Friday, August 12, 2011
Final Destination 5 hasn't changed its premise much from the original ... or any of the first three sequels. But that doesn't make it any less enjoyable.
Like the rest of the franchise, seeing this film in the theater offers both an expansive big-screen viewing effect and the power of watching it with an audience.
Ironic as it is to use the word joy to describe horror, in the Final Destination series, the way in which the death scenes are crafted is a sight to behold.
With the 3-D bump, it’s likely that Final Destination 5 will lead the weekend. The fourth film was in 3-D and opened to $27 Million, and was the highest grosser of the franchise with $66 Million domestic, and nearly $120 Million overseas. That film wasn’t that great, but word on this one is good. Regardless if it’s better than the last one, horror films and franchises tend to be front loaded, and the industry term for it is a Friday picture. That’s because the first day is almost always the best as long as the picture doesn’t open on a Wednesday, but with midnight shows that’s not always the case. Regardless, New Line and Warner Brothers know how this works. They spend less than $30 Million on production, get Tony Todd to give the series a little continuity and then a bunch of no-names to kill off in spectacular ways and then get out of dodge. The film runs 82 minutes – barely feature length – and it’s engineered to play quick and fast. It’s doubtful it will do as well as the last one (which had more room to breathe), but it’s going to do well enough to take the weekend.
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