Final Destination 5
Yep it’s the exact same thing again. Right down to ‘water spills on an electrical socket in a medical office’.
There’s a bit more of a shape to the story here perhaps, and it’s in service of a surprise ending which is quite well executed. A simple (but not stupid) twist that sort of tidies up a few unanswered questions running through the franchise.
In fact, is this the best film of the series so far? Five tries at at the formula and here we have a film that finally distills it down to the elements people like. The scene at the gym had a playful element to it that got my heart going a bit.
It was nice to feel something that wasn’t boredom or apathy, and it gives me some real hope going to the cinema tomorrow to watch the new film.
On a side note, someone has written a weirdly long wikipedia article1 about one of the side characters. No idea why.