Final Destination 5

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Director: Steven Quale

Stars: Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Arlen Escarpeta (more)

Release Date: August 12, 2011

Synopsis: Survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse learn there's no way you can cheat Death.

Why We're Excited: One reason that this franchise is on its fifth installment is that audiences (of which we’re included) get an entertainingly visceral, now three-dimensional, thrill watching the innovative, grisly ways the filmmakers come up with to knock off most of the very attractive cast of up-and-comers (Miles Fisher, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood).

Why We're Not: This is the first feature for director Steven Quale, but we need to ask if this is the final Final Destination? Have we already reached to point of overkill? Even with the addition of 3-D, we’re afraid audiences may simply be bored to death, a mundane way to go given the circumstances, but a destiny dreaded by any studio.

Trivia: Newcomer Miles Fisher, who made the popular viral video "Pinkberry: The Movie" just was cast in Clint Eastwood’s upcoming Hoover biopic J. Edgar.