Final Destination 5

Yep. They made another one. I guess you really don't need me to tell you if you are interested or not, but here we go.

Nicholas D'Agostino stars as Sam - a wannabe chef working at a paper company (Presage, hahaha) to help make ends meet. He and his co-workers are set to head off on one of those corporate retreat team building weekends, when he has a premonition aboard the bus as they pass over a bridge under construction. Sam jumps off the bus, and takes several of his pals with them, which saves them all from horrible doom.

Of course, it doesn't end there. As the survivors are warned by a mysterious coroner (Tony Todd), "death doesn't like to be cheated," so death is coming after them one-by-one.

Who will survive?

Who will die?

Can they outwit death?

Final Destination 5 is all about the crazy, wild, sometimes inventive ways director Steven Quale and writer Eric Heisserer can kill off each character. It is nothing more than that, and nothing less, so you know what you are in for when you buy a ticket (especially since they have made 4 of these before).

The entertainment is in the Rube Goldberg method that fate/death catches up with each one. In a sick and twisted way, Quale is very playful with the complex and ridiculous series of events and actions that will lead to each character's death, which gives the audience some giggles as you see the scenario unfolding and start to put the pieces together in your head.

However, we are not looking at the greatest cast of actors ever assembled. You can sum up the cast as 7 rejects from a canceled CW pilot, one comedian you recognize, and Tony Todd. The kids are OK, but some, like overly dramatic and stiff Miles Fisher (who has a brighter future in the upcoming Clint Eastwood movie, J. Edgar), and lifeless, dull Emma Bell (who was on The Walking Dead and seems to continue to be portraying a zombie) shouldn't be including any clips from this movie on their websites or forwarding them to casting directors.

That comedian, David Koechner, is hilarious on The Office, Anchorman and a bunch of other comedies, but is chewing up the scenery as the out of touch, snobbish boss of Presage. It's so bad, you can't even call it a parody of a bad boss.

Then, you have to feel a little bad for poor Tony Todd. A horror film icon (who also legitimately can be called a Sci-Fi Icon and all around talented actor), he's the coolest guy in the movie, and should get more screen time. With what he has, Todd is entertaining and adds some mystery and danger to his Final Destination recurring character. Seeing him is like seeing a familiar and trusted pal during a chaotic fire.

Final Destination 5 might not be the last of the series, but it would be a fitting end.

Final Destination 5 is rated R for strong violent/gruesome accidents, and some language.