Death is back at it again.
So I have been rewatching the Final Destination films for Halloween and it has given me a new appreciation for the series broadly.
This film is definitely benefited by bringing back Ali Larter’s Clear and Tony Todd’s Bloodsworth and feeling very connected to the first film. As the series progresses that connection to the other films is a vital part of the series that helps it to feel like a bigger multiconnected thing. Personally I would have liked to have seen more people survive these films and then come back, as Clear does here, to tell the new lot how it works. I wanted a death fighting avengers esque team.
The deaths are broadly better than the first, the fence death and the glass death are both strong. I would say that Clear’s death, whilst somewhat heroic was a bit of a letdown, considering she is the one who got away, I would have kept her around, but if you had to kill her off she should have got one of the more impressive death scenes of the picture.
I note that this franchise introduced the log truck which a lot of people have latched onto, but for me it was not as memorable as some of the other moments from the series.
Overall, easily better than the first film, but not the best of the series.
4/5
Pros.
Bringing back old characters
The connections to the first film
The new deaths particularly the glass and fence deaths
The ending and the arm
Cons
Clear deserved better.
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