As usual a vision kicks in for our hero seemingly showing his death and the demise of those around him, to his realization and becoming the mysterious savior of the day. Sam Lawton manages to pull everyone away from their destined deaths and the disastrous bridge collapse only to find out that they were all meant to die and death is eager for each of them to pay up their lives (So far, so standard Final Destination) However a game changer is thrown into the mix when a mysterious forensics officer informs the group of survivors that the only way to fully cheat death is to give death what it wants, saying that if they kill, they live. Can the group live through the film and do they have what it takes to save their own lives by taking another, the death cheating scenario continues.
If you've ever seen an american style Horror/thriller teen flick you know the drill, a load of good looking lads and lasses face their demise as well as the generally stereotypical roles that have become cliche for this kind of film series. The key roles to mention, Nicholas D'agasto plays the lead of Sam Lawton who sees fate and attempts to change it he performs the role to what's needed which is a troubled guy with personal problems which for some reason to him out weighed the prospect of death and that didn't exactly sit right to me. Emma Bell takes the role Molly Harper, Sam's on off girlfriend seems to share his view that death isn't as concerning as relocating to Paris and this whole idea is actually the most unrealistic part of the movie even when considering the whole death coming to get you aspect. The last key character of the film Peter Friedkin, shown by Miles Fischer is compared to the vaguely dull ensemble quite different changing from friend, to destroyed by grief and then finally desperate to survive by any means, though played well and realitively entertaining the characters jump to the extreme instinct of survival doesn't fit the character he's shown to be at the beginning. The rest of the cast are really nothing more than canon fodder for the ensuing mass of death to be shown, although Tony Todd who plays the creepy forensics guy adds some fun edginess but even then it feels like the series is mocking itself.
This film was never going to be brilliant yet i was expecting to be at least a bit entertained, i loved the original when the concept was fresh and new but now the concept is unbelievably stale and i think another problem added by this sequel was the fact most of the characters had no likability. While the story has never been deep in this series in this addition it's completely non existent, as you watch mindless gore and over-the-top 3D deaths you realize this film has really become a joke on itself. When it comes to good aspects of the film it's quite a struggle to pinpoint them except one stand out point which is a clever twist in the films closing minutes though it's hard to ignore the rest of the rubbish that comes before it. If you're a massive fan and have to see every film in the franchise then it's another slice of Final Destination pie, yet do not expect anything even remotely new or fresh and certainly don't think it's gonna be the best flick you ever set your eyes on. To anyone else i'd suggest steering clear unless you really do just want to watch some blood and extremely outrageous carnage.
2 / 10
FIN.
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