Final Destination 5 (2011)

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

Director:

Steven Quale

Writers:

Eric Heisserer, Jeffrey Reddick (characters)

Stars:

Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Arlen Escarpeta

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicholas D'Agosto	...	Sam Lawton
Emma Bell	...	Molly Harper
Miles Fisher	...	Peter Friedkin
Ellen Wroe	...	Candice Hooper
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood	...	Olivia Castle
P.J. Byrne	...	Isaac Palmer
Arlen Escarpeta	...	Nathan
David Koechner	...	Dennis
Courtney B. Vance	...	Agent Jim Block
Tony Todd	...	William Bludworth
Brent Stait	...	Roy
Roman Podhora	...	John
Jasmin Dring	...	Cho
Barclay Hope	...	Dr. Leonetti
Chasty Ballesteros	...	Spa Receptionist

Storyline

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

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Plot Keywords:

death | suspension bridge | numbered sequel | number 5 in title | death of a co worker | 

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Taglines:

We all share a common destination.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Warner Bros. [France]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English Cantonese

Release Date:

12 August 2011 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Destination Ultime 5

Filming Locations:

Cypress Park, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$18,031,396 (USA) (12 August 2011)

Gross:

$42,575,718 (USA) (7 October 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Practical Pictures, Parallel Zide

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Hice Pale Ale that Nathan brings in to the office is a running reference to stunt coordinator Freddie Hice who worked on Final Destination 2 (2003). A Hice Pale Ale truck is seen in that film and and Final Destination 3 (2006). Hice Pale Ale cans are seen in The Final Destination (2009) and this movie.

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Goofs

Nathan, Dennis, and another woman exit the bus more than once.

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Quotes

[last lines]
William Bludworth: You all just be careful now.

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Crazy Credits

The ending credits show a montage of deaths from the first four films.

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Connections

Features The Food Ditty (2013)

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Soundtracks

Girl on the Run
Written by Louise Kahn, Idan Grife and Syvan Meller
Performed by Terry Poison
Courtesy of LoveCat Music

User Reviews

Anticipation of death is worse than death itself

Horror franchises typically stumble when they get to Part Fives. Friday the 13th Part V: terrible. Saw V: awful. Halloween 5: appalling. Strangely many of them use 3D as a way of pulling in the punters for gore effects that splatter into three dimensions. Final Destination 5 is nothing new and no exception to this rule despite not being completely awful.

A bunch of cronies on an office retreat survive a suspension bridge collapse after one of the group inexplicably has a premonition (sounds overly familiar) of said disaster. Death doesn't like to be cheated...Tony Todd...ironic accidents...blah blah...exposition...you're all going to die...yadda yadda...one by one...blah blah blah blah. It's the same old rehashed plot, recycled dialogue, and overdone deaths that seem to defy logic and physics. As usual there is a last minute twist, which by this point you're just waiting to be revealed and get it finished with, that doesn't quite add up for many reasons, but coherence has hardly been a strong point of the series.

Basically, all this film offers are a few scenes of dread and tension which are all undone by cheap, fake, quick, deflating CGI gore effects. Not once in my life have I ever been horrified by computer-generated blood. Give me some tangible gore by Chris Walas or Tom Savini any day over something half-heatedly cartooned onto the movie in post-production.

This series has been cheating death for 12 years and it's high time that Final Destination reached its final destination.