Film Filter: Off It's pretty much safe to say that you HAVE to see this film in 3-D. It definitely was not as terrible as its predecessor, and it has a very interesting ending.
Pros- For starters, the acting was much better in this film than in the one prior. The characters have a lot more interaction with each other, other than dying, than in most of the films.
Moving on to the 3-D aspect: if you're going to watch a movie in 3-D for entertainment value, this one is not a bad choice. Good 3-D movies either subtly enhance the film by working in the background, or overtly enhance the film by over-using the effect. This film is clearly the latter, but it works. The introduction was probably the coolest part in terms of 3-D effects, but the movie does a good job of inserting them without fail into most death scenes.
I liked that this film took a slightly different approach to the equation of cheating death. Instead of just switching the order, apparently you can take someone else's life and it will substitute the one you were supposed to give. I think this is a pretty clever concept, although not unique. White Noise: 2 also jumped on this bandwagon idea, but I have to say that it makes the plot more interesting due to the moral dilemmas that ensue.
The ending was by far the biggest redeeming quality of this film. I don't want to give too much away, but I will say my prior complaint of having "Final Destination 5" follow "THE Final Destination" is now null and void.
Cons- Despite the fact that I liked the twist regarding killing someone else to save yourself, there were some surrounding issues that plagued this concept. First off, the way it was brought up was pretty abrupt. The coroner from the first film just up and tells them that that's how they can cheat death. Wow, way to make them work for it. He didn't even give them a few guesses or anything, just blurted it right out. Not that any of them would have been intelligent enough to have figured it out on their own, but still. Secondly, once the characters catch wind of this, one of them goes bananas and tries to start killing one of his friends. I just find that a tad unrealistic. I mean, if you're going to kill someone find a bad guy, or a random person, but don't murder your friend!
Okay, I can't keep it in any longer, so ***SPOILER ALERT*** The coroner up and announces to the remaining victims that they can kill someone to get out of the arrangement. Lo and behold, we find out at the end of the film that this movie is actually a prequel to the original Final Destination, which begs the question: Why didn't anyone in the other 4 films figure it out?! Especially if creepy coroner-man blurted it out to the first group...why couldn't he just tell Devon Sawa too?
Wrap up- Not a bad movie, if you see it in 3-D. Sorry I ruined the ending for you, but it still might be worth...eh, probably not.
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