Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Final Destination 5

Details

Parent Category: Film and the Arts

Category: Reviews

Published on Monday, 15 August 2011 01:37

Written by Daniel Persons

Okay, so they called the previous installment THE Final Destination, as if that was going to be the last chapter of the franchise. So what? Like you never said, "This one's the last French fry," and then went on shoveling the spuds down your gullet like there was no tomorrow.

Given the success of that 2009 entry, no one really should be surprised that we're now looking at Final Destination 5 -- which may or may not be the actual, final encore/curtain call for the series -- or that at this point the producers have honed to a fine... art, let's say... the formula of twenty-somethings escaping an horrendous fate only to be subsequently stalked and dispatched by death in various, Rube Goldbergian ways. One plus: Even at this late date, a franchise that's essentially a more morbid envisioning of Road Runner cartoons (and is once again rendered in appropriately poke-your-eye-out 3D) is still pretty amusing. Come join our special guest, Cashiers du Cinemart's Mike White, as he joins Cinefantastique Online's Dan Persons in examining the delights and the demerits of one of the most formulaic, yet oddly entertaining, of film franchises.

Also in this episode: A discussion of director Rupert Wyatt's plans for the sequel to his hit film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, plus what's coming in theatrical releases and home video.

• < Prev
• Next >