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.