I was bored and decided to watch something light to pass the time. I didn't want something with a complex plot, just something straightforward and engaging. Then I remember this tiktok I saw of a guy making Final Destination style death clips. I searched online, and sure enough, there's a new Final Destination movie. I remember the old ones being fun and straightforward, so why not? Final Destination: Bloodlines.
PLOT
Stefani keeps having this same vivid dream about her grandmother, and it is starting to affect her quality of life. So she takes a break, goes home and consults her family. Along the lines, she realised her grandmother might be crazy and stays far away from society, but she reaches out nonetheless. Her grandmother tells her something that is about to turn her life upside down.
MY THOUGHTS
I have watched a few other editions of Final Destination, and usually they're always exciting, but then we've never gotten to understand what exactly was happening and why exactly the people were dying. We just know there's one major death event that's supposed to happen, someone finds a way to stop it from happening, and then death comes back to take them out one by one. But in this one, we finally get a full storyline and get to understand why all the other people from the previous movies have been dying all along. Which I must admit doesn't make sense, but then movies like these are not meant to make sense. You watch them purely for the "thrill" of seeing some exaggerated and impossible death play out thanks to cinema magic. I am not sure it is for everyone cause of the gore, but I just found it mildly amusing to watch. It is like watching your intrusive thoughts take over, all of a sudden, everything bad that could possibly happen happens, leading to some over the top death. I must say the producers have tried a lot, I can't imagine it is easy to keep coming up with creative and gruesome ways for someone to die. The fact that they've done it for 6 movies is impressive. But I must admit, this being the final movie, I was a bit underwhelmed by the nature of a few of the deaths. There were a few which blew my mind, too, so I guess you can't be too picky with things like this.
I think I have said this before, but I'll say it again, this movie is not for everyone. If you're a fan of horror movies that aren't scary, but end up being funny, then I think you'll enjoy this. If you're not a fan of gore, you should definitely skip this one. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it, and I'll give it an 8/10.
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