Final Destination 5
Published 2026-04-18
Death has never been closer
Film info
- Director
- Year / Run time 2011 · 1hr 31m
- Series Final Destination (5 of 6)
- Genres Horror, Mystery
Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:42 | Quite unusual these days to have a film start with just an intro like this. |
| 6:02 | Yeah, team building definitely sounds like it could have death and disaster written all over it. |
| 10:42 | “Gymnasts are worse than baseball players at this sort of thing. She’s superstitious.” Most sports people are, aren’t they? |
| 11:09 | Not the logs again, argh! |
| 18:05 | Ooh, but she didn’t die, just screamed a lot. Do we have a survivor? |
| 26:03 | The Death guy is back!! |
| 33:09 | Oh god, the nail on the beam is more terrifying than anything! |
| 47:13 | This guy is awful. You want to be nice to the person sticking needles in you. |
| 52:07 | “Who dies during a massage? Seriously.” |
| 56:04 | Surely we are waiting to see if the surgery is a success before getting rid of glasses? Those things are expensive! |
| 58:11 | Cannot watch this eye bit though. Gross. |
| 1:10:49 | He has a good attitude about life and death. |
| 1:16:59 | This is an interesting turn of events, homicide amongst so much death. |
| 1:23:02 | OMG, it’s a prequel! Great twist. |
Thoughts
This was definitely better than the previous film, although still nowhere near as good as the originals. The characters were slightly more engaging and I definitely thought the death scenes - whilst still disgustingly gory - at least managed to build the tension a bit better. There were some intriguing plot points too, having a survivor, the guy turning on his friends, and oh wow, I loved the end where it linked in to the beginning of the first film. Great stuff.
Rating: 3 / 5