, but for this movie is just doesn't work. I think 3D can work but the problem is a lot directors make shots were the scene is obnoxiously in face because they just had to put a 3D effect there. Not too mention, but combined with the bad CGI, the 3D effect makes the kills look even more cartoonish then what they already are.

Speaking of kills let me tell you about those. This is the one thing all Final Destination fans and/or horror fans are looking forward and The Final Destination couldn't even do that right. You got maybe two memorable kills and that's one at a public pool and the other is at a mall, all of the other kills in these are just lame. One is guy gets set on fire and then gets caught in an explosion, another is a rock goes into someone's eye, and the other is just getting by a truck. There was no creativity! Even the Rube Goldberg set ups were terrible. There was no suspense to those set ups whatsoever.

• Mix

I've got nothing.

• Positives

The pacing is quick. So there, if you're planning on watching this despite my negativity at least you won't be tormented for too long.

Jeez, this was such a let down. Even more so because you had David R. Ellis and Eric Bress come back and they made the fan favorite Final Destination 2. So yeah, just skip this one folks. You're not gonna miss much.

My final rating is, Awful!

That's all for now. Come back on Monday, Oct 27th, for my review of the much better Final Destination 5. Which will mark the end of me reviewing all of the Final Destination films. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.