Director: David R. Ellis (Final Destination 2, Snakes on a Plane)Cast: Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano (What I Like About You), Haley Webb, Mykelti Williamson (Forrest Gump, Lucky Number Slevin)
The Deal: Nick O'Bannon (Campo) has a horrific vision of him and his friends dying in a freak car crash at the racetrack. Uncomfortable, he convinces his friends to leave only seconds before the crash occurs. Having cheated death, they soon discover that a few of the other survivors are dying in freak accidents, and they slowly realize that death is quickly catching up with them. They must try their hardest to outsmart death and stay alive, but they may be in over their heads.
Thoughts: The fourth Final Destination lacks much of the quality of the early two, but is a clear step up from the brutal third installment. The deaths this time around are absolutely ridiculous, but I found them to be hilariously entertaining. I'd recommend watching this with a group of friends so you all can bounce witty one-liners back and forth. It's poorly acted, which isn't surprising, but the performances fit with the atmosphere of the story.
One of the scenes that I thoughts was actually quite good (spoiler alert) was when George (played by Williamson) had a slew of failed suicides. He wasn't next on death's list, so all of his attempts at suicide failed. He couldn't overdose on pain medication or even hang himself. It was a funny, yet a cool way to look at the workings of death. One of the deaths that was satisfying, yet questionable was in the pool scene (again, spoiler alert). Hunt (Zano), a sex-crazed guy, gets his insides sucked out by a pool drain. It was quite fitting, but the interesting part revolves around the death itself. I've heard from multiple sources that this idea has been tested, and the results showed that there isn't enough suction, but then there is a story about a girl who had part of her intestines sucked out. If this tells us anything, it's that Mythbusters needs to have a FInal Destination special.
A thing a bunch of us noticed is that whenever gasoline was on screen, death was nearby. Yes, many of the deaths did involve giant fiery explosions, but some didn't. Non-the-less, in the non-fiery deaths, the scene directly leading into the death had gasoline was present. It is a great thing to know so that you can prepare yourself for the soon-to-be death, because lets face it, no one watches these films for anything other than insanely unrealistic death scenes. Everything else is just mindless, boring filler.
Verdict: Though it's a bad film, the death scenes are both cool and entertaining. It's just more of the crazy deaths from the previous films, but it's far from the worst of the series. ☆☆
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